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Showing posts with label Olympic Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympic Games. Show all posts
2013-09-07
La decisión
Tokio ha ganado la competencia por los Juegos Olímpicos de 2020. De hecho, no había escuchado hablar de esta competencia antes de leer el escrito de Javier, probablemente porque no había ningunas ciudades estadounidenses en la competencia. Bien, no estoy seguro de que ser anfitrión de los Juegos sea algo bueno. Me parece una situación bastante complicada.
De otro tema, sigo escuchando "The Emperor of All Maladies". Los últimos capítulos han tratado de la cultura de la oncología, que estaba dominada por "cirugía radical" por casi un siglo. La palabra "radical" en dicha frase se usaba en su sentido de latín, queriendo decir "hasta la raiz". La teoría detrás de cirugía radical era que se podía curar cáncer solo por quitar todas las células cancerosas, y la probabilidad de hacerlo aumenta con la cantidad de tejido quitado. Pero esta teoría no se había probado nunca. El tipo de cirugía radical más conocido era la mastectomía radical, un procedimiento muy desfigurante. Eventualmente, entre los años de 1975 y 1985, se llevó a cabo un ensayo clínico, demostrando que la mastectomía radical no era más eficaz que la cirugía menos extrema. Por eso hoy en día no se usa la mastectomía radical casi nunca. Otros tratamientos, incluso quimioterapia y radiación, la han reemplazado.
¿Madrid Istambul or Tokyo? Who will win?
Today is a special day. Today we will know who will be the country or city in charge of making the Olimpic Games in 2020.
In my humble opinion, I don't believe that the Olimpic Games will solve our actual problems. I think, these one will be bigger becuse we will have to cope with serious debts to pay that wonderful event!
The fact of having this big event in Spain for instance, will bring better infraestructures, roads ..... a bigger weelbeing, but ... I wonder ... If Madrid wins the selection...... will be our actual crisis finished? Think about it. If Madrid wins, tomorrow all spanish problems will be solved ... all will be different, but really all will be the same. The unemployement will be increasing more and more ... we will be living in the same way. Only with ilusion but .... tomorrow if Madrid has success .... we will have ilusion! unles hope!
Good luck!
At the end it's a political decission.
2013-03-06
Eddie el Águila
Muchas personas de otros países creían que no se debería haber permitido saltar, pero los Británicos le apoyaron y le animaron mucho. Años después, todavía es bien conocido, no por sus premios, creo que no ganó ninguno, pero por su esfuerzo y determinación de competir en un deporte que le amó. Recuerdo bien, todo el mundo en Gran Bretaña estaba viendo la televisión cuando fue el turno de Eddie El Aguilo a tomar su salto.
2012-08-18
Olympic Games Final Thoughts
- After
vying for two weeks at the rhythm of “Chariots of Fire,” the USA
outperformed China in the final medal table and took revenge for the
defeat in Beijing 2008. The economic and political rivalry between
these two behemoths has a new battle arena. I think we have seen this
movie before.
- What
basketball team is better: Jordan's Dream Team or Kobe's Team USA?
The former had more basketball fundamentals, but the latter is more
athletic. Comparing different eras is always difficult. Can you
imagine Larry Bird guarding Lebron James? It looks like a horror
film.
-
Puerto Rico wrapped up the Olympic games with two medals, an
unexpected silver medal in freestyle wrestling with Jaime Espinal and
a could-be-better bronze medal in the 400m hurdles with Javier
Culson. Unfortunately, we have to wait four additional years to win
an elusive gold medal.
- Usain
Bolt was again the king of the track and field competitions. The
Jamaican cemented his legacy after being the first man who wins the
100m and 200m in back-to-back Olympic games. In addition, his anchor
leg in the 4 x 100m relay sealed a spectacular world record. A superb
performance!
- Kudos
to the London 2012 organizing committee. The punctuality of the
events, the impressive quality of the TV transmission, the British
humor in the opening ceremony, the tidy sports venues, and the
Londoners' hospitality were praised by almost everybody. The world
will miss the “God Save the Queen.”
2012-08-17
Practicing with sentences
The year before, They had beaten West Germany 7 to 1 in Wembley.
Your fellow belarusian won a gold medal, they are a team with another guy whom I don't remember the name. They played very well, they are the best of them all.
I can't walk and chewing gum at the same time.
Which would it be your first stop?
I can not never understand their way of being.
Well, some people are kind and sympathetic, but others are really weird though.
So, you have few time for vacations remainig(or left?)
In February, 500 students applied to study at that university but, only 6 months later we were only fifty good students remaining.
The first year is like a "filter?" since it is all for free, only good students can continue.
Even if you are a good student if you get tired, then you don't stand a chance.
Despite they are very young, they are quite mature.
Your fellow belarusian won a gold medal, they are a team with another guy whom I don't remember the name. They played very well, they are the best of them all.
I can't walk and chewing gum at the same time.
Which would it be your first stop?
I can not never understand their way of being.
Well, some people are kind and sympathetic, but others are really weird though.
So, you have few time for vacations remainig(or left?)
In February, 500 students applied to study at that university but, only 6 months later we were only fifty good students remaining.
The first year is like a "filter?" since it is all for free, only good students can continue.
