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Running Olympic History: more detail

Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race by Charlie Lovett, 1997-04-30
Running Scared: How Athletics Lost Its Innocence by Steven Downes, Duncan MacKay, 1997-01
42,195 km [i.e. Quarante-deux virgule cent quatre-vingt-quinze kilometres]: Grandeurs et miseres des marathons olympiques (French Edition) by Raymond Pointu, 1979
On the Run: The Fabulist Story of Felix Carvajal (New American Fiction Series) by Richard Andersen, 1986-06
Running Through the Ages by Edward S. Sears, 2008-12-22
The Olympic Marathon by David Martin, Roger Gynn, 2000-05-08
The Marathon Makers by John Bryant, Sebastian Coe, 2009-06-01
Running with the Bulls: My Years with the Hemingways (Brilliance Audio on Compact Disc) by Valerie Hemingway, 2004-10-26
Western viewpoint of Korean running: And my track activities at the Brigham Young University in the United States : a research paper dedicated to Coach Clarence F. Robison by Bok-suk Shim by Bok-suk Shim, 1957
"Why the Finns Are Champion Athletes": An entry from Gale's <i>American Decades: Primary Sources</i>

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Olympic Harriers
running, jogging and social walking club in Wellington.
http://run.wellington.net.nz/
:: Kathy Watt Cycling Presents....::
olympic gold medallist Kathy Watt and her coach, design programs for individuals, groups and companies to improve their cycling performance or skills, including running, swimming, weight training, health and fitness.
http://www.kathywatt.com
Athletics News Reports, Sydney Results, Ancient Origins, Olympic History, Atl
of all track and field events in history is, arguably By 1896 England had more runningtracks than the rest is arguably the most popular of olympic sports, has
http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/athletics/athleticsancient.html

Extractions: ANCIENT ORIGINS HUNT TURNS FROM FOOD TO MEDALS In the sphere of track and field, there are at least two events that precede the ancient Greeks and running races. The pole vault formed part of the ancient Irish Taliteann Games in 1829BC, the origins of the activity stemming from the use of poles to jump over streams. Wood was used up until the 19th century, when bamboo from Asia was deemed better for the purpose. The hammer, too, was thrown at the Taliteann Games. The most famous of all track and field events in history is, arguably, a road race; the marathon. Legend has it that the race was devised by the Greeks to commemorate Pheidippides, a soldier who ran 25 miles to bring home news of the Athenian victory over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. Pheidippides ran, yelled out the great news and then dropped dead, so the story goes. In honour of the soldier who went the extra mile, the marathon of the ancient Games was run over 26 miles.
Olympic Lanes Junior Bowling League
Score and average updates, Coach's profile, Bowlers' profiles for a Junior's league running at olympic Lanes Bowling Center in Menands, New York.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/ChrisChenes/Jrbowlingleague.html
Running Strong For American Indian Youth - Billy Mills
Profile of the organization's national spokesperson, olympic gold medalist and Oglala Sioux Billy Mills.
http://www.indianyouth.org/billy.html

Extractions: MAKING EACH STEP COUNT! Billy in his Marine Corps uniform. "Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life." Billy Mills Olympic Champion, Billy Mills, serves as Running Strong's National Spokesperson, encouraging Native youth with his message based on character, dignity and pride. He plays an integral role in our youth programs and is an invaluable resource with our work in Indian country. In Lakota culture, someone who has achieved success would have a 'giveaway' to thank the support system of family and friends who helped him achieve his goal. Billy's work with Running Strong is his way of giving something back to American Indian people. Billy is an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Orphaned at the age of 12, he chose running as a positive focus in his life. After breaking numerous high school track records, Billy received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Kansas. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps where he trained for the Olympics, making the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team in the 10,000m. and the marathon.
History Of Our Olympic Games
history of Our olympic Games. Welcome to our web site! Have you watched the olympics on TV or better yet been there to experience it live? Did you ever wondered why the olympics started? I did!
http://kushkm.tripod.com/History-of-the-Olympics

Extractions: Have you watched the Olympics on TV or better yet been there to experience it live? Did you ever wondered why the Olympics started? I did! If you want to be on or go to the Olympics, I think you first need to know about it. Why did the games start? At the original Olympics what games did they play? Also what games do they play today? Now, get ready for the world of the Olympics. Have you ever wondered how the Olympics started? In Olympia, Greece the Olympic Games were held every four years. First Olympic game was recorded in 776 BC; that was about 3,000 years ago. At that time this great festival took place to honor the Greek gods. Olympics were held during the great festival. My resources say Olympics were held to please the various gods. One God, in particular, the most important was called Zeus. The Olympics were called Olympiad in Greece. Now we know where the games are held, but we dont know what games they played? In the first thirteen Olympic games, there was only one event and that was the sprint. The sprint event was about one hundred and eight meters in length. Then later Pentathlon was added and it had different events. There was discus, javelin, jumping, running, and wrestling. After a while, they added Equestrian events and that included chariot racing and riding. The Ancient Olympics did have lots of events. They had two major events Equestrian and Pentathlon events.
Newport Harriers Athletic Club - Home Page For Track And Field, Road Running And
Involved at all levels from 9 year olds running for fun to world class athletes competing for olympic and International honours.
http://nhac.org.uk/
Prologue
than twentyfour laps around the olympic stadium, a were no strangers to long-distancerunning, but to that would determine the course of history for centuries
http://www.marathonguide.com/history/olympicmarathons/prologue.cfm

