unit 1: Higher, FAster, Stronger (Tle G1_gr1)
(At the follwoing of what we did last time)
Group 3
In the 1920s, Paris was the center of the intellectual and cultural,
artistic and political life. On top of that it
was a very crowded city with 2,9 million inhabitant, including Irish
celebrities such as Samuel Beckett an Irish novelist who was the nephew of an
athletes who competed in the Paris 1924 Olympics. In 1924, Ireland was allowed
to finally compete as a country.
Group 4
The Tailteann Games took place in 1924 in Dublin following the Paris
Olympics. There were 5000 Irish athletes from which there were 6 Gold medalists
(there were 3000 athletes in the Paris 1924 Olympics). They were modeled the
same way the Olympics were with grand opening and closing ceremonies with
athletic events and cultural competitions. The Tailteann Games were then
organized every four years. The goal of these games was to unite all Irish
athletes under one unique ceremony and forge their identity and their feeling
of belonging.
These games were created 632 BC y an ancient Irish Kings. There were in
Telton organized as funeral games honoring his mother Queen Tailte giving its
name to the completion.
Group 5
At the 1924 Paris Olympics, there were 3000 athletes but only 135 women
were represented. In fact, Pierre de Coubertin
was against women competing in the games, as for him it was a male-only
competition. However, women could compete in
tennis, golf, archery, swimming and gymnastics. However, in 1922, Paris
organized a Women’s World Games in track-and-field discipline. As a result, in 1926, the International Olympic
Committee decided to let women take part in track and field competition.
Group 6
The first Olympics took place in 1948 after WWII in London. It was the
start for disabled to take part in the games. They competed in archery
tournament. This competition became annual. Then,
the first official Paralympics took place in Rome in September 1960. There 23
countries represented and 400 athletes. On top of that,
women disabled also participated in the games. Thanks to the development of the
Paralympics, people started to open their eyes on the reality of disabled
people, to help them integrate the society better and to stop treating them
differently. Besides,
the Games help to stop discriminating people against and encourage equality
between the two genders. Even though, it took time for women to be fully represented
as in 1996 they were only 34% of them competing. However,
they were allowed to compete in all the disciplines. Women were under-represented
because they were supposed to stay at home and take care of the household and
seen as weaker than men.
Group 7
At the time it was only amateurs athletes who took part in the Olympics. However, at the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold
War, more and more professional athletes started to take part in the Games as a
form of soft power with the different countries competing against one another. In addition, with the invention of the TV in color
commercialization grew and sponsorships followed, hence the Games changed. Moreover,
1988 was the first time athletes competed without any restrictions and where
the Olympics were filled with professional sports such as basketball, and golf…
In addition, For the first time in 1999 Irish
athletes were financed by the government and had access to world class
facilities at a sport campus. Besides, the
International Paralympic Committee was created in 1989 which brought a focus on
normalizing Paralympic sports and the expansion of its media profile. The 2012
London Games helped Paralympians to have a larger social impact with a larger
audience and therefore a international profiles.
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