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The London Olympic Games have reached the home stretch. And if the first half of the games did not please Russian sports fans, then in recent days the number of medals won by the Russian national team has increased dramatically. As of August 10, the Russians already had 56 Olympic awards, including 12 gold ones

The 2012 Summer Olympics will take place in London from July 19 to August 12, in the midst of the holidays. If you are an avid fan or just have been planning a trip to Europe for a long time and do not want to miss such a large-scale event, then your stay in London these days will be unforgettable for you

The developers of the social network Facebook could not leave aside the upcoming Summer Olympics 2012. If you are an active user of this network and want to keep abreast of the Olympic news, be sure to visit the page of the special Olympic project

A trampoline is not only a great device for entertaining adults and children, but also a real sports equipment. This means that all trampolines can be divided into three groups: for sports, for family recreation, for the entertainment of children

In the program of the Olympics, diving has been present since 1904. At competitions, athletes perform jumping from a springboard and from a platform of various heights. The judges evaluate the cleanliness of the entry into the water and the quality of the screws, rotations and revolutions

Dressage is a form of equestrian sport (high school of riding). This is a competition in the skill of controlling a horse in different gaits, it takes place on a site of 20x40 or 20x60 m for 5-12 minutes. Dressage has been included in the Summer Olympics program since 1912, and in the World Championships since 1966

The 1932 Winter Olympics were held in the United States, in Lake Placid, and were the first Olympic Games to be held in North America. They took place during the global financial crisis, therefore they were noticeably inferior to the previous ones in terms of the number of participating countries and the number of athletes

The list of sports included in the Olympic Games program has changed over time. Some sports were excluded from the Olympics by the decision of the International Olympic Committee, but in general, the number of Olympic sports grew until the early 2000s

Sports are divided into major groups. The first place in terms of the number of disciplines is taken by game competitions. The second place is taken by the classics - athletics and weightlifting, martial arts, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics

Alpine skiing includes five disciplines. These are slalom, giant slalom, super giant, downhill and alpine biathlon. Athletes wear special equipment to overcome the slopes. Alpine skiing is a downhill skiing from snow-covered slopes

Russian athletes were able to take two medals at once in the short track, this was a real triumph for the national team. February 15 became one of the most successful days for the Russian team at the Sochi Olympics. Particularly pleased were Victor An and Vladimir Grigoriev, who with dignity won gold and silver medals, respectively, in the short track

Track cycling or cycling is a summer Olympic sport. For the first time this competition was included in the Olympiad program in 1896. This was followed by a 16-year break. But since 1912, track cycling has been held regularly. Until 1988, only men participated in bicycle races

Boxing emerged about 5,000 years ago from fistfighting. This sport was popular in ancient Greece. However, England is considered the birthplace of modern boxing. The first rules for these competitions were introduced in 1743. During the first ancient Olympic Games, strips of leather were wound around the hands of boxers

Snow. Winter weather has set, and ski resorts are actively beckoning to their slopes. After the summer break, many subtleties and skills have been forgotten, so it is worth brushing up on your knowledge and familiarizing yourself with some recommendations

After the Sochi Winter Olympics, many found out who Viktor An was, reasoned why he suddenly took Russian citizenship, and were glad that he brought Russia a huge number of gold medals. It remains only to deal with short track - the sport in which he won these very victories

Although most people associate hockey primarily with ice and puck, playing with sticks and balls in a grassy meadow is entertainment with a much longer history. In Europe in recent centuries, this game was, perhaps, only popular in England, but this turned out to be quite enough for its inclusion in the program of the summer games soon after the revival of the Olympic movement

The luge team relay is another type of program included in the Olympic Games. Relay is the most unpredictable type of competition in luge sports. She first entered the program of the Olympic Games in Sochi and belongs to the team competition

The first Olympic shooting competitions were held in 1896 in Athens. Then only men participated in the competition. Since 1968, women have also started to compete in this discipline. In the Summer Olympics program, shooting became an independent sport in 1996

For the first time the rules of the team ball game in the pool were formulated by the Englishman William Wilson. In doing so, he tried to simulate the water analogue of rugby. The rules of water polo took their modern form by the 80s of the XIX century, and with the revival of the tradition of regularly holding the Olympic Games, they quickly took a permanent place in their program for a new sport

Taekwondo is a martial art that has been included in the Summer Olympic Games since 2000. Its name, translated from Korean, means "the path of punches and kicks." General Choi Hong Hee is considered the founder of this sport. Taekwondo competitions are held in the following types: