The XXX Olympic Games in London will be held from July 27 to August 12. In addition to the capital of Great Britain itself, Glasgow, Coventry, Cardiff, Manchester, Dorney, Newcastle and Birmingham will host athletes. Without a doubt, the Summer Olympic Games are the most important event of the sports season, attracting the attention of millions of sports fans around the world.
The competition program is developed by the constituent committee for two years, then it is approved by the International Olympic Committee and 26 international sports federations. In addition to sports functionaries, the main sponsors of the tournament, primarily informational ones, take part in the approval.
A total of 302 sets of awards will be played in 37 sports. The main competitions of the four-year period start with the women's soccer tournament. Moreover, the group matches will begin on July 25, before the official opening of the games.
On July 27, on the day of the Olympic opening, archers will start at the start - preliminary competitions for men and women will be held.
Then the arrows will stand on the line of fire. The shooting competition for men and women will begin on 28 July. Badminton players start fights on the same day.
There have been both gains and losses in the game program. By the decision of the Olympic Committee, two sports will be excluded from it - softball and baseball.
In martial arts, boxers, judokas, taekwondo fighters and, of course, wrestlers in freestyle and Greco-Roman styles will compete for medals. The novelty of the London Olympics is women's boxing. Women boxers will enter the ring for the first time in the history of the Olympic Movement. In order to hold competitions in three weight categories for women and keep the number of athletes at the same level, one weight category for male boxers will be reduced, now there will be only ten.
Mixed pair wrestling returns to tennis. The last time these competitions were held at the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
Table tennis, badminton and fencing tournaments are attracting more and more attention.
Significant changes will take place in cycling with the exclusion of such events as points race, madison race and individual pursuit. Instead, a team pursuit race, an omnium for men and women, a team sprint, and a keirin for women were introduced into the program. Competitions will be held in road and track cycling, mountain bike and bicycle motocross (BMX).
Game sports will include volleyball and beach volleyball, basketball, handball, football, rugby, field hockey and water polo.
The North Greenwich Arena will host trampoline jumping and rhythmic gymnastics competitions. O2 Arena welcomes artistic gymnastics.
The equestrian competition includes dressage, show jumping and equestrian triathlon competitions.
There will also be replacements at Water Center London. The five-hundred-meter distance in double canoe rowing for men will be replaced by women's single kayak fights at a distance of 200 meters. In addition to kayaks and canoes, the Olympic program includes competitions in rowing slalom and rowing.
Many athletes will compete for medals in the swimming pool and open water. Competitions in water disciplines - 34 sets of awards. These are swimming for various distances, relay races, jumping into the water from springboards and towers, synchronized swimming competitions.
On August 3, competitions in the most medal-intensive form of the Olympic program - athletics - start. As in the previous games in Beijing, 47 sets of medals are played in this event. The program is very diverse: smooth running, hurdling, hurdling, marathon, race walking, high jump, long jump, pole vault, triple jump, javelin, hammer, discus throw, shot put and decathlon.
And several more sets of awards will be played in triathlon, modern pentathlon and golf tournament.
