Olympic Games

The Olympics are the truest form of competition an athlete can enter and engage in. Athletes dream of winning an Olympic gold medal. Young children play games and pretend that they are vying for...

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Every four years, people around the globe watch in fascination as athletes run faster, throw further and jump higher than everyone else. For two weeks, the world converges on one city to take in...

A host of Olympic training centers exist throughout the United States. Athletes favor Olympic training centers due to the often rigorous specificity of various Olympic events, and the center's...

The equestrian Olympics are one of the only two Olympic sports in which men and women compete against each other, and are divided into three phases: dressage, stadium jumping and cross-country...

The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years in conjunction with the regular Olympic Games. Like the Olympics the Paralympic Games bring together top athletes from all over the world to...

There is probably no greater achievement for a handicapped individual to make than that of getting to the Paralympics. It is an accomplishment that most healthy and able-bodied people don't even...

Team handball may not be as popular in the US as it is in European countries, but the competition is still fierce to make the Olympic team. In team handball, two teams of seven players each try to...

Synchronized swimming is a combination of three disciplines: swimming, gymnastics and dance. Swimmers in the water perform routines to music. Synchronized swimmers must have flexibility,...

Many children have a dream to one day represent their country as an Olympic contender. The reality is that few will actually see their dreams come true. Athletes must be top-class to qualify for...

Making the Olympic canoeing team is extremely difficult. There are very few spots allowed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and many athletes who wish to make the team. Women do not...

Men's gymnastics began in ancient Greece and was added to the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Men perform the pommel horse as the second of six events in a gymnastic competition. The pommel horse is...

Gymnasts perform their floor routines by moving gracefully across the entire mat and tumbling from corner to corner. Required elements must be performed to a certain standard in order to receive...

The Paralympics are held the same year as the Olympic Games, and now are in the same city and use many of the same venues. The idea began in 1948 as a sports competition for World War II veterans...

The modern pentathlon consists of 5 events: fencing, shooting, 200-meter freestyle swim, show jumping on horseback and a cross-country run. The scoring is based on 1,000 points in each event for a...

The triple jump has been described as "a hop, step and jump" after the actions that the athlete must perform. A triple jumper runs down a runway, jump lands on the take-off foot, immediately jumps...

So you want to be the next Bonnie Blair or Dan Jansen. It's going to take a lot of practice and hard work. You'll have to devote your life to accomplishing this goal, but once you do, you'll gain...

Since the beginning of Olympic history, running has been an event. Running is a sport that takes strength, dedication and determination. As with any other sport, it takes a great deal of time. A...

Race walking is a fairly new sport to the Olympic Games. The Women's Race Walk first appeared at the Olympics in 1992. Race walkers walk at fast as they can while always keeping contact with the...

Rhythmic gymnasts show off their talent and flexibility through a variety of techniques. One of the more impressive of these events is the hoop. The gymnast resembles a contortionist as she leaps...

A gymnast performs a delicate and passionate routine with the ball apparatus in rhythmic gymnastics. She must demonstrate skills in ballet, dance and artistic gymnastics to achieve the required...

Imagine tossing two bowling pins over your head as high as you could throw them. Then in the middle of a contorted dance move you must catch a pin in each hand on its way back down. This is a...

Graceful, elegant and passionate. These words describe the rhythmic gymnast when she performs with the dance ribbon. The display of color and flair of the ribbon is as important as the performance...

You may wonder what an Olympic Heptathlon entails and whether or not you have the skills to compete in one. A heptathlon consists of 7 events and is open to women only. Read on to learn about the...

Since becoming an official Olympic sport in 1954, Luge has captured the curiosity of many who have watched this ancient sport for the first time. Luge is said to have originated with the Vikings...

Olympic weightlifter Wes Barnett points out that the snatch is the first lift performed in Olympic weightlifting competitions. Barnett has a 385-lb. snatch to his credit, and this is how he does...

Two-time Olympian Wes Barnett is currently training for the 2000 Games in Sydney, and has a 484-lb. clean and jerk to his credit. This is how he does the clean and jerk lift.