TRACK AND FIELD

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TRACK AND FIELD

• Physical Education
• 4/5th Grade
• By Tamika

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What do you know about track and field?

• Do you know any track and field events?
• Do you know any athletes?

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The Events

• In the Olympics there are 20 womens events and
  24 mens events in track and field.
• They are divided the categories of running,
  throwing, and jumping.
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Examples of Events
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Do you know who this is?

• In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he won four gold
  medals 100 meter dash in 10.3 seconds (tying the
  world record), long jump with a jump of 26' 5
  1/4" (Olympic record), 200 meter dash in 20.7
  seconds (Olympic record), and 400 meter relay
  (first leg) in 39.8 seconds (Olympic and world
  record).

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Jesse Owens
"It all goes so fast, and character makes the
difference when it's close."
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Heroines of California Track and Field
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100 meter hurdles

• 2001 and 2002 Ranked 1 in the world
• Won 1st Olympic Gold Medal in 1992 (less than one
  and a half years after her doctor wanted to
  amputate both of her feet)
• Lives in Southern California

Gail Devers
www.gaildevers.com
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Pole Vault
Stacey Dragila

• World Record 4.81m
• 2000 Olympic Gold Medal
• First Female Olympic Champion
• Born in Auburn, CA

www.stacydragila.com/
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History of Events
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SHOT PUT

• The modern tradition of stone throwing is said
  to be derived from the tradition of the manhood
  stone  which had to be thrown a certain distance
  to prove one's masculinity.
• In the 19th   century, It is generally referred
  to as the "putting of the weight." Put' is "an
  old Scottish verb meaning to thrust." This term
  came to be used when the throwing action was
  restricted to require keeping  the weight on the
  neck and not letting the elbow lead the hand.

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Marathon
On a hot Summer's day in 490 BC the Greek legend
Philippides ran 26 hilly miles from Marathon to
Athens to deliver the news that the Athenian Army
defeated the Persians. Totally exhausted, he died
after the good news reached the city.
This has inspired a great International sporting
event, the Marathon. The first winner of the
marathon in the Olympic Games was a Greece,
Spiridon Louis. When the Olympic games were
revived in 1894, Michel Breal, a philologist at
the Sorbonne, thought it would be a good idea to
have a race commemorating the Pheidippides legend
- a 26 mile race from Marathon to Athens.
http//www.ping.be/ping6197/History.html The
History of the Marathon
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If you want to find out more about track and
field

• www.iaaf.orf
• www.fastwomen.org
• www.letsrun.com
• www.nikefarmteam.org
• www.tilastopaja.net/
• http//gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/c-tra//ck/sched/
  stan-c-track-sched.html

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The End Thank you