Olympics

After the Olympics Jenner was the most popular athlete in the United States. Capitalizing on his fame, as well as his good looks, he made more money from winning a single event than any other athlete had before him, as he was widely sought after for commercials, promotions, and public appearances. He made a spectacular living simply being Bruce Jenner. Jenner appeared in movies, on television, was a sportscaster with ABC-TV, and co-authored two books, Decathlon Challenge: Bruce Jenner's Story (1977) and Bruce Jenner's Guide to Family Fitness(1978). Jenner met Kris Kardashian in 1990, and five months later they were husband and wife. Kris Jenner became the moving force behind a new family conglomerate that included their infomercials ("Super Fit with Bruce and Kris Jenner"), exercise machines, and Jenner's aircraft sales company. They also produced a video, Women's Self-Defense and Fitness Program. Meanwhile, Jenner continued to work as a motivational speaker for corporate audiences, spreading his message on "How to Compete Successfully in Life and in Business." According to promotional literature, the Jenners sold more than $450 million of fitness-related products by the late 1990s.

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As of the 2008 Games, the United States has held 8 Olympic Games, 4 Summer and 4 Winter. Summer - 1904 - St. Louis

1932 - Los Angeles

1984 - Los Angeles

1996 - Atlanta Winter - 1932 - Lake Placid

1960 - Squaw Valley

1980 - Lake Placid

2002 - Salt Lake City

The 2016 Olympics will be Summer Olympics, and they will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1972 - Sapporo (XI Olympic Winter Games) 1998 - Nagano (XVIII Olympic Winter Games)

In 2016 they take place every 4 years.

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Apolo Ohno with 7. Apolo was born in Seattle and was taught how to Speedskate in Vancouver Canada.

an opening ceremony is held to create an opening in what is gonna happen and the torch thing happens and then you begin the olymipcs \\so eat healthy!!!

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The next Olympic games will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 pm

There are dozens of sports not in the Olympics, but the question is worth an answer because in some cases it raises the corollary - "Why not?"

1) Some competitive activities are not really sports at all. Chess, other board games and card games, for example, wouldn't qualify because their mental aspect so far outweighs their physical side. Darts, Snooker and even Golf hover on the borderlines of this.

2) Some sports are not enjoyed in sufficient numbers by enough countries, such as cricket, jai alai, and shinty. Polo, baseball and its women's equivalent softball have been included in the past but are currently excluded.

3) Motorsports have been barred by the Olympic Committee for many years, so anything involving cars, motorbikes, motorboats (including water-skiing) or aeroplanes (including parachuting) are out. Ballooning is a fringe here, although the burner constitutes a non-animal powered propulsion mechanism - a motor of sorts.

4) Some widely practised sports have been more or less relegated to children, and have no (or very little) adult involvement, such as sack-racing (which used to be an adult sport), three-legged racing, wheelbarrow racing and egg-and-spoon racing.

5) Finally, some sports are hovering on the edge of acceptance. Rugby sevens and golf will be included in 2016, and there is some enthusiasm for squash. The IOC is conscious however that regardless of popularity, too many sports would overload the organisation of the games and make them too unwieldy to organise at all, so new ideas will be increasingly difficult to get in.

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They were held in Olympia, ancient Greece, hence the name for the event, The Olympics.

This is also why Greece held the first modern Olympics, why their athletes always come out first in the parade, and why the national anthem of Greece is played at all closing ceremonies.

That was the 1996 Games in Atlanta when Lida Fariman competed in the women's 10 meter air rifle competition. She wound up finishing in 46th place.

The next Winter Olympics are scheduled between February 12, 2010 and February 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Rowing and tug of war. Tug of war and rowing.

Hi. The Torch - is lit by the rays of the sun at the temple Hetra in Greece. The rays are shinned into a mirror and the flame ignites.

After a long relay(sometimes taking over two months or longer) the Flame arrives in the Host City the Day of or Before the Opening Ceremony, and then taken to the cauldron where the Flame will burn till the closing ceremony and then will be extinguished.

Yes , ski jumping is in Olympics, but not for women. It is the only event in the Olympics--summer or winter--that does not allow women. (The last event in the Olympic Summer Games to include women is boxing, which will be included in London 2012.) By 2014, the women will have had two World Championships and will have World Cup status. The hope is that the IOC will vote to allow the women into Sochi 2014 sometime in late 2010, which will finally make the Olympics gender equal, although men still have many more events than women in many sports. For example, in ski jumping, the men have three events--the K90, K120, and team event. If the women are voted in to Sochi 2014, they will only be approved for the K90.

Brazil won 15 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze) at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Gold medals were won by César Cielo Filho in men's 50 meter freestyle swimming, Maurren Maggi in women's long jump, and the women's indoor volleyball team.

I'm not sure which of these countries are actually participating in the olympics. I know the Vatican is not, but Barbados and Andorra are. Here are the twenty smallest countries in the world. Rank Country Total Area (sq km) 1 Vatican 0.44 2 Monaco 1.95 3 Nauru 21 4 Tuvalu 26 5 San Marino 61.2 6 Liechtenstein 160 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 8 Maldives 300 9 Malta 316 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 11 Barbados 430 12 Antigua and Barbuda 442 13 Seychelles 455 14 Andorra 468 15 Bahrain 620 15 Saint Lucia 620 17 Singapore 647.5 18 Micronesia 702 19 Kiribati 717 20 Tonga 748

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we took my thermamoter and light the Bic lighter and the thermo stat went around twice to a grand total of 300 degrees F

it around 850 degrees F the only reason that the person above got 300 is because thermo stats have a spring inside that keeps it from going around several times. you would have to use one that goes to at least 1000 degrees F to get a accurate reading

Well, all of the events need judges to ensure all competitors are obeying the rules. Even though events in athletics (track and field) are won by the fastest runner or the longest/highest jumper, judges must be there to ensure there are no false starts, runners running out of their lanes, long jumpers that take off with their foot over the end of the board, etc. Judges (referees) are needed in tennis and football and hockey and water polo.

Some of the events where winners are decided solely by judges are diving, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, figure skating, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding.