miércoles, 25 de noviembre de 2009

The rallies

The rallies

The term "rally", as a branch of motorsport, dates from the first Monte Carlo Rally of January 1907. This event led directly to a period of city-to-city road races in France and other European countries, which introduced many of the features found in later rallies: individual start times with cars running against the clock rather than head to head; time controls at the entry and exit points of towns along the way; road books and route notes; and driving over long distances on ordinary, mainly gravel, roads, facing hazards such as dust, traffic...





The formula 1

The formula 1


The Formula One series has its roots in the European Grand Prix Motor Racing of the 1920s and 1930s. The "formula" is a set of rules which all participants and cars must meet. The first world championship race was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom in 1950. A championship for constructors followed in 1958. National championships existed in South Africa and the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years but, due to the rising cost of competition, the last of these occurred in 1983.






Track and Field Athletics


Track and Field Athletics is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing, jumping and walking. Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics Federations. The athletics meeting forms the backbone of the modern Summer Olympics, and other leading international meetings include the IAAF World Championships and World Indoor Championships.






This is an evolution of the Athletics



Swemming

The aquatic sport of swimming involves competition among participants to be the fastest over a given distance under self propulsion.
The different events include 25(8&U), 50, 100, 200, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, the 25(8&U), 50, 100, 200, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1500, and 1650 free and the 100, 200, and 400 individual medley (IM, consisting of all strokes).

In the modern age the swimming competition was instituted in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century. The first organization of this type was the National Swimming Society, been founded on London in 1837.




Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players singles or between two teams of two players each doubles. Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court.


The modern game of tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" which has heavy connections to various field/lawn games as well as to the ancient game of real tennis. After its creation, tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.


Now I will speak on different sports that existed in those times.
First I will speak on the basketball.

The Basketball.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another, placing a ball through 3.048 m, in the goal under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world. The best league were and is the NBA.

It is played by two teams of five persons, during 4 periods or quarters of 10 or 12 minutes each one.
On having finished the second quarter, a rest is realized, normally from 10 to 20 minutes according to the own regulation of the championship to which the game belongs.

One picture of baketball.
Of one of the best players who existed in the NBA, Mikel Jordan.

miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2009

"Big times and big cars" The North American cars.


The North American cars of the 50s, were big and long, because this design was the mode in this times

The North American cars were sensation of luxury and superiority, and were elegant.

These cars were representing glamour and the designs were very stylized.

Even these cars are bought because they are an object of collection and are very valuable, cost more money that many of the current cars.

lunes, 16 de noviembre de 2009


The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. In the late 19th century, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was inspired by Olympic festivals to revive the Games. For this purpose, he founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, and two years later, the modern Olympic Games were established in Athens. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.