THE OLYMPICS

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Our topics of interest on the Olympics

THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES BY ROBBIE

It was first hosted in Athens, Greece Only men could compete Men Competed Nude People honoured it Greatly It was held in the middle of the 5th

century The training was very hard At the event you could be robbed if

you weren’t careful

SOCCER TRISTIAN AND MARCUS

Facts There is one male and one female

competition In the men's team they have players under

23 years but they can have 3 players over In the female team they may be any age The number of male competitors is 288 and

216 females There has to be 16 males per team and 12

females per team The field length is100-110 metres and the

width 64-75metres Women's competition started in 1996 Men have played since 1900

SALLY PEARSON BY ISABELLE

Nationality-Australian Date of birth 19th September 1986 Height- 166 centimetres Weight- 60 kilograms Personal best in 100 metre hurdles -12.28 seconds In primary school her athletic talents were noticed In 2012 she won gold in the 100 metre hurdles winning

against an American by 2 hundredths of a second

LAUREN MITCHELLLauren Mitchell was born on the 23rd July 1991,in Western Australia.She started her career in 2007. Her first year as a senior gymnast.She was the 2nd Australian Woman gymnast to

win medals at the World Championship. The first Australian Woman to win gold at the

World Championship. She inspires me to never give up and to

perform and try the best that I can.

CHRISTIAN SPRENGER BY ANTHONY S

Nickname: Sprenger DOB:19/12/1985 Age:26 Born: Brisbane, QLD Home: Brisbane, QLD Event:100m Breastroke Gender: Male

FACTS:• Christian Sprenger swam under the elusive one-minute barrier

in winning the 100m breaststroke title at the 2012 Australian Championships. His time of 59.91 was his fastest in a textile suit and it also marked the first time he had beaten domestic rival Brenton Rickard to the national crown in eight years.

• Sprenger made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2008, swimming in the preliminaries of the 100m and 200m breaststroke.

CATHY FREEMAN BY CARMEN

Cathy Freeman was born Cathy Astrid Salome Freeman

Born 16 of February Queensland She is an indigenous Australian Cathy won a gold medal at the Sydney

Olympics in the 200metres Her personal best is 100 metres 11.24 200 mertres 22.25 She inspires me with her amazing running and her ability to win gold

LAUREN JACKSON BY SIOBHON

Lauren Jackson plays in the Australian women's basketball team, The Opals.

Lauren Jackson was born on the 11th of May 1981 her nationality is Australian.

Her height is 6ft 5 (1.94m) and she has been a professional for 11 years. Her basketball positions -forward/centre. Her nickname is Loz or LJ She was born in NSW.

DIVING BY MADDI Diving has been an Olympic sport since the 1904 St

Louis games. It is to be on the 29th July- 11th August. America is toped ranked followed by China and then Sweden. The venue is the Aquatics Centre.

The diving events are

• Men's 10m platform• Men's 3m platform• Men's 10m springboard• Men's 3m springboard• Men's synchronised 10m platform• Men's synchronized 10m springboard• Men's synchronized 3m platform• Men's synchronized 3m spring board• Plunge for distance• Plain high diving Woman have the same events.

HANDBALL BY MATTHEW

Sydney 2000 is the only games when Australia qualified as host nation

Two teams seven players on court One keeper per side Players pass, throw ,catch, dribble and shoot Using small ball Trying to score in soccer goals Squad of 14 Most goals wins Two thirty minute halves Dotted line near goal- goal keeper not allowed out

players not allowed in Dotted line players jump from then do a layup and shoot Penalties occur when defenders are inside the keepers circle-when

defender makes hard contact Yellow and red cards for bad behaviour

SALLY PEARSON BY AMY

Nationality: Australian Weight : 60 ks Height: 1.66 m Born: 19th of September 1986 age 25 in Sydney

Personal best 100 metre sprint is 11:14 seconds in 100 metre hurdles 12:28 seconds and in 400 metre hurdles 1:02.98

She won gold in the London 2012 Olympic games for 100 metre hurdles

She also won silver at the Beijing 2008 Olympic games for 100 metre hurdles

KOBE BRYANT BY JOE

• His career is basketball• Kobe Bryant number 24, plays for

the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA• He is 33 years old• He was born on August 23 1978• He was born in Philadelphia• Average points for 2011 2012 is

