https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj Assignment 4 - P4 M4 en-us 2017-03-22 21:52:42 UTC 2024-07-16 02:31:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/161979961 2017-03-22 21:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/161979961 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619669 The champs is a Jamaican athletics event that involves over 100 schools competing against each other to gain the title "king or queen". The event attracts over 30,000 people across the island and has had over 100 years of history however it has become more popular overtime as individuals like Usain Bolt and his achievements has come to the attention of many people which has made the event so successful. The champs is a place where young athletes can pick up a sponsor, coach or scout which can the lead to future successes.]]> 2017-03-26 13:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619669 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619722 The UK doesn't have anything similar due to financial difficulties. The champs cost $22m Jamaican to put on each year which is paid for by their main sponsor and sponsors from those who broadcast the event on the media. This money also helps to prepare colleges and schools for the champs and also helps them to invest in other sports such as hockey and basketball. The reason why so much money is invested into this event is because athletics is the sport of Jamaica whereas sports often played in the UK are football, cricket and rugby and even sports like this are not as popular as the Champs event.]]> 2017-03-26 13:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619722 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619784 It is said that black people are programmed to be good at sprinting however this event tells us that the success of Jamaican sprinters is more nurture and not nature. This is because of the environment they are brought up in. From the article you can clearly see that jamaica's commitment to sports is huge as it states
"the country eats, breathes and sleeps the sport. There is also an athletics coach in every school, college and kindergarten to influence participation in athletics and to promote the champs to children of a young age increasing the amount of successful young athletes in Jamaica.]]> 2017-03-26 13:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619784 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619893 Stereotypes like this can be broken for example because Jamaicans are brought up around athletics from a young age you can bring someone up around athletics from the UK. You would then have them train all year round and enter competitions helping them to develop overtime. If the white athlete then enters a race with a black jamaican and the white athlete wins it has proved that people from Jamaica are successful because of the environment they are in and not because of genetics]]> 2017-03-26 13:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162619893 669535 https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162620411 Because of the repeated success of the Jamaican athletes and sprinters there is a lot of suspicion that these athletes are successful due to the use of performance enhancing drugs. Even though some top class Jamaican athletes such as Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have been tested positive for the use of drugs I do not think that it is fair that all of the other athletes that have trained hard and who are naturally good at
sprinting get tied in with the same boat or categorised with negativity just because they are from the same country.]]> 2017-03-26 13:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/669535/8y6xxxktz3kj/wish/162620411