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All You Need To Know About Skydiving
Having decided to jump from a perfectly good aircraft, my next question was, "Now what?"So I did the research and asked as many questions as I could think of about skydiving, and there were quite a few, considering the nature of the sport....
Dieting our Way to Obesity
Dieting our way to Obesity:
To say that Americans are obsessed with dieting is an
understatement! Pick up any magazine, or turn-on any source of
advertising and you're bombarded with the latest diet schemes
and food fads. More often than...
The art of surfing
Since its hey day in the 1960’s, surfing through the ocean has become a popular past time. Riders love to pound the surf with their waxed boards and ride large waves into the shore. As like any sport, there is risk associated with surfing. Surfing...
Warm-Up for the Spine - Three Easy Methods to Warm-Up the Spine for Activity
It is estimated that up to 80% of the population has experienced
or will experience at least one bout of low back pain in their
life.(7) So, it would be wise to warm-up the spine thoroughly
prior to physical activity, but how? In this article, I...
Will Wladimir keep standing?
Wladimir Klitschko will meet Samuel Peter the 24th of September at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, and the question we at SportUS.com ask ourselves is - will Wladimir keep standing? SportUS.com is the place to get the latest boxing betting odds....
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Kimi Raikkonen, Champion In The Making?
Date of birth - 17th October 1979
Country - Finland
Team - Mclaren-Mercedes
Kimi Raikkonen did not enter the Formula One scene following the "normal" routes. He began his motorsport endeavours at the age of 11 in national events in Finland.
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First in the 1997 and 1998 Finnish and Nordic series in Formula ICA and A championships respectively, Raikkonen had won his maiden international FA race two years before.
Joining Ford team Haywood Racing Kimi took a podium finish on his maiden outing but was later forced to quit the series after technical problems prevented a championship challenge.
Kimi Raikkonen winning the 2000 season British Formula Renault Sport title was what first attracted the attention of the
Formula One teams. He took seven wins, ten podiums, seven pole positions and six fastest laps from only ten races. He then went on to impress even more in the category's EuroCup taking two wins, two poles and two fastest laps from only three events (and retired from the lead of the other). Finally Peter Sauber offered Raikkonen a maiden F1 test. With just 23 races under his belt there were naturally serious concerns about Kimi Raikkonen's ability to jump straight from Formula Renault to Formula One but the confident Kimi quickly dispelled any doubts.
2nd in the 2005 championship and the only thing that stopped him was an unreliable car. With a decent car under him he should be champion in 2006, let's look forward to a battle between at least himself and Fernando and perhaps even Michael Schumacher...
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