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    More specifically, in the Olympics where recent changes in ruling have created various opinions on the topic. While there is great evidence for both sides of the argument, there is a physical advantage for transgender people in sports. There are both genetic structure advantages and hormone benefits that transgender athletes have over born athletes of their gender. The current rules in place were incorrectly made and has changed the Olympics future for the worse. The Olympics have been around since

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    Basketball, like football, has struggled at international success achieving a world ranking of 41 and an African ranking of 6. They have qualified for seven Olympics (last 1988), their best finish was tying for ninth in 1952; and qualified for six FIBA World Cups (last 2014), with their best finish being fifth in 1950. They have also competed in EuroBasket from 1937-1953, won has host in 1949. After dropping

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    Ancient Olympics

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    The Olympics feature the best athletes in the world competing in a variety of sports. Many of these sports are common, like swimming, running, and gymnastics. But the Olympics games have also included some uncommon sports. Some of these sports can even be considered strange, odd, and even weird. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. These games had the first weird Olympic sports, one-handed weightlifting and rope climbing. The athletes who competed in one-handed weightlifting

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    World Wrestling History

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    six time Olympic Champion, ten time winner of the Nemean Games, and a five time winner of the Pythian Games. Wrestling in Roman Times was developed on the basis of the legacy of the Etruscans and the return of the Greek Games. Wrestling was the favorite sport of young aristocrats, soldiers, and shepherds. In 393, Emperor Theodosius banned all Pagan games and banned the Olympic Games. During the Middle Ages wrestling was practiced by the social elite, in castles and palaces. The Olympic Games were

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    Do you know how the modern Olympics started? One man contributed to making the modern Olympics about 140 years ago. This essay examines a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who made an effort to begin the modern Olympics. During the 1880s, Coubertin had an interest in the thought of restoring the modern Olympics. At first, he thought that French education needed more physical education because he was curious about education and loved his country, France. Coubertin made many trips to America and

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    they never used to play better than any of the men you know. People changed their perspective of women being involved in sports when they would see how capable the women were of being good at a sport they play. Women were not allowed at the first olympics ever played but

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    The Ancient Olympics

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    The Ancient Olympics A powerful roar of excitement only adds to the already excentric level of thrill. An energy driven by the athletes pushing their physical and mental strength to glorify the Gods fills the stadium. The crowd filling the stands radiate with delight as heat after heat of men race down the two stade sprint (Ancient Olympic Games). The authors at Olympics.org have traced the start of the Olympics all the way back to 776 BC. The catalyst for the modern day Olympics that started in

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    The desire to compete — and win — is as old as history itself. From the beginnings of sport, athletes have sought out foods and potions to turn their bodies into winning machines. As early as 776 BCE, the very first Olympic games, there are records of attempts to increase testosterone levels (“Steroid Abuse in Sports”). Ancient Greek wrestlers ate vast amounts of meat to gain muscle mass, and Norse “Berserker” warriors took hallucinogenic mushrooms before battle. The first competitive athletes to

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    eSports: Professional Video Gaming

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    Broadcasted competitive gaming has been around since the beginning of arcade games when people were competing for the highest score on shows like Starcade back in 1982(Bell). However, in the past couple of years the competitive gaming world has exploded in growth with more games, more tournaments, more players, and bigger cash prizes. During this most recent November there were eight major tournaments for a multitude of games including League of Legends, Call of Duty, and Counter Strike: Global Offensive

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    The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896, and since then they have been staged every fourth year, except during World War I and World War II (1916, 1940, 1944). Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the ancient Greeks’

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