BBC Sport Academy | Other Sport | Try A New Olympic Sport Try a new olympic sport. Around the Academy. Why not take up a new sport? If you re after a great allround workout, swimming is hard to beat. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/special_events/newsid_3856000/3856669.s
Aquatics (Olympic Sport Since 1896) Aquatics (olympic sport since 1896) At the first modern olympics in 1896, three swimming contests were held. However, no universally accepted rules, http://en.beijing-2008.org/19/87/article211618719.shtml
Swimming swimming has consistently been a popular olympic sport, with Australia regularly featuring in the medal tally. From winning two Gold medals at the 1900 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/swimming/
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Extractions: Or for that matter this year's addition to the Olympic canon, its cousin, synchronized diving? There are three ways an activity can come into the Olympics: as a completely new sport; as a discipline, a branch of an existing sport; or as an event, a competition within a discipline. Triathlon is making its Olympic debut as a sport in Sydney; trampoline, which is part of gymnastics, is a new discipline; and women's pole vaulting the latest track and field event. Continue Article placeAd(2,'slate.homepage/slate') The first step to becoming a recognized sport of the Summer Games requires being organized into an international federation and having male participants in at least 75 countries on four continents and female participants in at least 40 countries on three continents. Once the International Olympic Committee votes to recognize a federation, the next step becomes a matter of lobbying. This is supposed to be done without the help of that now-banned Olympic activity, bribery. The IOC now recognizes 31 federations in everything from bridge to korfball (it is beyond Explainer's capacity to explain korfball Since the IOC wants to keep the number of athletes to the current 10,000 (!), it also helps if a sport has telegenic participants, which may be why triathlon made it from recognized international federation to medal sport in a swift 11 years, and bowling, recognized since 1979, languishes. (Their new Olympic marketing campaign slogan: "Strike Gold.")
Sports There are 28 sports on the programme for the Summer olympic Games. New Zealand has been represented in many of these since the inception of the modern http://www.olympic.org.nz/PageDirector.aspx?ID=58
Page Re-direct Sport and athletics facility within the University of Limerick provides details of membership, indoor and outdoor facilities, timetable of activities, news, http://www.universityarena.com/
Extractions: CNNSI.com University of Georgia swim coach Jack Bauerle will serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. women's Olympic swim team in Sydney. In his twenty-one years at Georgia, Bauerle's swimmers have won 17 NCAA individual titles and three NCAA relay titles, and the women's swim team won the NCAA championships in 1999 and 2000. Check in with Bauerle on CNNSI.com throughout the Olympics. September 15, 2000 Sydney, Australia What has the atmosphere been like leading up to the Opening Ceremonies? Today has been really exciting. Everything has been more electric, and there is a buzz round the Village. We're excited to be a part of all this. There's a different feel to the Village today. They about rocked us out of our housing when they were practicing for the fireworks display. Some people thought we were being bombed and ran outside. If that's how it's going to be tonight, it's going to be spectacular. Have you had a chance to see any of the other athletes?
Extractions: //MP3 Banner var banner3 = "/images/ads/USAS-Banner1.jpg"; var link3 = "http://usaswimming.eprize.net/onourteam/"; var bannerURL = Array(banner4, banner1, banner2, banner3); var linkURL = Array(link4, link1, link2, link3); //document.write('test write line4') News Channels >> Top Stories College Club High School ... Other View All Premium Stories September 25 - Swim Ireland Still Seeking Performance Consultant DUBLIN, Ireland, September 25. TERRY Denison has been selected as the interim performance consultant for Ireland until the nations governing body, Swim Ireland, can find a permanent replacement for the position. This move was reported by Craig Lord of
Olympic Sports News olympic sports News provides Sporting World News from the most comprehensive Full Story olympic swimmer Rick Say hopes to inspire athletes at Canada http://archive.wn.com/2005/08/11/1400/olympicsportsnews/
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Rainbow Network with our top pick of the gayest sports of the Olympics. swimming South Africa s Ryk Neethling The appeal of the Games most obvious gay event is obvious http://www.rainbownetwork.com/Fun/detail.asp?iData=21423&iCat=127&iChannel=20&nC
NY Times Advertisement Breaking Olympics news, multimedia, results and schedules. Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming. Sport Overview Schedule, Results http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/olympics/sports/
Dallas Morning News | News For Dallas, Texas | Olympic Sports Cathy Harasta writes about olympic sports for The Dallas Morning News. ExUT swimmer Aaron Peirsol broke his own world record in the 200-meter http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/olympics/vitindex.html
Channelnewsasia.com swimming olympic champ Hu racks up more diving gold for China Russia won their second synchronized swimming gold, the olympic champions capturing the http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/159554/1/.html
Extractions: GENDER EQUITY By Sport. Archery Badminton Basketball Canoe/Kayaking Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Gymnastics Judo Modern Pent. Paralympics Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Tennis Triathlon Trampoline Volleyball Water polo Weight Lifting Wheelchair Bball Windsurfing Wrestling Who has Qualified The Way to Sydney Olympic History New Sports ... Back to CAAWS Thursday, July 27, 2000
SLAM! Sports - Swimming - Reimer Wins Freestyle Bronze swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling, Other sports, Big Events When she struggled at the 2004 Summer Olympics some people questioned if http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Swimming/2005/07/26/1148459-cp.html
Extractions: Sport Index SLAM! Gallery Hockey Gallery Baseball Cdn. Baseball Basketball Boxing CIS Sports Cricket Curling Cycling Figure Skating CFL Football NFL Football Golf Hockey Junior Hockey Horse Racing Lacrosse Motorsports Olympics Rodeo Rowing Rugby Skiing Soccer Swimming Tennis Track Volleyball Wrestling Other Sports Big Events Canada's Brittany Reimer of Surrey B.C. takes the start in the women's 1500-meter freestyle race to a bronze medal at the World Aquatics Championships Tuseday, July 26, 2005 in Montreal. (CP PHOTO/Mark J Terrill/AP) MONTREAL (CP) - It was during the dark days after Athens that Brittany Reimer learned a lot about herself. When she struggled at the 2004 Summer Olympics some people questioned if Reimer would become a swimming star or flame out like a streaking meteorite. Reimer provided some answers by winning a bronze medal in the gruelling 1,500-metre freestyle at the world aquatic championships Tuesday night. "You have to go down usually before you can come up," said the Surrey, B.C., teenager, sounding older than her 17 years. "Athens was a big step for me.
CBC.ca The Olympics A history of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. American swimming sensation Michael Phelps was the most decorated athlete in Athens. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/
