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Olympics
The Olympics is known as the biggest meet of many sports. Athletes in this meet do not play for a team or club, but rather represent their country. Competing for your country in the Olympics is considered the highest honor by many.
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What 5 sports has been in every modern Olympics?
Athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, and swimming have been competed at all Summer Olympics since the 1896 Games in Athens.
Why is karate not in the Olympics?
There are specific items that have to be met in order to be a part of the Olympics. Some of the key requirements:
- A single international association
- Participants in dozens of countries
- There has to be a standard way of scoring and judging the competition.
The Korean government spent a lot of time codifying taekwondo. They created the rules and sponsored instructors and new schools throughout the world.
The World Karate Federation has taken steps to join the Olympic Games. In 2005, they made a bid to be included in the 2012 London Games, but they were not successful. In 2009, they made another bid to be included in the 2016 Rio Games, but they were not successful.
One of the obstacles to creating new Olympic sports is related to the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to limit the size of the games. Currently, the summer Olympics is limited to 10,500 athletes. In order to add a sport, another sport has to give up spaces for athletes. This same obstacle makes it difficult to add the women's version of some sports.
At the 2008 Beijing Games, taekwondo was limited to 128 athletes: 64 men and 64 women. No team may bring more than 4 athletes. Instead of the traditional. 16 weight classes. Olympic taekwondo is limited to 8 weight classes.
Why don't they put some indoor sports on the winter olympic schedule?
How often do the olimpics occur?
The Summer and Winter Olympic Games are every 4 years. However there are other Olympic games during the period between so atheletes can keep in training and pick the best for the competition.
What was the first games played in the Olympics games?
In the Ancient Olympics, the first event was a foot race of about 200 meters. In the Modern Olympics, the first events were athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.
Who banned the ancient olympic games?
Theodosius I attempted to ban all Olympic games in ancient Greece, although he may not have been entirely successful. He declared the ban in 394 AD as part of a larger ban on pagan celebrations and rituals.
When did the Olympics figure skating begin?
The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal. He remains the event's sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976, after appearing as a demonstration event at Grenoble 1968.
What are the names of the mens and womens hocky Australian olympic teams?
The women's hockey team is called The Hockeyroos.
Why did the Russian team boycott the 1984 summer Olympics?
In response to the US boycott in 1980 because of the Afghan invasion from the USSR.
What Olympic marathon runner collapsed near finish line whilst in the lead?
Los Angeles 1984
Roughly 24 minutes after winner Joan Benoit (USA), had entered the final lap the Swiss runner Gaby Andersen-Scheiss staggered into the tunnel leading to the main stadium's track. Cap in hand and drenched in perspiration she began a painfully cruel yet truly Olympic final 400 metres, cheered by the crowds as she lurched towards the finish line
How old do people have to enter the Olympics?
17 is the answer for ancient Greece! i dont know about youngest age
How many athletes participated in the 1980 summer Olympics?
A total of 959 athletes from 70 countries participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
What is the meaning of the Olympic tourch?
what do you mean "dose"
Before answering this question and indeed before reading the answer, it is important to know something about the origin of the torch and ancient Greece and Greek Mythology.
In the original games, which were held in the city of Olympia, Greece, there was an altar that was dedicated to the godess Hera and it was here that the flame would burn continuously and for the ancient Greeks this was a divine connotation. It was thought that the flame was stolen from the gods by Prometheus. During the games, which were in honour of the Greek god Zeus, many other fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife Hera.
The Olympic Torch and in particular, the flame, is a symbol of the games remembering the theft of the flame from Zeus by Prometheus.
Drug tests were first introduced at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble and at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.
How many acres would you need to build a one mile oval racetrack?
It depends on what the purpose of the kind of racing is proposed to be run on the track. A road course, which there aren't very many NASCAR racews run at requires the largest amount of land. This is the only kind of track were a driver actually turns right. Next, is the super speed ways like Daytona or Atlanta. Then you got "The Mile" tracks like Dover. Then there are the short tracks like Richmond or Darlington.
What makes the track size so interesting is the specific strategies associated not only with the tracks size, but also the shape and surface.
Finally, the amount of land needed must also take into account the size of the space necessary to safely support the crowd of the venue's events.
Did Steve prefontaine ever win an olympic medal?
No, he participated in the 5000 meter run at the 1972 Games in Munich and finished 4th.
What is the lane size for a junior Olympic pool?
A pool that is used for the junior Olympics (I'm assuming that's what you're referring to) is either 25 yards or 50 meters long, depending on the country you're in. In the US, the JO size is 25 yards.
AnswerThere really is no Jr. Olympic pool. If one is referring to a pool that is used for the AAU Jr. Olympics, the pool dimensions are the same as full grown Olympics. If one is referring to a pool that is smaller than an Olympic pool (Jr. in size) Then a short course pool is usually found. Here are the standards used for Olympic pools. I found this on the usaswimming.org website. Follow the following link.http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/_Rainbow/Documents/6d93bb35-b042-42e2-95c2-de5b83f74083/2005%20Rulebook1protected.pdf
AnswerThe lane size for any pool used in USA swimming championships and international competition is 8 feet 2 1/2 inches or 2.5 meters from divider to divider with approximately .45 meters or (1 foot 6 inches)of additional open water for the outside of the outside lanes. AnswerSince this is not a internationally recognized size, at least in US a Junior Olympic Pool would be either 20 meters or 25 yards. Neither of them truly is half of Olympic size pool.ANSWER
Competition pools in the US are usually one of four lengths. They are 25 yards, 25 meters, 55 yards, or 50 meters. These lengths are chosen because only pools of these lengths are recognised for the establishment of record times by US swimming regulatory bodies such as USA Swimming. Recreational pools come in all shapes and sizes and are not CERTIFIED. Competition pools must be certified by an engineer to be within very strict limits so as to provide a standard length for setting records. International rules are different (see FINA ). If you want to determine conversions from meters to yards it is generally acceptable to add 10% to a yard time to yield a close approximation of a meter time. This is true because a meter is about 3.37 in longer than a yard. Mile distances are rounded to the nearest full length. For example a mile in a yard pool is 70 lengths or 1750 yds, actually 10 feet shorter than a mile. The best way to determine whether the pool you work out in is 25yds or 25 m is to get a tape measure and measure the pool.
do you know Olympic flag colours are chosen very smartly , all countries national flag at least have one colour of them.
Can a professional player play in the Olympics?
Yes, over the last 20 years or so more and more professional sports have been included, and nowadays all competitors except boxers are professional. Baseball and men's soccer also are not professional
Difference in times for mens and womens 100m olympic?
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, the difference in the gold medal winning times was 1.09 seconds. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the gold medal in the men's 100 meter dash in a time of 9.69 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica won gold in the women's 100 meter dash in a time of 10.78 seconds.