31.1• He has 2 gold medals• His most points in a game is 81• He Started playing basketball at

the age of 3

ELIZABETH CAMBAGE BY LIZZY

• Lizzy plays basketball in the Olympics

• She is number 14 • Her specialty is slam dunks• She is 20 years old• She was born on the 18th of

August 1991 • Cambage was born in London

to a Nigerian father and an Australian mother

USAIN BOLT BY ATEIL

Usain Bolt is the fastest 100 metre sprinter in the world In the 200 metre sprint a man

tried to throw a glass bottle at Bolt so that he would lose the race

His main events are 100m and 200m sprints

He is the worlds fastest man He won gold in the 200m and

100m this Olympics

CATHY FREEMAN BY VANESSA

Cathy Astrid Salome Freeman Born Queensland Australia 1973 February 16th Aboriginal Australian She won gold for Australia, at the Olympics in 2000 September 25th Looked after husband with cancer for many years but then got a divorcePersonal Best Event --- Time 100m 11.24200m 2225 300m 36.42

ROWING BY RUBY

To do ROWING you need to have very big muscles because you have to row for 2 kilometres

You do it on a river, which can be manmade or natural

You can have 8, 4, 2 or single rowers in a boat

INTERESTING FACTS! M Drysdale came first and got GOLD in 6:57:82 mins He is from New Zealand!

ARCHERY BY VENICE

Archery is the art of propelling arrowsfrom a bow. In the older days of history, archery used to be used in hunting or combat. Archery is from the Latin word, arcus. Now archery is a sport and used for recreational activity. A person who participates in archery is called either an archer or a bowman. An expert is called a toxophilite. Archery was highly developed in Asia.

TOM SLINGSBY BY MAIREAD

Tom won gold this year. At the last Olympics, in Beijing, he came 22nd. His coach was Michael Blackburn who was a bronze medallist legend. This year, when he won gold, it was Australia’s 2nd gold and 1st individual activity medal. To get the gold, he competed in the ‘Men’s Laser Class Sailing’.

LAUREN MITCHELL BY IMOGEN

Sport - Gymnastics Lauren is aged 21 Nickname- Loz Date of birth 23/7/1991 Born in Perth WA Lives in Perth WA Events 1. Team

2. Competition

3. Women

EMILY SEEBOHM BY GEORGIA

Did you know? Emily Seebohm is an Australian swimmer She is 20 years old At the olympics Emily Seebohm was in tears even though she

came second At the age of 14, Seebohm won the 100 m backstroke at the

2007 Australian Championships At the World Championships in Melbourne, Seebohm won a gold

medal in the 4x100 m medley relay In London 2012 she won 2 silver and 1 gold medal

SWIMMING BY CARLY

• The best swimmer in the world is Michael Phelps

• The world record for swimming 50 and 100 metreswithin 1:00 is Cesar Cielo

• Cesar Cielo swam 50 metres in 20.91 seconds

• Cesar Cielo swam 100 metres in 46.91 seconds

• The Olympics Record for swimming 50 metres is 21.91 seconds (Cesar Cielo)

• The Olympics Record for swimming 100 metres is 47.05 seconds

CATHY FREEMAN BY HELEN

Full Name- Catherine Astrid Salome

Born- 16 February 1973 Born in- Slade Point,

Mackay, Queensland Specialised in- 400 metres

sprit Personal Best- 100 metres- 11.24 200 metres- 22.25 300 metres- 36.42 400 metres- 48.63

SALLY PEARSON BY SAMARA

Who is Sally Pearson? Sally Pearson is an Australian athlete She competes in the 100 metre hurdles In the 2012 Olympics (this year) she got into the

hurdles final and won a gold medal for Australia

Facts about Sally Pearson:• Sally Pearson’s time for the 100 metre hurdles this

year in the Olympics was an Olympic record (OR 12:35 seconds)

• Her birth date is the 19th of September 1986

JAMES MAGNUSSEN BY CONOR

D.O.B 11/04/91 Born in Port Macquarie, NSW Height 195cm Weight 90kg 21 years of age Stroke: Freestyle Nickname: The missile Wins In career, 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1

Bronze 4th Fastest 100m Freestyle time in

history, clocking 47. 10 seconds

JAMIE DWYER BY NIC

• Plays for the Australian hockey team-the Kookaburras

• He is the highest goal scorer ever for Australia• Jamie is Captain of the kookaburras• D.O.B 12/3/1979 • His nickname is Foetus• He has played 254 matches• His Kookaburras number is 1• He plays the mid striker role

• He has scored 160 goals• His debut game was 2001