Elaine Zayak "Swoosh, swoosh." The sound you hear after the American figure skater lands a triple jump on the ice rink. This skater has been a big catch after accomplishing being the first women to land several jumps on the rink in a row. She is an inspiring female to not only her parents and coaches, but to the whole United States. Not only is she an inspiring female because of her accomplishments, but she overcame these accomplishments as physical therapy reccomended by her docor.
I first started skating when I was five years old and I could barely stand on my two feet. But my determination to learn how to skate, motivated me to come back the next week and give it another shot. Before, I knew it I was going to the rink two to three times a day for practice. I had a real blast learning all the new spins and jumps. I then began to take the tests required to advance to the next level.
I think after I saw her in the 2008 Olympics I collected everything and anything that had her on it!! Nastia was a daughter to two professional Soviet gymnasts.
Turner Maxwell While their horses trotted, local riders tied down their preseason nerves at The Fourth Annual Ice Breaker Schooling Show hosted by The Oregon Horse Center last weekend. “If they have any jitterbugs going into competition, they can get them out here,” said facility manager Heather Engstrom. The Ice Breaker was a developmental show, meaning it was a practice competition. The show gave nearly 30 riders a stress free competition before they headed into their 2012 horse show season. For seven year-old Olivia Santee, it was her first time competing on a full size horse.
Kerri helped lead the 1996 Olympic gymnastics team to get the gold medal, and may I add it was the first time for the U.S. Woman Olympic Gymnastics to ever win the gold medal. Yes I know that you are thinking “oh big deal there is a first for everything” I know because that is what I thought the first time I heard about her. “What is it that makes her so great?” you might ask, “Well was it her good sportsmanship?” No “Was it her good form?” No. Than what is so great about her? It all came down to her they needed a very high score, it was the last event which was vault and she was the last person up and they were depending on her score to get the gold medal, it was all going good in tell she missed her hands on the vault and fell and sprained her ankle very bad.
1,200 words / Weight: 15% Due on Week 8 (23rd April 2013) Facts of the case: Jenny > is a keen skateboarding competitor. > Has competed in many women’s skateboarding competitions in Australia and overseas. > Competing for the first time in the new Surfers Paradise Skateboarding Classic (paid the competition fee). > She thinks she has a very good chance of doing well this year and even winning the main prize. 1st day > practised 2nd day > relaxed and went sightseeing with Heidi.
You need a couple of things to snowboard. You will need a snowboard, bindings, snowboard boots, and proper clothing jackets, snowboard pants, goggles, and gloves. Snowboarding now a days has become a famous sport all around the world. In 1998 snowboarding for the first time was accepted into the Olympics. The new sport was a huge success, the games were held in Nagano, Japan that year, with several native Vermonters competing in
Shaun White. That name personifies the snowboarding world. At the age of five he was described as a snowboarding prodigy. Already winning amateur championships and semi pro championships. Shaun White is in a class of his own sweeping the winter X-Games and Olympics for years on end in first place.
I won a medal in floor and this first got me going with competition. This all started my love for sports. When I went to elementary school I started doing dance since in some ways it was like gymnastics. It was run by the school and it was once a week. I started out in ballet then the next 2 years did ballet and tap, in 4th and 5th grade I did jazz and tap and my last year I did hip hop.
Soon we will have charges pressed against us just for breathing each other’s air. For example, my little sister who is thirteen years old, recently entered into a science fair. As I see her constantly working on her project, she is always improving her project every time she works on it, working very hard and making the family proud. Finally, the day of the science fair was here. I have never seen her so excited to go to school and show-off all her hard work, time, and effort she has put in this project.