Disabled Sportmen

George L. Eyser was born on August 31, 1871 in Kiel, Germany. When he was 14, his family immigrated to the United States. They moved to St. Louis, Missouri where Eyser worked as a bookkeeper at a construction factory. There, he joined a local gymnastics club Concordia Turnverein Saint Louis. In 1894 Eyser obtained US citizenship. He lost most of his left leg, which had to be amputated after a train ran over it. It was replaced by a wooden prosthesis which allowed physical activities such as running and jumping. A keen sportsman, Eyser pursued training for the 1904 Olympics. There were two sets of gymnastic events: International Turners Championship and Olympic Gymnastics Championships.

Eyser competed in both sets and did poorly in the first one. He was the 71st in another gymnastic all-around event. He also competed in the athletics triathlon, but finished the last. He performed much better in the second competition set. He won six medals in total, of which three were gold, two silver, and one bronze.

Prior to 2008, Eyser was the only person with an artificial leg to have competed at the Olympic Games.

"Disabled sportsmen"

Jiří Ježek

Jiří Ježek is one of the most successful disabled cyclists in the world. He has specialized in route events and track events. He participated in the Paralympics in Sydney in 2000, in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008, where he always got the gold medal. This Paralympic champion could even be a hard opponent for non-disabled cyclists.

Jiří Ježek was born in Prague (Czech Republic) on the 16th of October of 1974. After a car accident in 1985 (when he was 11 years old), he had to have his right leg amputated below the knee. However, the missing leg didn't stop him from becaming a cyclist. When he was twenty, he began his career as a cyclist, at first in his free time, and later this sport influenced all his life. After five years of hard training, he reached the summit in his category among the disabled sportsmen, when in 2000, he got two gold medals at the Paralympics in Sydney.

Next, he tried to become a professional, which the sponsors finally allowed. In this same year, he has won the route competition in the Paralympics in Athens. Since them, he has won every championship, and he has defeated all his opponents. At the Paralympics in Beijing in 2008, he won two gold medals (4 km pursuit and individual time trial).

The strangest thing, is that besides the Paralympic cycling, he competes successfully with non-disabled professionals all around the world. So, he doesn't represent only himself and the Czech Republic, but all disabled people.

Every year, he rides between 27 and 30 thousand km and he participates between 55 and 57 competitions all around the world.
These are his achievements:

• 2000: champion of 1 km to the fixed point of departure, champion of 4 km pursuit (Paralympics in Sydney).

• 2004: champion of the combination route competition and the individual time trial, and runner-up in 4 km pursuit (Paralympics in Athens).

• 2008: champion of 4 km pursuit, runner-up in 1 km to the fixed point of departure and third in team sprint (Paralympics in Beijing).

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 20011.

Enjoy your holidays !!!!!

Road Accident

The accident began at half past one, the day twenty-three th of October of 2009.The accident happened in the Glade Street Bourne when the driver of the car, Rowan Monray, went to the supermarket.He was going calmly to the supermarket when one truck appeared suddenly in the road and Rowan maneuvered quickly to one road in works.He could dodge the truck but he put his car inside the hole.The people and the police were worried about the accident with the hole but Rowan was to explain everything, the people and the police understood all.The police helped taking the car with the tow truck and they asked the driver of truck what had happened.The driver, Michael Sabers, said that the road was the double way and that he had other accidents similars.The police understood the situation and they went back to the police station and Rowan went in the end to the supermarket.

Raúl

Thanksgiving Day

Last Thursday 25th November was Thanksgiving Day. This day is America's preeminent day. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in the month of November. It has a very interesting history. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place.

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The incident

This was the dramatic scene yesterday in a poor neigbourhood, in a place where there wasn't any water in the houses. It happened on a winter's night, when it was snowing. Three people were injuried, after the incident, but they are alive.
It all began at seven pm on the fifteenth of August, when someone went to the council to tell them that they didn't have any water in the neigbourhood. At first, they ignored them, but finally, come workers made a hole in the road, to put the water pipes. As soon as the workers began, the incident happened. A day after making the hole, the road was dangerous (because it was covered with snow and ice), and the people who were in the car didnt see anything. Then, when there wasn't anybody, the car skidded because the snow was frozen and it fell into the hole. After a few minutes, a women saw the incident and called an ambulance. Later, the doctors rescued them from the car and they took them to hospital, but it was imposible to get the car out.

During this last term my students have been working on a treasure hunt and this is the final task they have done.

Of course I want to thank them their collaboration in this blog.