2008 Summer Olympics

Ai Weiwei, a Chinese contemporary artist as well as a political activist was born in Beijing on May 18, 1957. When Ai was only one year old him and his family were sent to a labor camp. It was not for sixteen years later at the end of the Cultural Revolution until his family moved back to Beijing. He studied animation at the Beijing Film Academy in 1978. After his studies he spent about twelve years in the United States and studied at the Parsons School of Design where he soon dropped out. For income

“New Beijing, New Olympics” was the motto for the 2008 Beijing Olympic, this was the first Olympic that China was hosting in Olympics history. Andrew Morris, the author of Marrow of the Nation, succeeds in tracing the ways China had incorporated sports in their nation by using both Western idea and those thought to be from Chinese “traditions,” into visions of a new China. Morris surrounds the book around the sporting culture in playing a crucial role in the making of the modern nation-state in Republican

Douglas began formal gymnastics training at 6 years old and won a state championship by the time she was 8. She moved away from her hometown and family in 2010 to training with a world-renowned Olympic trainer, and was selected to compete with the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. There, Gabrielle became the first African American to win gold in the individual all-around event. She also won a team gold medal with teammates Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn

International Sports Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be a governing body independent from any nation or government. (1) They are responsible for supervising the everyday running of and creating uniform rules for the sports swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, and high diving. (2) Their legislations are used in the World Championships as well as the Olympic games. USA Swimming is the official governing body for United States

Carol Hutchins is the top ranked coach with the most wins in the history of college softball. She has collected a total of 1461 wins in 32 years of coaching. She has a mere 474 loses on her record. Hutchins first coached at Ferris State from 1981-1982 and then Michigan from 1985 to present time. Carol grew up in Lansing, Michigan where she then went and played softball at the place she coaches. She was the starting shortstop there as a freshman and also played basketball, too. Hutchins attended Everett

brand could somehow acquire elements of brand strength equivalent to those associated with the Nike and Adidas names, vice president of marketing Abel Wu was pursuing a marketing strategy aimed at establishing in people’s minds, just in time for the Olympics, a uniquely differentiated position for the Li Ning brand. Chief among Zhang’s concerns at this point was how to integrate Li Ning’s decision-making to ensure that new opportunities could be seized while making the most of the company’s current competitive

the society of the host city, holding an event means there will be more opportunities of jobs for the citizens in the city and it will increase employment. The events industry will induce a development of investments in a city, In 3 Beijing Olympic Games 2008, China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006 to achieve the supporting for the big event, this development also includes refurbishment of 25 historic areas such as city's landmarks, old streets and four corner

international companies (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) * Brand recognition is low on the mainland, this goes back to Chinese culture of keeping with tradition (including traditional companies) UPS was able to overcome this with their participation in the Olympic Games (Charlotte - Business) The air-express segment of the domestic package-delivery market – including letters and packages, overnight, deferred and air or air-and-ground - made up $25 billion of the $45 billion industry (Bruner & Carr,

Michael Phelps; Living with ADHD Michael Phelps has a condition called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or otherwise known as ADHD. Michael is one of the many people who have been diagnosed with this disorder. He has become a spokesperson to talk about the disorder and ways to find treatments that work for the individual. Medication isn’t the only treatment for this disorder. There are many natural treatments such as playing in sports. This disorder not only affects the person, but everyone

A great example of a foreign athlete showing respect to the United States National Anthem would be Usain Bolt. During a trackside interview that was being conducted with Mr. Bolt, the U.S. National Anthem started to play at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Usain politely interrupted