Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

On November 15th, 2015 I had to lead a 4-person row boat in a 4000 meter race in Mission Bay, San Diego. It was my first year with my high school’s rowing team and rowing in general, and I loved it. It was 6 in the morning when my coach told my group words I would never forget, “You guys are my top boat. If anyone’s winning, it’s you guys.” I was the stroke of my boat, meaning I set the pace everyone follows. I felt anxious; when you boil it down, the rate of our success depended on me. When we…

Johnny Weissmuller, a five time Olympic gold Medalist which resulted in a tie. During the competition, they were swimming up the Mississippi River, LeRoy Colombo would have won if he did not dislocate his shoulder. This is explained in an article about it:…

deemed one of the greatest swimmers of all times. He gained 11 Olympic medals, so he is the fourth highest medalist in the Olympic Games. When he was 9, he started to perform swimming at Arden Hills Swim Club, located in California. Then, he is highlighted while he held one world record. He joined his first Olympic Games in 1968, to hold ten world records by then. 9- Matthew…

soon after showed his immense talent for the sport. After years of training Michael Phelps went to the Olympics at the age of 15. I chose Michael Phelps because he showed you what there you can do. He trained and trained and became one of the best athlete to ever live. He shows kids an example of what you can do. If you want to do something must try. I always saw Michael Phelps in the OLympics. He would beat even the fastest of the fastest of people. It was hard to figure out how he was as fast…

Baltimore Aquatic Club at the Meadowbrook Aquatic and Fitness Center. He was fifteen when he competed in his first Olympics. Known as the most decorated Olympic athlete over his whole career he has won medals from Athens, Beijing, London and Rio. Today Michele has twenty-eight medals. In 1999 Michael made the U.S.…

Decorated Olympic Athlete of All Time? “The Baltimore Bullet” or the “Flying Fish” also officially known as Michael Fred Phelps II is the most decorated Olympics athlete of all time. Phelps broke this record that former US swimmer Mark Spitz set in 1972 after winning seven first-place finishes at the Olympic games. The 32-year-old 6.3-inch-tall swimmer specialized in Butterfly, backstroke, freestyle, and individual medley strokes. Phelps made his Olympic debut during the 2000 Sydney Olympics at…

You can’t put a limit on anything; the more you dream the farther you get.”(USA swimming). These are the words of a great man. That great man is Michael Phelps Olympic gold medalist and this is his story. Father, husband, inspiration, and hero all words that can be used to describe the most decorated Olympian of all time. Although many see him as just a swimmer that has had his time for fame, he faced countless tribulations on his path to fame. Michael Phelps was born on June 30, 1985 in…

a gymnast. She competed in the 2016 summer Olympus in Rio. When she was younger her sister and her were put into foster care, because their father abandoned them when they were younger and their mother struggles with addiction. Their grandfather and grandmother eventually adopted them. Simone has a big fear of bees and has been since she was younger. She first attempted gymnastics when she was six. Her daycare provider took them on a field trip to a gymnastics gym. They were actually supposed to…

Phelps has competed in 4 Summer Olympics. He is such a good swimmer because his arm span is 6’7” 3 inches. Even though his actual height is 6’4. Including that he is a retired men's Olympic swimmer. So he should win the Best Swimmer of All Time Award. [scienceabc.com] [swimswam.com] Michael Phelps should win the Best Swimmer of All Time Award because he has won many other awards. Phelps won swimmer of the year in 2016. [swimswam.com] In addition, Phelps has more swimmer Olympic medals than 160 …

participation in the Olympics, media coverage of women’s sports and the recent women’s FIFA world cup will show that the 2000’s are the golden age for women’s sports. It wasn’t long ago that women first joined the Olympics. It was on May 14 Oct. 28 1900 that 22 women first got to partake in the Paris Olympics, in only five sports: tennis, croquet,…