Olympic Games

Jesse Owens was a very revolutionary figure. Some of the reasons he was revolutionary was that he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, at the 1935 Big Ten Track and Field Championship he broke 3 world records and he tied one world record, and after he was a runner in the olympics he was a motivational speaker. Jesse Owens was one of the most well-known African American athletes in sports history. He also was one of the greatest olympians to ever compete, probably ranking in the top-5.…

muscle and strength. The Olympic games is a large sporting event designed to show the entire nation who are the 3 best athletes in the world in chosen sport. So when athletes are cheating by using drugs to become one of the best 3 people in the world in a certain sport they are beating people who are clean and haven’t used drugs and they have worked very hard to get where they are. An example of a drug cheat beating a genuine hardworking athlete was at the London 2012 Olympics in the shot-put…

Despite a less time demanding schedule, professional athletes are paid while student athletes are not. However, student athletes are often compensated through scholarships. But, is a scholarship a fair way to compensate these students for their service to the university? This topic has piqued my interest because of the dedication I have to sports and education. Through countless hours of studying and many sleepless nights, I have successfully been able to maintain a 4.0 grade point average…

After years of technological advancements, many amputee athletes still continue to face discrimination, and in many cases they have no chance at the opportunity to perform in the Olympics. Many believe that a disability defines one and that these technological advancements make it ethically unfair to perform within the Olympics. However, others can argue that there are very few differences between a non-disabled and an amputee athlete. Ultimately, the controversy is whether or not an amputee…

Athletic games and education were an important part of both Athenian and Spartan civic culture, as well as, present American civic culture. Athletic games and education in all of these societies was seen as a crucial part in the development of youth upbringing and in crafting civic identity among cultures. Each culture, respectfully, held their own sporting events locally, as well as, competed in the Olympics. All of these cultures saw value in competition, showmanship and idolizing those who…

host the 1936 Olympics, making up for the canceled games of 1916. President Roosevelt was not involved in the activities occurring in Germany after World War I and wanted no part in it. After Hitler took power in 1933, he began the construction of a large sports complex which cost 42 million Reichmarks. The events that occurred before, during and after the 1936 Olympic Games would forever change the history and future of the Games. Despite the events that occurred during the Olympics, there were…

The Olympics is a worldwide sporting event that everyone watches every four years. Adolf Hitler used them as a way to manipulate the world and used it as a way to cover up the horrible things that were slowly and silently happening behind the scenes. Although Hitler was initially against hosting the Olympics in 1936, he used its as a stepping stone to bring Nazi ideals and the Aryan race to the world 's attention giving to the rise of Nazi power. Germany was awarded the 1936 olympics in 1931…

The Olympics have been around for centuries an event that has been life changing for the participants and the countries that get the privilege to host as well. For centuries now, we have gotten to see the evolution of one of the greatest events ever thought of allowing athletes the opportunity to compete at the highest level, while representing their countries proudly. This event would not be what it is today if it weren 't for the Ancient Greeks getting it started in 776 B.C.E. Since getting it…

globalization is the upcoming Olympic games that will take place in August in Brazil. The 24/7 news cycle coupled with social media has delivered multiple news coverage to us about the public health concern and infectious disease that is carried by mosquitoes in Brazil called the Zika virus. According to an article by Dr. Ford Vox (2016), “Brazil will be open to the world this August and prospective travelers will need to stay alert to the evolving Zika threat, and the Olympics organizers have…

Union, Team U.S.A managed to beat the U.S.S.R. team in a fierce hockey game during the XIII Winter Olympic Games. Due to the numerous American defeats throughout the entirety of the Cold War, ranging from the conflicts at Vietnam, the U2 incident, and the vast spread of communism, “The Miracle on Ice” boosted American morale towards the fight against the Soviet Union at a time when they needed it most. The XIII Winter Olympic Games took place in Lake Placid, NY. The U.S.A hockey team was…