Olympics

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.

Jim Thorpe played professional baseball in 1909 and 1910. Although the Olympic rules of 1912 didn't forbade anyone athlete who played professionally, the Amateur Athletic Union, in 1913, retro-actively stripped Thrope of his medals. Thorpe wrote a letter asking to be excused: "I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not know all about such things. In fact, I did not know that I was doing wrong, because I was doing what I knew several other college men had done, except that they did not use their own names." The 1912 rules also states if anyone objected to the winner's medals, a complaint must be made within 30 days after the medals are awarded; the complaint was made in 1913-- six months after the games. In 1982, after the support of U.S. Congress, Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals were re-instated to him with two of Thorpe's children receiving commemorative medals. The original two medals awarded to Jim Thrope were stolen from a museum. The United States was a overtly racist society at that time, and it is widely believed he was stripped of his medals because of racism.

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seeing as ive been doing this for 93 years, 24 1/2, my baby sheep tiger ate half of my 56th.

That was the 1900 Summer Games in Paris. Canada's first Olympic medal winner was George Orton (born in Strathroy, Ontario) who won gold in the 2,500 meter steeplechase and bronze in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1900 Games.

No, gold is a softer type of metal. Its easily dented and scratched, but they add other minerals that make it stronger gold before they will make necklaces, watches, ect. That's why they have the Karats for gold. The higher the number of K's the more easily gold tends to dent and whatnot.

United States has won 13 gold medals in men's competition and 7 gold in women's.

Australia in 1956 (Melbourne) and 2000 (Sydney).

No, figure skating is in the Winter Olympics and will be competed in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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Tug of War was dropped after the 1920 Olympics. The IOC removed tug of war and 33 other sports because too many sports were part of the Olympics. It was an Olympic sport from 1900 until 1920. However, it's still a part of international competitions at the World Games and with the Tug of War International Federation.

Great Britain won the most amount of medals, two golds, two silvers and one bronze. The United States is next with one gold, one silver and one bronze.

According to the IOC's website, curling, snowboarding, and women's hockey were all added in 1998. Curling was originally introduced in 1924, but was taken away and re-introduced in 1998. In snowboarding, men's and women's slalom and half-pipe were added as disciplines in the category.

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One can buy a gas torch where home equipment repair tools is sold. These stores are listed in the yellow pages locally or one may consult the internet for a more specific gas torch application.

Depends on the individual or the sport in question:

Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards came last in his event at the Ski jumping in the late 1980's and become something of a national hero (Great Britain does very poorly at Alpine events - but then we have very little snow in the right places), and benefited financially due to the publicity. However in terms of his sport he wasn't well liked as he made it something of a joke sport for a while (who remembers who came first in the Ski Jumping events at the Calgary Olympics - but they all remember who came last - Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards).

Whereas Eric "the eel" from the 2000 games came last and nearly died in the process but everyone understood that he had poor training facilities (a small hotel rooftop swimming pool) and very limited time to train - but he still turned up to give it his best. He was signed up by a major sportwear manufacturer and promoted goods and opened things for a few years (he also benefited from improved training which knocked a full minute of his time) - so he benefited both financially and in terms of his sport).

Some winners go on to make vast financial gains (some become multi millionaires - mostly due to sponsership deals) mainly in high profile sports such as the top track athletes or swimmers, while others are truly in it for the love of the sport and just go back to their regular lives and jobs until the next Olympics call.

Actually, they did hold Olympic Games and we can infer that if they held them, then they participated in them. Although their Olympic games are a bit different because they gave unusuall tests for their athletes.

Since competing in competitions Tom has won around 43 medals to date. He has 15 Gold, Silver or Bronze medals.

Tom did exceptionally well in the 2012 Fina World Series in Dubai, Beijing, Moscow and Mexico.

Dubai - He won Silver in the 10m Platform.

Beijing - He won Silver in the 10m Platform.

Beijing - He won Silver in the 10m Synchro.

Moscow - He won Silver in the 10m Platform.

Mexico - He won Bronze in the 10m Synchro.

Mexico - He won Gold in the 10m Platform.

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The winter Olympics are held either at the end of January, or during the month of February. The last Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, were held during the month of February.

An Olympic Games will be held every two years. The Summer Olympics will be held in 2008, then the Winter Olympics in 2010, then the Summer Olympics in 2012, then the Winter Olympics in 2014, and so on.

They give them as long as they want. If they want to arrive after the openning ceremony, they can but if the athletes miss their event it is not the IOC or host countries fault.

The winning team in the annual play-off final in the Football League Championship in England are promoted to the Premier League. Deloitte estimated in 2007 that, as a result of promotion, the winning team are £60,000,000 better off than the losing team.

guardian.co.uk/football/2007/may/03/newsstory.championship200607

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yes it because it tests your mental ability.