Extractions: from the publisher Excerpted from Olympic Marathon, by Charlie Lovett Prologue: The Legend Next Chapter The Modern Olympic Games are perhaps the most modern spectacle on the planet. Their pageantry, ritual, and tradition are beamed to billions via satellite, and every facet of their competition is not merely tinged with but ruled by modern technology. Yet the Olympics have their roots in a festival more ancient than the rites of Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism. Indeed if, as has often been suggested, the coliseums and stadiums our society has constructed in the twentieth century will ultimately be viewed as the cathedrals of our time, then the Olympic Games are our most sacred rite and Olympic champions our high priests. But the Olympics began in a time before satellites and television, a time before electronic timers, photo finishes, and computer rankings, a time when the greatest of gods was not sport, but Zeus.
Greek Games - History For Kids!
The events were the same kind as in the Olympics today running, jumping,throwing a javelin, and throwing a discus. Only men could compete.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/games/

Extractions: for Teachers Parents' Corner H4K Crafts and Projects Greek Games The Greeks took games of all kinds very seriously, but especially physical athletic competition. The Greeks believed that their gods particularly loved to see strong, fit, graceful human bodies, especially boys' and men's bodies. So one way to get on the good side of the gods was to exercise, to eat right , to oil your skin, to create a beautiful body that the gods would love. Because of the Greek tendency to turn everything into an agon , a competition, this also meant that there were a lot of athletic competitions in Greece. The most famous of these is the Olympic Games , but there were other games held in other places as well, like the Isthmian Games at Corinth. Young men (from richer families who didn't have to work) in most Greek cities spent a lot of their time training for these competitions, and the best of them were chosen to compete against the best young men from other cities. Then they would all meet, at the Olympic Games or the Isthmian Games or elsewhere, and compete for prizes and for the favor of the gods. Of course these games also served as good training for the army, because all these men would be soldiers as well. The events were the same kind as in the Olympics today: running, jumping, throwing a javelin, and throwing a discus. Only men could compete.
Greek Olympics Project - History For Kids!
When did girls begin running in the Olympics? How did that happen? (Not untilthe second modern Olympics, and then only gradually and with difficulty.
http://www.historyforkids.org/crafts/greeks/olympics.htm
Colleen De Reuck
Career Highlights 2004 USA 8 km XC champion; 200203 USA running Circuit Champion onDecember 11, 2000, just after finishing 31st at the 2000 olympic Games in
http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/DeReuck_Colleen.asp
The Road To Athens - Men's Marathon Trials - Feat:The U.S. Olympic Marathon Tria
The history of the US olympic Marathon Trials closely parallels the history of marathonrunning in the US The Trials have always been the race that every elite
http://www.runnersworld.com/events/roadtoathens/mtrials/040205feat_history.html

Extractions: by Amby Burfoot The history of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials closely parallels the history of marathon running in the U.S. The Trials have always been the race that every elite marathoner wanted to run, as it represented the only doorway into the Olympics. Over the years, the U.S. has used different Marathon Trials systems. The Trials were often at the Boston Marathon and/or the Yonkers Marathon. For a few years, the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team was chosen on a "points" basis from several qualifying marathons. Since 1968 the Marathon Trials have been awarded to a specific location, and the top three finishers made it to the Olympics (except for 2000). A brief history of the Marathon Trials. * The first U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials were held in Celtic Park, Long Island, on June 17, 1904, and won by 17-year-old Arthur Newton. At the Paris Olympics a month later, Newton ran 4:04:12 in 102-degree heat to finish 5th overall. At the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Newton improved to third, winning an Olympic bronze medal in 3:47:33. * Johnny Hayes finished second in the next U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, held at the 1908 Boston Marathon, but then won the gold medal in the London Olympics of that summer.
CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - U.S. Women's Olympic Track And Field Team, I-Z - Th
Event 1,500 meters olympic history Competing in her fourth olympics after runningin the 96 Atlanta, 92 Barcelona and 88 Seoul Games. Accomplishments
http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news/2000/usteam_trackandfield_women_i-z/
Finnish Olympic Committee - Finnish Olympic History
MILESTONES IN FINNISH olympic history. 1972 Finnish longdistance runningmakes its glorious comeback at the olympic Games in Munich.
http://www.noc.fi/english/olympic_history/finnish_olympic_history/?NDD=1
MSNBC - Running On Dope
running On Dope. used forbidden substances, a widening scandal threatens the US Olympictrack team. BALCO may be the biggest sports drug scandal in US history.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5039655/

