olympic games

"An introduction to women's and men's gymnastics events held at the summer Olympics, including the floor exercise, vault, balance beam, parallel bars, and more. Also explains rules, records, and famous Olympic gymnasts."--Provided by publisher.

While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects, and Rachel and Kristy are determined to roll away with Zoe's magic shoelace.

While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects and mix the stables all up. Can Rachel and Kirsty help Helena the Horseriding Fairy rein things in?.

Showing readers how to put math to work in their day-to-day activities, this book describes transporting the Olympic torch to the host city, constructing sports stadiums, looking after the athletes at Olympic village, counting the cost of the Olympic Games, and keeping competitive statistics.

The reader decides the course of an adventure at the Olympic games in Atlanta, where evidence that would prove the muscular girls on the Dzakhastani swim team have been taking anabolic steroids is being suppressed.

Briefly traces the history of the modern Olympic Games as they developed from a single 200-meter race run in Olympia, Greece, in 776 B.C.

An introduction to Olympic sports, describing events from the early Greek games to the early twenty-first century, including information on fields of play, equipment and clothing, teams and players, rules and strategies, and key techniques and common terms, with fact boxes, profiles of athletes, records, and more.

An introduction to track and field in the Olympics, featuring photographs and descriptions of specific events and information on rules and technique.

An introduction to a variety of swimming and diving sports in the summer Olympics, including lap races, open water races, diving, and synchronized swimming. Also explains rules, records, and famous Olympic athletes in each sport.

Text and photographs present the history of the Olympic Games with a discussion of the individual sports featured in the summer games, an overview of winter sports, and a listing of various record holders.