2012 London olympics

2012 London Olympics Sports Word checker | Quiz Olympic Sports Since the Olympic Games were revived in the late 1800's, the number of sports included has increased greatly. In the 1896 Athens Olympics only 9 sports were included; athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. But in the 2012 London Olympics, 26 sports are included: aquatics (swimming and diving), archery, athletics (or “track and field”), badminton, basketball, boxing, canoe and kayak, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. Japanese gymnast Hiroyuki Tomita at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Most of these sports are well-known, but one of the less well-known is equestrian, in which riders on horseback compete in three different events; dressage, show jumping and eventing. Equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other as equals. Another less well-known sport is pentathlon, in which athletes compete in several events: swimming, fencing, equestrian (show jumping only), pistol shooting and cross-country running. Pentathlon originated as a way of testing some of the skills needed by late 19th-century soldiers in Europe. Another Olympic sport that involves more than one type of activity is the triathlon; in which competitors complete a 1.5km swim,…

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Facts……………………………………………………………………..19 Numbers…………………………………………………………………………….20 Conclusion..................................................................................................................22 INTRODUCTION The following work has as its theme the history of the Olympic Games, its evolution, its highlights, its curiosities and its controversies. Founded in Ancient Greece, this huge international event covers winter and summer…

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July to 12 August. Around 10,500 athletes representing 204 nations and territories are competing in 302 events covering 26 sports at what is officially known as The Games of the XXX Olympiad. Bid London won the right to stage the 2012 Olympics after competing against strong bids from New York, Madrid, Paris and Moscow. London also hosted the games in 1908 and 1948, making this year’s event the third time the games have been held in London since the modern Olympics began in 1896. The…

http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2014/05/05/entenda-o-fenomeno-dos-e-sports-que-movimentam-r-500-mil-no-brasil.htm Normalmente, o programa de domingo de um jovem adulto é ir para a frente da telinha e assistir ao jogo de seu time de coração, ou ir onde tudo acontece, ao vivo e ao lado de outros milhares de fãs e gritar como louco a cada jogada. Não estamos falando de uma partida de futebol, mas sim dos esportes eletrônicos, ou e-sports, como são conhecidos. Não há dados…

de poucos anos já não presta mais para serem usados. Swimming One of the sports with a high number of participants and events in the Paralympic programme, Swimming has been present since the first Games, in 1960, in Rome. At that time, only people with spinal cord injuries could take part. This condition began to change in the Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games, in Germany, when visually impaired swimmers competed in demonstration events. Gradually the sport was opened to more…

ballooning became a sport and many competitions were organized in Europe. In 1995, during the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race, which took place in Germany, pilots Alan Fraenckel and John Jervis were killed. A gunship shot them over Belarus. Several other pilots who landed in Belarus went to prison. Because of local military disagreement, international aviation authorities banned all competitions flying over Belarus. One of the world’s largest ballooning events is the Albuquerque…

nature, our environment and political events. Television has a huge impact on politics. In election years, discussions, speeches and campaign news of candidates are broadcast almost every day. Political parties buy TV time to present their views and bring ideas to the audience. Sports attract the biggest audiences on television. TV stations pay enormous amounts of money to broadcast big sport events, like the Super Bowl, Olympic Games, or professional basketball, football and…