Extractions: MSNÂ Home MyÂ MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') WebÂ Search: placeAd(1,'newsweek.sponsor5/sponsor5') logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); MSNBC News Alerts Newsletters Help ... MSNBC Shopping Search MSNBC: Advanced Search Francois Lenoir / Reuters Running On Dope As a champion sprinter admits she used forbidden substances, a widening scandal threatens the U.S. Olympic track team Big dopes: BALCO may be the biggest sports drug scandal in U.S. history By Mark Starr Newsweek May 31 issue - It should have been the most glorious day of Kelli White's athletic career. The young American sprinter had completed her sport's most prized double, winning gold medals in both the 100 and 200 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Paris last August. But instead of celebrating, White was trying to explain why she had tested positive for the banned stimulant modafinil, often used to treat narcolepsy. Dewy-eyed and with an audible catch in her throat, White revealed a hidden family history of the sleep disorder, which made this allegation of cheating particularly "harmful and hurtful." "I know that I did nothing wrong and sought no advantage over my competitors," she said. "I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance." advertisement
Educate The Children / History / Unit 14 / Factfile 8
Path Home / Teacher Zone / Classroom / history / Unit 14 The flame of the OlympicGames comes from a javelin, discus, long jump, running, running in armour
http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit14_fact8.htm

Extractions: Year Group: 5/6 The Olympic Games were held every four years, at Olympia, to honour Zeus. Sport was seen as good training for being a soldier in war. Wars were sometimes stopped to allow the Olympic Games to take place. The flame of the Olympic Games comes from a torchlight relay, run after dark. Runners ran with a torchlight and the winners were the first team to light a fire on the altar to Zeus. Events consisted of wrestling, boxing, javelin, discus, long jump, running, running in armour, chariot-racing and horse racing.
Education World® : Lesson Planning Center : Lesson Plans : Winter Olympic Histo
They use books and/or SportsLine.com s Winter olympic history Web page to helpthem complete the Winter olympic Games history work sheet. Assessment.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp250-01.shtml

Extractions: Click here to return to the article Subjects: Educational Technology; Language Arts: English; Mathematics: Arithmetic, Statistics; Social Studies: Geography, World History Grades: Students create charts showing historical statistics about the Winter Olympic Games. Students chart, graphic organizer, Olympic Games, winter The Winter Olympic Games were held for the first time in 1924, in Chamonix, France. Of the 258 athletes from 16 nations who competed, 245 were men and 13 were women. In this lesson, students learn about the Winter Olympic Games throughout history. They use books and/or SportsLine.com's Winter Olympic History Web page to help them complete the Winter Olympic Games History work sheet Students should accurately complete 80 percent of the fields on the worksheet. The answer key follows:
CBS.SportsLine.com - Olympics History
history Select Nation. Men s running Game Target, Yuwei Li, CHN 587, Helmut 1972Summer Olympics (XX).
http://cbs.sportsline.com/olympics/summer/nations/history/COL

Extractions: Select Nation Afganistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bohemia Bohemia/Great Britain Bolivia Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Czechoslovakia D.R. Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France France/Great Britain France/Gt. Brit./Irlnd. Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Great Britain Great Britain/Germany Great Britain/Ireland Great Britain/Scotland Great Britain/Wales Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico
A Brief History Of Sneakers
Before the late 1970s, running shoes were not hightech items During those years,not many international competitions were held, and the modern Olympics did not
http://www.drpribut.com/sports/sneaker_odyssey.html

Extractions: 2002: A Sneaker Odyssey by Stephen M. Pribut, DPM and Douglas H. Richie, DPM The US athletic shoe market is a $13 billion-per-year industry that sells more than 350 million pairs of sports shoes annually. Sports shoes have penetrated into all facets of mainstream America, covering the feet of both the high-level competitor and the fund-raising marathoner. They have also become a fashion statement and even assist in the everyday task of conveying the rest of us to work. The influence of youth culture on athletic shoes has been around for a long time. The 1981 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Performance and new technology for athletic shoes were highlighted as long ago as 1961, when Fred McMurray, playing the Absent-Minded Professor
BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Olympics 2012 | Rivals For 2012: Havana
olympics in 2012. HAVANA. Population 2,150,000. olympic history Neverstaged. Other bids 2008. Rundown on the rivals. Havana s olympic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/olympics_2012/3092873.stm

Extractions: BBC Sport assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Havana's bid to stage the Olympics in 2012. HAVANA Population: 2,150,000 Olympic history: Never staged Other bids: 2008 Rundown on the rivals Havana's Olympic chiefs know they will have their work cut out if they are to present a credible case for the Games. Cast as a rank outsider in the nine-horse race for 2012 by the bookies, the Cuban capital struggles to come anywhere near to matching the financial muscle of its rivals. When Havana bid for the 2008 Games it did not even make the shortlist of candidate cities. Fidel Castro's communist regime is diplomatically isolated and its candidacy is likely to meet opposition from the United States. But Cuban Olympic Committee president Jose Ramon Fernandez argues that the country deserves to be awarded the Olympics for its sporting achievements.

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