-- Usain Bolt on winning the 100 meters in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic record. - Jon Krawczynski -- Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski --- STRIKE A POSE Winning an Olympic gold medal takes 9.63 seconds. Telling the world's media how you did it and explaining how you feel takes a whole lot longer. Usain Bolt still had a line of trackside television cameras and radio microphones to please one hour after his 100-meter winning run. Most want the now two-time 100-meter champion to strike his signature lightning bolt pose one more time.
When Indiana won the 1979 NIT championships, Knight led the U.S. national team to a gold metal in the Olympic Games as coach of the Michael Jordan team. Knight is one of the only three coaches to win NCAA, NIT and Olympic championships. In 1991, Knight was elected to the
Jesse Owens Jesse Owens was an extremely influential athlete during the early 1900’s not only to the African American community but he was one of, if not the first black athlete to be a symbol of America to the rest of the world. Jesse Owens during his time was arguably the best athlete in the entire world. He inspired many and was a key figure in the up rise of African American athletes. Jesse Owens lived a fairly normal childhood for that time period. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio from Alabama to seek better opportunities.
* He has won eleven World Championship gold medals, the second-highest number of any swimmer, worldwide. * Ian was the first person to have been named Swimming World Swimmer of the Year four times and was the Australian swimmer of the year from 1999 to 2003. 2. As a spectator, why do you admire this athlete? I admire Ian Thorpe because of his achievements.
In the summer of 480 B.C a battle took place that would forever change the history of the Greeks and that would eventually influence the way in which the Western world looked at war. The Spartans took their stand against the massive army of Persians in a three day battle which resulted in the Persians taking the win but may have very well led to the Greeks winning the Greco-Persian War. A culmination of strong tactical skill and bravery contributed to the Spartans making a stand much longer and stronger than anybody could have ever predicted. The Persian king Xerxes led his massive army through the narrow mountain pass known as Thermopylae expecting no considerable fight on the part of the Spartans. The Persians bid to conquer Greece was significantly
The Olympic games designates a different city every 4 years and in 2010, Canada won them to be held in Vancouver B.C. The winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver represented an opportunity for Canada to take pride and show the world Canada’s capabilities as a nation. Canada has the largest team with 202 Canadian athletes proud to be Canadian. Alexander Bilodeau was on of the most outstanding Olympic athletes in 2012 Vancouver Olympics. Bilodeau was born and raised in Quebec and he always wanted to be the first Canadian athlete to ever win a gold metal.
In Ancient Greece There Was two Major forms of Goverment Obligarchy and Democracy. The city States that best represented each goverment were the Spartans Who Were The Obligarchy goverment and the Athens Who Were The Democracy Goverment. The Athens goverment was fair and Advanced for its time. It did not Meet The needs Of Greeks during the time of military battles. Athens decided to worry more about culture.
American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather was born on Feb. 24, 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He three national Golden Gloves and a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. He became a professional boxer in 1996. By 2007, he was considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and had 38 undefeated bouts. He retired in 2008, but returned to the ring in September 2009.
In 1912, he competed in the Summer Olympics, contesting the pentathlon and decathlon, but did not win any medals; both events were won by Jim Thorpe. He won national championships in track three times between 1914 and 1918, and founded his own construction business. He earned his wealth from this company and from investments, and never accepted pay for his sports involvement. Following his retirement from athletics, Brundage became a sports administrator, rising rapidly through the ranks in United States sports groups. As leader of America's Olympic organizations, he fought
Spartan weaponry and tactics are well known because of their effectiveness and power. The Greeks made up this next fighting formation but the Spartans, with their high military fitness, took it to another level. The word phalanx was created the poet Homer. Soldiers in heavy armor carried Hoplon shield. Hoplites were named after the shield that they carried.