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- Who is the youngest Olympic champion
Age affects the disclosure of the physical abilities of the athletes. The peak of the sports form is reached at the age of about 20 years, and then begins a gradual decline. However, there are examples of successful performances as a very young and very old athletes. - Who is Victoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova at seventeen years is a pretty successful Russian gymnast and has the status of honored master of sports of Russia. Victoria won the silver medal at the Olympics in London. This fragile-looking girl managed to get a huge number of titles. - Sacema need Olympic symbols
Olympic symbols - is what distinguishes a game of such magnitude from the other world competitions. She was born along with all the movement and presents a range of different attributes. Some of them are basic and immutable, others change depending on where one or the other Olympics. - What is the XXIII all-Russian Olympic day
Every year on 23 June, the world celebrates the Olympic day. In 2012 it will be held on the eve of the London Olympics, therefore, is of particular importance. In Russia this holiday is to be celebrated in the twenty-third time, it dedicated a lot of sporting events. - How to enroll in the school of Olympic reserve
Not necessarily wanting to be a professional athlete to enroll in school of the Olympic reserve. Simply get involved in a particular sport and want to really learn. Choosing your child's School of the Olympic reserve, be prepared for the fact that classes it will supersede much of his life. - How many grams of gold in Olympic medals
Ended on London jubilee, the summer Olympics the best athletes on the planet 302 times awarded the medals. However, although the medals for the first place and are called gold, in fact this precious metal in them not so much. But the value of these sports trophies, of course, is not measured by the value of the metal from which they are made. - Summer Olympic sports: artistic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is the girls performing various gymnastic and dance exercises with ball, Hoop, rope, clubs or ribbon under musical soundtrack. The choice of music is arbitrary, the performance lasts between one and a half minutes on the gymnastics carpet square shape with a side of 13 meters. - Who heads the IOC
From who will lead an international Olympic Committee depends on the development of world sport. After all, the head of the Olympic Committee is not just official, but a person who is charged with a huge amount of hope, it faces complex challenges. So a random person to be in such a place can not. - How to construct the Olympic village in Sochi
The Olympic games is not only a great honor for any country and city, which became their capital, but also a great responsibility. In fact, besides the construction of new and modernization of existing sports facilities need to improve urban infrastructure, public transport network, to ensure the safety of participants and guests of the Olympiad, to resolve issues associated with their placement. And, of course, to make the Olympic village has become a convenient and comfortable place to stay for athletes. - That means Olympic symbols of the 5 rings
Currently, it is believed that the Olympic symbol of five rings means major participating continents, each of which has a specific color: blue, Africa - black, America - red, Asia - yellow, Australia - green. But there is another version. - How to choose the country to host the Olympic games
The holding of the Olympics - this is a great honor for the country, and many financial and legal difficulties. Deciding to apply to host the Olympics, the country commits itself to cope with all difficulties in a certain period of time. - Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
The Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 will be the first environmentally friendly. Architectural company from Switzerland RAFAA have created a fantastic design that produces energy from sunlight by day and water by night. This building will be one of the most beautiful on the planet. Already one, this news tells about the extent to which the preparations for the Olympic games 2016. - Who is Lin Tribute
Chinese badminton player with the name a Tribute to and a surname Lin is considered the most likely contender for victory in the singles event of the men's badminton at the summer Olympics in London. Sports biography of this unique athlete and his current position in the world rating give grounds for this assumption. - What summer sports are Olympic
In the framework of the modern summer Olympics competitions in 28 sports, though some of them have several subtypes. In the entire history of the modern Olympic movement the program included a total of 40 types of sport, however 12 of them were excluded from the list by the Committee. - What is school of Olympic reserve
Sports detsko-youthful school of Olympic reserve (sports school) is an educational institution, which trains professional athletes. Actually, from the title clear, the main challenge facing such educational institutions to prepare young boys and girls, the ability to successfully perform in the Junior competitions at the highest level and, subsequently, the competition among adults. - The most titled Olympic Champions Russia
In the late 19th century in Paris were gathered Commission on the revival of the Olympic games. A little later, was organized by the international Olympic Committee – IOC, it included the most influential and enterprising citizens of different countries. The first Olympics held in the summer of 1896 in Athens. - Which countries boycotted the Olympics in 1984
A few years before the collapse of the socialist camp was held the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Previous Olympics were marked by the boycott ofthe Games by a number of countries. Reasons for refusal to participate in the Olympic Games were political motives, in particular, the worsening of relations between NATO and the Soviet Union. In 1984 the socialist-oriented countries responded with a similar move, to boycott the Olympics on the American continent. - Which countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980
In the Olympic movement has always been present some element of the policy. In particular this was noticeable at the time of worsening relations between the leading world powers – the USSR and the USA. One of the episodes, which clearly describes the impact on the sport of political differences, was the boycott of the Olympic Games held in 1980 in Moscow. - Winter Olympic sports: ski jumping
Ski jumping is equipped with ramps program included in the Nordic combined, as well as acting as an independent sport. The birthplace of ski jumping is considered to be Norway, where in 1840 held a similar competition. - Summer Olympic sports: soccer
Today football is the most popular and the most popular on the planet sport. The official date of its birth is considered to be 1863, and for the first time at the Olympic games football appeared after 37 years after this date. It was in Paris, in the second games after the revival of the Olympic tradition. - Summer Olympic sports: athletics
The most popular sport at the moment is athletics. Yet it is called the Queen of sports. All elements of athletics such as running, jumping, walking, people apply in everyday life. They are the same as components included in all other sports. Therefore, without improvement in athletics there are no good results on other sites. - In any Olympics, the USSR team did not participate
Although the Olympic Charter declares the separation of wrestling from politics, in practice this principle is bad. Public event of this magnitude can not be used in the global political game. In 1984, the only time in the history of the Soviet Union, political motivations are not the reason for non-participation of its athletes in the Olympic games.