Heather credits Archie with encouraging her to take sport seriously, whilst also overseeing her early development in the pool.
Today, water jousters still take the sport seriously in rivers and canals throughout France.
More useful would be to use the next seven years to coax the violent young men of the favelas to take up sport, or to get construction jobs.
The DCMS emphasises the inspiration to youngsters to take up sport as one of the public benefits of hosting the Games, on top of the regeneration of deprived parts of London and a legacy of world-class facilities.
Lord Coe used the event to stress that the Games would be used to encourage a future generation to take part in sport.
Both Al Busaidi and Al Hasni are part of the "Oman Sail" project, which aims to encourage people across Omani society to take up the sport.
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Finally, it seemed, there was a magazine that spoke to my generation, a new and comprehensive take on this sport that I had made central to my understanding of, well, life.
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Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins focused her contribution on the disappointing take up of sport amongst girls and called for greater co-ordination between schools and local sports clubs in Wales to encourage participation.
Breaking down barriers comes as second nature to Whitehead, who was told at his junior school in Lowdham that he could not take part in sport with his schoolmates because he had artificial limbs.
Just as many NASCAR fans who can't afford top of the line race cars can still buy a basic Ford Mustang, so to can many fishing enthusiasts afford to take up the sport on a casual level.
Over in the Lords (from 11am), questions to ministers cover action to encourage women and girls to take part in sport, the under-representation of women, especially black and ethnic minority women, on FTSE 100 boards, and the action plan for ending violence against women and girls in schools.
The government would be bringing forward plans to make sure more young people take part in competitive sport, Mr Hunt added.
The Chance to Shine survey found 54% of pupils had been inspired to take up a new sport as a result of the Olympics.
Perhaps the sport could take a short-term hit in terms of interest post-2016, but I suspect it will rebound despite the lack of potential Olympic glory.
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There are plenty of other reasons to watch the German clubs as they saunter into London to take over a a sport the English invented (as the English love to remind people).
It suggests the Games inspired more than half of children to take up a new sport, but 80% of parents say the amount of PE and games in UK schools has not increased.
The commentator had been fixated on the athletes' decision to take up such a risky sport.
In addition to wanting to win championships, he said he hopes to inspire more of his countrymen to take an interest in the sport he loves.
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Hannah Cockroft, who won the T34 100m and 200m at the Paralympics, believes athletes like her had inspired more people to take an interest in disability sport.
The white clapboard buildings and glass-fronted clubhouse complete a picture of polo that is found from Long Island in the U.S. to Palermo, Argentina places for the wealthy and well-connected to be seen and to take part in an ancient sport.
It wasn't long before his father decided all eight sons should take up boxing as a serious sport.
And, indeed, they've always tested as much or more, than any other sport the riders who take part.
Onitsuka started out trying to make basketball shoes, betting that the sport was about to take off in Japan.
But youthful enthusiasm can only take you so far in any sport, particularly from a war-ravaged country with little competitive structure.
But matters outside the ropes got so bad UK Sport was forced to take emergency control of the Sheffield-based elite programme in late June.
It said the the fight was "disturbing" and warned parents against allowing youngsters to take part in this sort of sport while they were developing.
The current contracts expire after the 2013 season, and the sport is set to take advantage of what has become a fervent market for the rights to the highest profile sports, including college football, the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.
The affable Hawaiian-born Konishiki slapped all-comers out of the ring for a brief period in the early 1990s, prompting Japan's nationalistic sumo officials to worry that an avalanche of foreign giants might take the skill out of the sport of emperors.
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