Even if you are a good student if you get tired, then you don't stand a chance.
Despite they are very young, they are quite mature.
Labels:
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Facts of Life,
Olympic Games,
Society,
Sports,
Vacaciones
2012-08-10
Olympic Games of Thrones...
Before the falling of the USSR, Olympics were intended to show each 4 years what country / what system was better; capitalism vs. comunism were tested bearing in mind the number of gold medals USA and USSR got. Dope technologies were developed to support this propaganda.
Wu Minxia, chinese sportwoman in London 2012, was notified that her grandmather had died during her training for the games months ago and her mother has been suffering from a cancer after wining 2 gold medals in London 2012. She wasn't been notified before to avoid a lack of concentration during the training. China started a program to pass USA olympics medals during Beijing 2008 Games. In 4 years (from Athenas 2004 to Peking 2008) China doubled its medals, from 63 to 110 in Beijing.
Many efforts have been done to control doping. But reading the story of Wu Minxia, it seems to be that drugs has been replaced by psychological technologies, that are invisible to drug test, but perhaps could be as damageful to the sportsmen as doping.
Only time will tell.
2012-08-08
Asilo
Ayer, he oído las noticias que siete atletas de Somalia han desaparecido desde la villa olímpica!!!! Aparentamente nadie sabe donde están pero son libres para venir y ir como desean y tienen permiso quedarse en Gran Bretaña hasta Noviembre. Esta noticia no me soprenda, de hecho, al principio de las olimpiadas me pregunté cuántos atletas querra buscar asilo cuando lleguen aquí.
Las Olimpiadas
!Las lágrimas de alegría para nuestro atleta!!!!!. Chris Hoy se ha convertido en el atleta más exitoso en Gran Bretaña con seis medallas de oro con la edad de treinta y seis años. ¿Él estará en Río de jeneiro? ¿Quien Sabe? Ayer Gran Bretaña nuevamente ha tenido un día con mucho éxito. Hasta ayer hemos ganado veintidos medallas de oro, sin contar las otras de plata y bronce. Viva Gran Bretaña!!!!
2012-08-05
¿Quién es?
Algún desconocido ha ganó la medalla de oro en el tenís. Creo que viene de una isla en el atlántico del norte, talvez Islandia, no estoy seguro. Pero me parece que a la muchedumbre le gustó mucho el resultado. Por cierto, el partido fue ¡una zurra!
Los Juegos Olimpicos
El equipo G.B.
ganó seis medallas ayer. Después del
comienzo muy despacio en los primeros días en que G.B. no había ganado ningunas
medallas, pero las últimos días han producido medallas de oro para el equipo
G.B. Las últimas vitorias han llevado el
equipo GB en la tercera posición con veinte y nueve medallas, catorce de oro,
siete de plata y ocho de bronce. La
estrella del equipo GB es Jessica Ennis y creo que se ha convertido en una
persona muy famosa en Gran Bretaña. Gran
Bretaña ha cambiado en un país dedicado a ver deportes incluso la gente que no
le gusta el deporte, por ejemplo muchas mujeres, que normalmente no tienen
ganas de ver deporte.
Está mañana
estaba viendo la televisión para ver el maratón a través las calles de Londres,
qué bonita la pista de carreras, se puede ver la Torre de Londres, La Catedral
de Santo Paulo, el Palacio de Buckingham y muchos más lugares muy famosos,
realmente estaba viendo la paisaje en vez de la carrera jejejej
Ahora mismo el
juego de tenis está a punto de comenzar entre Federe Y Murray, supongo que
sabes quien yo quiera ganar jejejejej
Olympic Diary II
Puerto Rico has
never won an Olympic gold medal. Our Olympic athletes have won
several silver and bronze medals in boxing, but a gold medal has
always escaped from our hands. However, on Monday our luck may
change.
Our maximum
expectations are in the men's 400 meters hurdles with Javier Culson.
Culson has been dominant throughout the year in his event and has the
season-best mark before the Olympic Games. He arrived to London in
the best mental and physical condition of his life. On Friday in the
quarterfinals and yesterday in the semis, Culson finished first in
his heats and with the second best time among all athletes.
All the planets are
lined up for Culson. The men's 400 meters hurdles final will be on
Monday at 20:45 British Time (3:45 p.m. Eastern Time). If you watch
the race, Culson is the tall and slim guy with a headband in lane 5.
We have our fingers crossed for Culson. Good luck!
2012-07-31
Olympic Games Diary I
Chinese swimmer Ye
Shiwen has been the greatest attraction of the Olympic Games so far.
She has won gold medals in the 200 meters individual medley with
Olympic record and the 400 meters individual medley with an
outstanding world record. Her performance seems normal for an Olympic
gold medalist, but it is spectacular considering she is only sixteen.
And more surprising is that she swan the last 50 meters of the 400
meters race faster than her male counterpart in the same event.
Awesome!
Obviously, her
records have raised a few eyebrows among swimming coaches and
competitors. The Chinese authorities have backed up her swimmer, and
the person-in-charge of the Olympic Games anti-doping program has
defended the drug detention procedures. In brief, we will have to
wait for the final results of the doping tests. I hope she is clean.
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