SHE EATS A STAGGERING 6000 Calories a Day SHE COSTS THE TAX PAYER £700 A Week in Benefits 5 Years ago she was 48stone She has not been out for 4yrs. Brenda Flanagan has not been out of the house for 4yrs and spends all day in a reinforced bed listening to the radio and […]
The 1896 Athens Games was the very first Modern Olympic Games and took place between 6th April & 15th April in Athens, Greece. It was officially called the Games of I Olympiad and is recognised as the first ever Olympics in modern times. Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was the man behind bringing the Olympics back […]
The Games Motto is ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ Faster, Higher, Stronger The Motto was was proposed on the creation of the IOC by Pierre de Coubertin, who had heard it used by his friend Henri de Coubertin, a Dominican priest. The motto was first introduced in 1924 at the Games in Paris.
Ancient Greeks believed that the fire was stolen from Mount Olympus, the home of the gods and given to mankind by Prometheus and they considered fire to have sacred qualities. In 1928 at the Modern Olympic Games in Amsterdam, a flame was lit and remained lit throughout the games, this was again repeated in the […]
The Olympic Rings have been the most recognised symbol of the Olympics. Barron Pierre de Coubertin came up with the idea for the symbol most recognised with the Olympics in 1913. The 5 rings stand for the five continents. Antarctica is not counted and North & South America are counted as one. The linking of […]
With the London 2012 Olympics just around the corner I thought Id take a look at the history of the Olympic Games. Many of the Games Olympics has inspired me in my own sport from sprinters like Linford Christie to Marathon Runners like Paula Radcliff and so many others. The origins of the games goes […]
7 good habits that may change your thoughts on health and change. DRINKING WATER: Everyone knows that you need to drink water and the recomendation is suposed to be 8glasses per day or abou 1.5ltrs, but excessive water can actually have a depermental effect by lowering the concentration of salt in your blood. Health-conscious water […]
Alesha Dixon best known for her singing career and being a judge on Britains Got Talent has made it through qualifying for the GB Olympic Team on the fencing team. The former Strictly Come Dancing champion said she was totally stunned when she found out, especially as she had only picked up a foil recently […]
This weekend saw one of the biggest mountain bike enduro races to pass through Swindon, the XNRG organised 200km cross country mountain bike race started all the way back in Wendover near the start of the Ridgeway with the end of stage 1 and day 1 at Ridgeway School in Wroughton who were chosen to […]
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