Olympics

Balance is needed in all sports.

Edging - the amount of edge your snowboard has.

Torsional twist - the difference of edge angle between the tip and tail of a snowboard. Rotation - where your snowboard rotates from or the pivot point. Pressure - How much or how little pressure is being applied to the edge.

Some Olympic sports have age requirements for health and safety reasons.

Competition rules of certain international federations cite age limits as follows:

- Bobsled (minimum of 14 years old)

- Boxing (17-32)

- Diving (minimum of 14)

- Equestrian (16 or older)

- Figure skating (15 by July 1 of previous year)

- Gymnastics (must be 16 years old in Olympic year)

- Judo (15 or older), luge (16 or older)

- Soccer (under 23)

- Team handball (over 18)

- Weightlifting (17 or older)

- Wrestling (must be at least 17 on day of Opening Ceremonies).

There are no general restrictions among the International Federations on an "upper" age limit.

The Olympic games were very difficult, because the people from Africa Asia and Americans. They thought that Germany couldn't handle the races like they could' but all went well and the Olympic for Germany went very good for them. :)

This topic has been widely debated, but one hindrance that has been identified as a setback for women in the workplace is their hesitance to negotiate higher salaries. Studies have shown that men are more likely than women to counter a salary offer. This is important because this could impact further salary negotiations as women grow in their careers.

The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in the city of Moscow in the Soviet Union. The U.S. did not attend these games as they and 65 other countries boycotted them due to the Russian war with Afghanistan.

I don't know for sure but alot of sports are really competitive like Hockey, and Football. other sports like Swimming Diving Skateboarding, Dirt biking and well any other individual sport is not as competitive as team sports i think that's because teams can get more violent other other side individual sports are more like playing with friends but very serious when you watch individual sports on T.V the other competitors are happy for one another even if they do get beat sometimes it looks like there all family and its so fun to watch but when you flick on say Hockey or Lacrosse sometimes they get violent like dropping they gloves and stuff like that's not to mention the rivalries between teams (Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadians the biggest rivalry) have fun :)

''' (PHYSICAL EDUCATION)''' (P.E) a personal quality is basically your own personality, your own strengths and weaknesses. a few examples of personal qualities are; -determination -fairness -honesty -enthusiasm etc. a physical quality is an ability you have within yourself, (something that you have or are able to do really well). such as; -strength -speed -stamina -power -height etc. and believe it or not, but good eye sight is also one .

At the Olympic Games, men and women run the same distance events except the hurdles sprint ... women run 100 meters and men run 110 meters. 100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

5000 meters

10000 meters

100 meter hurdles (women only)

110 meter hurdles (men only)

400 meter hurdles

3,000 meter Steeplechase

Marathon

Yes, of course. Many women from many countries take part in all sports.

Although there are 26 sports in this years Olympics only 25 will take place in London - The Ladies Soccer will be held 2 weeks prior to the Opening in the Millennium Stadium Cardiff (Wales)

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Beach Volleyball

Boxing

Canoe Slalom

Canoe Sprint

Cycling - BMX

Cycling - Mountain Bike

Cycling - Road

Cycling - Track

Diving

Equestrian - Dressage

Equestrian - Eventing

Equestrian - Jumping

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics - Artistic

Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Gymnastics - Trampoline

Handball

Hockey

Judo

Modern Pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronised Swimming

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

The current Paralympic flag consists of 3 'agitos' (meaning 'I Move' in Latin) in red, blue and green, which are the colours most widely used in the world flags. The agitos encircle a centre point emphasising 'the role that the International Paralympic Committee has of bringing athletes from all corners of the world together and enabling them to compete'.

It also symbolises the Paralympic vision 'to enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world'.

This version of the flag was first used in the closing ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic games when it was handed over to Bejing. It was seen in 2003 on Paralympic publications and other products. It was first used in a full games in the 2006 Winter Paralympic games in Torino and has been used since.

There have been a number of various symbols used and others rejected for various reasons before this one was selected.

I answered this before I realised I could use my Facebook sign on, therefore it has been credited to an ID number instead of my Facebook name Suzi Dusk, I just wanted to clear this up and if it can be changed could someone let me know how to change it. Thanks

No.......she was at the winter Olympics the other day.

One of the most common things between the ancient and the modern Games is that most sports held in the ancient Games are now held in the modern Games. Both Games are held over more than one day and every fourth year. At the start of the ancient Olympic Games every competitor, judge and coach had to take an oath to agree not to cheat. But now in the modern Games competitors, judges and coaches don't have to take the oath individually, just one competitor, judge and coach says the oath, which is on behalf of all competitors, judges and coaches. In both cases, an Olympic truce is declared allowing athletes from any country to compete, even those at war or in turmoil. Importantly, the Olympic Games, allow athletes from all countries to come together peacefully to compete in a safe environment and this promotes a sense of national pride for people in all nations. At the completion of each event, both the ancient and modern Games distribute awards. In the ancient Games the award to an athlete would be palm branches and fillets or woollen ribbons; these were tied around the winners head, arms and legs. In the modern Games medals are given to first, second and third.

united states of America one the most medals in swimming thanks to Michael Phelps

Tennis

Bowling

Darts

Diving

Swimming

Bowls

Cricket

Baseball

Volleyball

Gymnastics

Running (Sprint and marathon)

Cycling

Jumping

Synchronized Swimming

And loads more, literally any where there is no reason you would touch another player

yes it has because it can help bonds with the family.

Total weight = 250 grams or 1250 carats

Actual gold weight = 6 grams or 30 carats

That's carats weight as in weighing gemstones.

But if you mean how many carats as in 24 carat gold or 18 carat gold.

Then the Olympic gold medal is 220 grams or 1100 carats of pure silver

Coated with 6 grams or 30 carats of 24 carat - pure gold.

Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) is called the "Father of the Modern Olympics." He was an historian and educator, but he also had an interest in athletics (his favorite sport was rugby). de Coubertin is the founder of the International Olympic Committee, the governing body of the modern Olympic Games era, which began in 1896.

It was a place to honor the god Dionysus in sons and dances.

Its from the city-state Olympia that was in ancient Greece. During the Olympics all wars stopped, to honour this religious celebration which was dedicated to the Olympian God Zeus - father of all Gods who lived on Mt. Olympus, Pieria, Greece.

There were no 1962 Olympics.

In 1960 Rome, Italy held the Summer Games and Squaw Valley, California, USA held the Winter games.

The 1964 games were hosted by Toyko, Japan for the Summer and Innsbruck, Austria for the Winter games.

No. The Olympic Games have never been held in South America. Rio de Janeiro is one of the four finalist cities to host the Games in 2016. Should they be selected they would become the first South American city to host an Olympic Games.

In the Olympics it would be the Silver medal.

Baseball became an official sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics, with the familiar eight team tournament. Players were required to be amateurs. The tournament consisted of a round-robin, in which teams played each of the other teams, followed by semifinals and finals. The format of the competition has remained the same since then, with the only major change being that starting in 2000 players were not required to be amateurs.

The United States won the overall medal count with 37 medals (9 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze). Germany came in second with a count of 30 medals (10 gold, 13 silver, and 7 bronze).