100 metres

crushing me in a bear hug. It strangled me, taking my breath and courage with it. I was shaking like a leaf, almost about to be blown far, far away. My dad’s voice brought me back to the real world, making me feel even worse. Sitting up in the grand stands was a nightmare. Seeing the best athletes from around the state made me feel scared and frightened. Of failure. In that instant, I realized that my fear was going to chase me onto the track and all the way to the end. Starting the 100 metre heat was one of the scariest things I may have ever done in my life. In what seemed like a second, I had crouched down, hear the set sound and gone racing down the track. I knew that I couldn’t look around or I would slow down, so I looked straight forward. I didn’t look back and when I hear my dad shouting my name, I pushed myself even further. And I won. I won. Now even though I still had more races to go, I was so happy in those few moments, that it didn’t matter. I came fifth in the semi-finals for the 100 metres and fifth in the semi-finals for the 200…

Have you heard of the amazing Usain Bolt? Well, in the past few years, he has won a couple of gold medals while also setting some records at the same time. Why is this you ask? Well, some may say he is just a dominant runner, but others say that he has an advantage over the other runners because he is 6 foot 5, which is very tall. Read more to see both sides of the claim. So why would being taller have an advantage over running you ask? Well according to quora.com, they say that usually the…

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but it helped. As the first race drew closer and closer, my nerves grew and grew. My team held our ritual team huddle before we took to the track. The order was the same as always: Kim, Brooke, Alyssa and me. We were so pumped for this race. We knew we just had to stay up with Wahoo for the majority of the race and we could finish it. As Kim took the track and the starter lifted the gun, I was ready. This is what we had been training up to since the start of the season. This was to prove…

In my life, I have been influenced by many of people across the country, but no one has quite influenced me like my dad. Influences do not always have to be of positive value; they can have a negative effect on your life. My dad has always been a part of my life, and he has always been there when I need him the most. My dad has been both my father and my friend.My dad is the most influential person in my life because he always pushes me to do my best no matter what decision I may have; he…

Throughout history of mankind, people always look to others for guidance, wisdom and on some occasion for help. In most cases, this type of support usually comes from parents, siblings or close relatives. One of the most interesting person whom guidance, hope, and perseverance is mostly drawn from, is a phenomenal individual, named Gerard. To introduce this person, one has to start from the beginning. He was born in the fifties. He was the eldest among his five siblings. Early in his life, he…

The Homewood Trilogy by John Edgar Wideman questions the effects of his first true influences, the Academy and the Street. “My university training had both thwarted and prepared this understanding, and the tension of multiple traditions, European and Afro-American, the Academy and the Street, animates these texts,” Wideman acknowledges. The essence of Wideman’s argument is that the life he lived at the academy and in the street influenced him to become the person he is today. I agree with author…

In one of the greatest Olympic performances of all time, Owens won gold in four events; the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4 x 100 meter relay, and long jump. This defining moment in history shattered the Nazi idea of “Aryan superiority.” Enraged by this, Adolf Hitler refused to hand out the medals. Baker does a great job making it a point that amidst the rising tension in the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens was not there to create a scene promoting human rights but rather just to race and enjoy…

Oscar Pistorius is a famous former world Olympian and Paralympic who made history competing in the Olympics with aesthetic legs. He was an international idol due to his inspiring story of determination and tenacity. However, all this came plummeting when he was charged in 2013 with killing Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s day (Hume, Karimi, & Thompson, 2016). To ensure a guilty verdict, the prosecution brought up charges of pre-meditated murder and manslaughter. Oscar and Reeva…