Olympics

Cathy Astrid Salome, popularly known as Cathy Freeman, was born in 1973 in Slade Point Mackay, Queensland, Australia. In 1996, at the age of 23, she went to the Olympics which was held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In 2000, she lit the Olympic flame in Sydney, Australia. But she became the first ever Aborignal Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner, at the age of 16, at the age of 16 at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.

The number of countries entered in a sport doesn't have anything to do with whether a sport is competed in the Olympics. Currently (after the 2008 Beijing Games) there are 26 Summer Olympic sports: Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, and Water polo), Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Modern pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, and Wrestling. Additionally, there are 32 sports which, while not competed in the Olympics, are considered Olympic sports by the International Olympic Committee: Air sports, Bandy, Baseball, Billiard sports, Boules, Bowling, Bridge, Chess, Climbing, Cricket, DanceSport, Golf, Karate, Korfball, Lifesaving, Motorcycle sport, Netball, Orienteering, Pelote Basque, Polo, Powerboating, Racquetball, Roller sports, Rugby, Softball, Squash, Sumo, Surfing, Tug of war, Underwater sports, Water skiing, and Wushu. The IOC includes sports in its program that they believe are widely practiced around the world and will draw a lot of viewers. The IOC meets and reviews the sports competed in the Summer Olympics after each Games. Members vote on the sports to be included at the SummerOlympics following the next Summer Olympics. Following the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the IOC members met and voted to remove softball and baseball from the Summer Olympic program after the 2008 Games in Beijing. They voted not to replace them for the 2012 Games in London. The 26 sports listed above (Aquatics (Diving, Swimming, etc) will be those that will be competed at the 2012 Summer Games. The IOC will meet next year to determine the sports that will be competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. So, a sport is included in the Olympics if the members of the IOC vote for it to be included and a sport is excluded if the members of the IOC vote for it to be excluded. Rule 48 of the Olympic Charter states that at least 15 sports must be included in the Summer Games and a maximum of 28 sports can be included in the Summer Games. This means there are currently two sports that could be included in the 2016 Games that are not currently in the Games. When the IOC meets next year (2009), in all probability, two of the 32 sports listed above (Air sports, Bandy, Baseball, etc) that are considered Olympic sports but not currently competed in the Olympics will be added.

In the 1976 Olympics: * 3 Gold: All-Around, Uneven Bars, and balance beam. * 1 Silver: Team Competition * 1 Bronze: Floor Exercise In the 1980 Olympics: * 2 Gold: Balance Beam and Floor Exercise * 2 Silver: Team Competition and All-Around At the 1978 World Championships: * 1 Gold: Balance Beam * 2 Silver: Team Competition and Vault At the 1979 World Championships: * 1 Gold: Team Competition At the 1975 European Championships: * 4 Gold: All-Around, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Vault * 1 Silver: Floor Exercise At the 1977 European Championships: * 2 Golds: All-Around and Uneven Bars * 1 Bronze: Vault At the 1979 European Championships: * 3 Gold: All-Around, Vault, and Floor Exercise * 1 Bronze: Balance Beam Collectively at her olympic games, she has won a total of: * 5 Gold * 3 Silver * 1 Bronze Collectively at her World Championships, she has won a total of: * 2 Gold * 2 Silver Collectively at her European Championships, she has won a total of: * 9 Gold * 1 Silver * 2 Bronze With a total of... * 16 Gold * 6 Silver * 3 Bronze

There have been some smaller countries to host the Olympics. In 1912, Sweden (Stockholm) hosted the Games. In 1920, Belgium (Antwerp) was the host and in 1952, Finland (Helsinki) was the host. Today generally large, industrialized countries are selected to host the Olympics due to the large number of tourists expected and the construction of stadiums and venues that are needed for the athletes to compete. Click on the "Olympic Host Cities" link below to see a list of all cities and countries that have hosted the Olympic Games.

None of them should really....You have athletes working there butt off and getting fit naturally then you have have people who can sit back, relax and pop a pill.

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Drugs improve your skills. You will still have to work out. They just help you out.

The dates of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid were February 4 through February 15. The dates of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid were February 14 through February 23.

"Five colorful rings", "with glowing hearts statue", and "vancouver 2010"

There are thirty coins in the complete Olympic Series for 1976.

These consist of 28 silver coins (14 $5 coins, 14 $10 coins) and 2 gold bullion coins.

I personally have all the silver coins in a wooden display case, with each coin in its own plastic protective case.

Unfortunately, 20 million sets were minted and so the coins are valueless from a collector viewpoint, and worth only the melt value of the silver.

At current silver prices, I'd say the $10 coins are worth about $20 and the $5s about $10.

Check on e bay there are a few that go for 650.00 US and up, and if you join a collectors club you might fetch more depending on the condition. I am talking about proof set.

China have only held the Olympics once and that was in Beijing in 2008

Nineteen.

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At the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, Palestinian terrorists killed two Israelis and took nine Israelis hostage. Palestenian terrorists broke into the barracks of the Israeli Olympic team and held them hostage. They demanded a bus take them to the airport and 2 helicopters. At the airport, the German police tried to stop the terrorists and a gun fight resulted. A terrorist tossed a grenade into one helicopter killing all the hostages.

I thought they were Arab ??

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The "water cube' in Beijing China
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Gabby Douglas is important because she is a the first African American to compete in the Olympics and win the all around individual event she also won the team gold medal for the U.S. at the 2012 summer Olympics

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The main reason they did that was one of the ways they showed loyalty to the their gods, and Zeus, being the King of the Gods, but I am pretty sure that they wanted something to symbolize higher power then just a simple statue or temples. So the Olympic games took place as a sort of a mass symbolizing importance. As a matter of fact, their was an Ivory and Gold statue of Zeus in Olympia. Hope that helps.

It is possible to unlock it.

You need to do all unlocked events and you will unlock it on DS anyway!

No. The ancient Olympic Games were conducted long before the chemistry to create steroids was understood. That's not to say they didn't eat or drink things to help them compete. They may very well have. But steroid use was not possible in those times.

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Deaf people play in the deaflympics which is there own olympics set for Deaf individuals only who have a hearing loss of 55 decibels or more in their good ear. Deaf athletes are not allowed to play in the paralympics because they are not physically disabled.

Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria.