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An overview of the events that make up the swimming and diving portion of the Olympic Games, with highlights of great athletes and moments. ... Read more

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All the hopes of a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, were realized in 1896, when the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens. He had dreamt of an international sporting festival where the world's supreme athletes could compete against each other for the title of Olympic champion. Although the Games have continued as the most prestigious sporting championship for amateur athletes, de Coubertin's Olympic ideal has been constantly challenged. For many athletes, taking part is not enough and winning is everything. Politics and the misuse of drugs have often dominated the headlines, casting a shadow over the sporting triumphs and achievements that represent the true spirit of the Olympic Games. This series examines the history of the Games through eight of the most popular sports. This book is a tribute to all the swimmers and divers - the winners and the losers - who have taken part in the Olympic Games and helped to make them the ultimate sporting event. ... Read more

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Diving Dream to Olympic Team is the fascinating story of 1968 Olympic diver Keith Russell. At the age of 20, Keith was the youngest athlete ever named the world's best diver by an international poll of coaches. Sports Illustrated named him to win the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, where he was the only American to qualify in both the springboard and platform events. But the controversial platform finals proved to be more of a test of inner strength than athletic skill. By the time he retired from competition after the 1976 Olympic Trials, Keith was a six-time National Champion, World University Games Champion, and World Championship medalist. Since his retirement from diving, Keith has been coaching and grooming national champions and Olympians. The former President of the United States Professional Diving Coaches Association, Inc., Keith coached the U.S. National Teams at the 1999 and 2001 World Student University Games. He recently represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the only American diving judge. This is a feel-good story that will leave readers deeply satisfied and uplifted as they learn about one man's incredible struggles and astonishing achievements in one of the world's favorite sports. ... Read more

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Refers to famous performances while presenting an overview of the Olympic swimming and diving events and providing information on how athletes train, qualify for, and participate in the games. ... Read more

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Provides an overview of swimming and diving competitions at the Olympics. ... Read more

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Ages 8-10. Beginning readers can practice their reading skills with this 6-book set that introduces some of the sports played during the Olympic Games. The Easy Olympic Sports Readers are fun-to-read for primary grade children and are highly motivational. These 16-page books are also filled with exciting full color photographs. Titles included: Baseball/Softball; Cycling; Gymnastics; Soccer; Swimming; Track & Field. ... Read more

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Ages 8-10. Beginning readers can practice their reading skills with this 6-book set that introduces some of the sports played during the Olympic Games. The Easy Olympic Sports Readers are fun-to-read for primary grade children and are highly motivational. These 16-page books are also filled with exciting full color photographs. ... Read more

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Written by a sports scientist, a coach and a physician, Swimming is the broadest work yet written in this field for sports science and sports medicine alike. The text is authored by a team with outstanding credentials in terms of personal experience as competitive swimmers, in research productivity, coaching success, and the medical care of high performance swimmers and swimming teams. Swimming has been written primarily for athletics trainers and team coaches but is also intended as a specialist reference for doctors, allied health professionals and for athletes themselves. Chapters cover the characteristics of swimming including important concepts in propulsion, functional anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, biomechanics and psychology. Also included are the principles and aims of nutrition, injury including risks, mechanisms of injury, prevention, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation and return to training. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard, Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 Metre Springboard. Excerpt:Women's 3 metre springboard diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad item : 1924» Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics The women's 3 metre springboard was presented to the Olympic Games for the first time as one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, A... ... Read more

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Describes the aquatic events of the Olympic Games and previews the athletic competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1503 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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For me, its a bit dated and you can glean more information from other books.I've donated it to charity, so you can pick it up from the local thrift store. ... Read more

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Ages 6 to 9 years. People enjoy swimming for exercise and as a fun recreational activity. This book will inform kids about the basic strokes and techniques plus highlight a few games. Clear text and lovely colour elements include: the four strokes -- freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly; poolside safety, rules, and CPR; how and where to dive; the world of racing. ... Read more

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Chapters: Diving Sites of Guam, Rugby Union in Guam, Guam National Baseball Team, Guam National Olympic Committee, Guam National Basketball Team, Paseo Stadium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Guam has some of the best dive sites in the world since there has been minimal tourist impact compared to other better known dive locations. Piti Bomb Holes has been built up as a tourist attraction allowing tourists to descend into an observatory where they can take in the beauty that has grown in a sinkhole. (The name "Bomb Holes" is a misnomer.) Divers may dive around this attraction and feed shoals of fish for the amusement of the tourists inside the subaquatic observatory as much as for the divers' own amusement. While many of the dive sites can be reached by land, some of these entry points require a long walk over coral or a long surface swim. Also, because so much of the island is controlled by U.S. military bases, many of the dive sites are accessed by land through the military bases. The list below are some of the dive sites in Guam. Gun Beach is remarkable for several reasons. First and foremost, it is perhaps the only SCUBA dive site in Tumon Bay, the main resort hotel / tourism area, comparable to Hawaii's Waikiki Beach. Most other sites, with the exception of the sewage treatment plant, are at least a 30 minute drive from this hotel district. This divesite is at the extreme right-hand side of Tumon Bay, past the last hotel, and down a short dirt road. There are no facilities at the site, although it is within a 5-minute walk of the nearest hotel. Note that there is NO protected area of the shallows which are sufficiently deep to conduct the shallow-water dive lesson commonly given in "intro diving" (no-license diving, preceded by a 30-minut...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2253752 ... Read more