Task Number 1

Record The Olympic Creed And  explain how the

Olympics began

The Olympic Creed is basically a motto, it goes as

follows:

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well"

The motto in Latin is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" - which translates in English as "Swifter, Higher, Stronger"

History

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia (Surprise Surprise), In rural sanctuary site in the western Peloponnesos.

The sanctuary was named in antiquity after Mt. Olympos

It was primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, The father of the Greek gods and goddesses.

The Greeks that came to the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia shared the same religious beliefs and spoke the same language. The athletes were all male citizens of the city-states from every corner of the Greek world, coming from as far away as Iberia (Spain) in the west and the Black Sea (Turkey) in the east.

 

Choose 2 countries represented in Rio. Research and present: The flag, Population, Past Olympic successes, Geographical features, Location on a map

Task Number 2

Hungary!

&

Trivia!

There is 9.897 million people in Hungary

4,695,779 Male's

5,159,792 Female's

Hungary Population

There is 10 thousand people in Tuvalu

4,988 Male's

5,028 Female's

Tuvalu Population

The Hungary Flag

The Tuvalu Flag

Did you know...as of 2012, Hungary ranks 8th in the world in medals

Hungary Past

Olympic successes

 

Gold medals made up 47% of the country's medals

Silver medals made up 24% of the country's medals

Bronze medals made up 29% of the country's medals

Hungary is very successful in the past,

A Total of 482 medals

167 gold, 146 silver,169 bronze 

Tuvalu ​Past

Olympic successes

 

Gold medals made up 0% of the country's medals

Silver medals made up 0% of the country's medals

Bronze medals made up 0% of the country's medals

Tuvalu is very successful in the past,

A Total of 0 medals

0 gold, 0 silver,0 bronze 

Hungary geological features

 

There is one lake in Hungary, a huge one... Lake Balaton! 592 km², Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in western Hungary It’s a major holiday destination with beaches, volcanic hills, resort towns and high-rise hotels along its 197 km shoreline. There also a river (Danube)Which runs though the middle of the capital, it is also quite large 2,860 km long.

 

Tuvalu geological features

Tuvalu next to no geological features,

There is what I call a lake, a giant puddle

in the middle of the island 

Hungary Map

Tuvalu Map

Task Number 6

Choose an Olympic event.  Investigate its history, any past NZ successes, and explain what particular skills are necessary to excel.

Sorry about this I miss took this for an Olympic year (2000)

and I didn't want to delete it all so...

The Right Task Below!

Olympics XXVII

Olympics 2000 was expensive or not (Depends on how you think about)

It costed about $6.6 billion A (Not much compared to the Olympics 2008

($44 billion US), But really expensive compared to 1948 (£761 thousand))

But they didn't get much in return,

They lost about $1 BILLION!

Now Onto The Right Task

C-1 (CANOE SINGLE) MEN

C-1 (CANOE SINGLE) MEN

In other words, C-1 (CANOE SINGLE) MEN

means canoe slalom, Men And one person in the canoe...

Anyway you get the idea now onto history and no it doses not spell Torture

History

Whitewater slalom racing started in Europe and in the 1940s, and the International Canoe Federation was formed. The first World Championships were held in 1949 in Switzerland.

It became an Olympic sport in 1972 but it was not seen again till 1992 and has been continuing since.

History of

Boats

 In the early 1960s, boats were made of fiberglass and nylon. Boats were heavy, usually over 30 kilos. With the advent of kevlar and carbon fiber being used in the 1970s, the widths of the boats were reduced by the ICF, and the boats were reduced in volume to pass the gates, and boats have become much lighter and faster.

Skills

Here is a list of skills I think is important.

• Dedication

      You need to get on the job, It can take years. 

• The ability to have frequent practising

      You can't just practice at the Olympics.  

• Courage

      You can't just aim yourself down a fast flowing river           without courage!