Post on 13-May-2015
Beijing OlympicsBy Jenna Morningstar and Haley Everhart
What it is:
•The Beijing Olympics is a multisport event that combines different countries together.
WINTER SPORTS• Alpine Skiing • Biathlon• Bobsled • Cross –Country • Curling• Figure Skating• Freestyle Skiing • Ice Hockey Luge
• Nordic Combined• Short Track • Skeleton Ski Jumping • Snowboarding• Speed Skating
SUMMER SPORTS• Archery• Badminton• Baseball• Basketball• Beach Volleyball• Boxing• CanoeKayak• Cycling• Diving• Equestrian• Fencing• FieldHockey• Gymnastics• Handball• Judo• Modern Pent• .Rhythmic Gym.
• Rowing• Sailing• Shooting• Soccer• Softball• Swimming Sync.• Swimming• TableTennis• Taekwondo Tennis• Track &Field• Trampoline• Triathlon• Volleyball• Water Polo• Weightlifting• Wrestling
Why is it important
•The Olympics are important because they combine different countries and their abilities. Also it makes the countries interact with each other causing peace.
HOW
In ancient times Hera gave Hercules 12 tasks to do as punishment but when Augeas tried to cheat Hercules ,Hercules killed him and founded the Olympics.
This honored the God of all Gods, ZeusIn the beginning they only had one event
after 50 yrs there was two races and then added more through the years.
When
•August 8 to the 24, 2008
Where
•Its held at a different place every year. This year it was at Beijing, China.
Michael Phelps
•Swimmer from United States.•Won 14 Olympic gold medals.•Earned the World Swimmer of the Year
Award.•He was a part of the sports illustrated
magazines.
Shawn Jonshon
•Gymnasts from U.S.•Was enrolled in gymnastics at age 3•Trained 20-25 hrs a week.•Won many medals including cold medal in
balance beam.•Her and her roommate Liukin both took
the silver and gold medals home to the U.S.
RANK NAME GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL MEDALS
1 CHINA 51 21 28 100
2 UNITED STATES
36 28 36 110
3 RUSSIA 23 21 28 72
4 GREAT BRITAN
19 13 15 47
TOP 4 COUNTRIES THAT WON MEDALS
Citations
•http://en.beijing2008.cn?
•www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics•www.olympics.org/uk/games/beijing/index
_uk.asp•www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/de
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