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1. Usain Bolt, World's Fastest Man, on Top Gear Michael Phelps, meet Usain Bolt. What you do in the water, he does on land. Usain Bolt (born August 21, 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He holds world and Olympic records in both the 100 metres and 200 metres, with times of 9.69 seconds and 19.30 seco...
2. Custom Trophies Giving trophies and awards, plaques, medals, and certificates to recognize outstanding achievement is a great way to affect people positively and encourage people to do their best. Often times an inexpensive trophy or award will do more for employee...
3. Military Medals! Military medals and why they are awarded! If you have ever wanted to know why a medal has been awarded, or if you have been awarded a medal and need it replaced you've come to the right place. As an affiliate of usamilitarymedals.com we offer the ful...
4. Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres was the first swimmer from the USA to compete in five Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008. Dara has won nine Olympic medals, including four golds, and won five medals alone at Sydney in 2000. On August 1st, 2007 at the age o...
5. Mascots, Medals & Emblems of the Olympic Games The first official mascot in the history of the Summer Olympics made its appearance at the 1972 Munich Games, and they have remained a main element ever since. A mascot was actually introduced during the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble after Schuss, a...
6. Jim Thorpe American athlete Jim Thorpe was considered the world’s best all-around athlete after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon during the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. He is shown here throwing the discus in the 1912 games. See Jim T...
7. All About Olympic Diving - Very Young Divers If the dive looks spectacularly difficult, the diver is probably not at the top of his or her game. The best make the toughest dives look easy. As a rule of thumb, the simpler a dive looks when executed, the higher the score. From a technical standp...
8. Top Olympic Gold Medal Winners - Beijing Olympic Winner With Most Gold Medal Who are the top Olympic gold medal winners? The most exciting Olympics has come to an end. We have seen a lot of unforgettable Olympic moments. After grueling competition among the best athletes in the world, China as the host nation came out as the...
9. Natalie Du Toit Natalie Du Toit's story is truly inspiring. She first represented South Africa internationally at the age of 14. In 2001 she had to have her left leg amputated at the knee after a traffic accident, but far from letting this stop her, at the age of 24...
10. Olympic Medals In the ancient Olympics, no medals were awarded. The first-place winner was given an olive wreath to wear on his head; second- and third-place winners received nothing. * When the Modern Olympics were revived in 1896, first-place winners received silv...
11. Dara Torres Dara Torres is a 41 year old American swimmer who will be competing in her 5th Olympics this summer in Beijing, China.
12. Science Prizes Here is a page of major science awards. There are general awards and then awards in biomedical research, mathematics, the environment, physics, etc. If you have one of these, you're smarter than I am and probably smarter than 97% of the people out t...
13. How To Save Time And Money On Your Awards Program This lens gives tips on how to save time and money on your awards program. Tips on how to select and order awards and get the most out of your awards budget. If you order awards on a regular basis and you aren't using me, your program could be at risk...