THE TRIATLON

THE TRIATHON

Triathlon was invented as an alternative workout to track training in the 1970s, and made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games.It has three sports: cycling, athletics and swimming.

Olympic debut

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Triathlon made its Olympic full medal debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. This helped the sport to become even more popular. It now has over 120 affiliated national federations around the world.

Olympic boost

Triathlon made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games after it was awarded full medal status six years earlier. The international popularity of triathlon began to grow after its inclusion on the Olympic programme. It now has over 120 affiliated national federations around the world.

Competition procedure

After a mass start, the race remains continuous, with no stop between the three legs. Transitions are vital to race strategy. Women typically finish in approximately two hours, while the top men usually finish in about 1 hour 50 minutes.                                                                                                     

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FENCING

FENCING

Swordplay has been practised for thousands of years, and modern day fencing began as a form of military training. It did not become a sport until around the 15th century.

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Olympic history

Fencing was included for the first time at the 1896 Games in Athens, and has remained on the Olympic programme since then. The women’s fencing competition entered the Games in 1924 in Paris. Today, men and women compete in individual and team events, in which three types of weapon are used: foil, epee and sabre. The foil was, at first, the only weapon used by women, until the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when women’s epee was introduced. Women’s sabre appeared for the first time on the Olympic programme in Athens in 2004.

Rules of the game

Three innovations in the 17th and 18th century led to the popularity of fencing as a sport: the “foil” – a weapon with a flattened tip; a set of rules governing the target area; and the wire-mesh mask. Together, these developments ensured the safety of fencing’s participants.

All events

MEN'S EVENTS

• épée individual men
• épée team men
• foil individual men
• sabre individual men
• sabre team men

WOMEN'S EVENTS

• épée individual women
• foil individual women
• foil team women
• sabre individual women
• sabre team women

Juegos Olímpicos 1984,Los Ángeles

Carl Lewis:El hijo del viento

Frederik Carlton Lewis y apodado El Hijo del Viento es un exatleta estadounidense especialista en pruebas de velocidad y salto de longitud que ganó 10 medallas olímpicas (9 oros) durante su carrera (1984-1996) , 8 medallas de oro y 1 de bronce en los Campeonatos del Mundo de Atletismo. 

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Debutó como olímpico en los Juegos de Los Ángeles (1984),en los que obtuvo 4 medallas de oro en los 100 y 200m. lisos,en salto de longitud y en relevos 4x100.Consiguió  con ello igualar la marca mítica de Jesse Owens en los Juegos de Berlín 1936.

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En los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl 1988 añadió dos medallas de oro para su medallero,convirtiéndose en el primer atleta en ganar la competición de salto de longitud en dos Juegos 

 Olímpicos consecutivos.

Lewis se retiró despues de los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996 y ahora es actor en Los Ángeles. Carl Lewis fue nombrado Embajador de Buena Voluntad de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y Alimentación.(FAO)

Sedes dos Xogos Olímpicos Londres 2012

Os XXX Xogos Olímpicos terán lugar entre os días 27 de xulio e 12 de agosto de 2012 na cidade de Londres, Inglaterra. Esta será a primeira cidade en ser anfitriona das Olimpiadas tres veces, sendo anfitriona en 1908 e 1948.

Estos Xogos Olímpicos contarán con 26 deportes, divididos en 39 disciplinas:

1. Atletismo                2. Bádminton             3. Baloncesto              4. Balonmán

5. Boxeo                     6. Ciclismo                 7. Esgrima                  8. Fútbol

9. Ximnasia                10. Halterofilia           11. Hípica                   12. Hockey

13. Judo                      14. Loita                     15. Natación               16. Piragüismo

17. Remo                    18. Taekwondo          19. Tenis                     20. Tenis de mesa

21. Tiro                       22. Tiro con arco        23. Triatlón                 24. Vela

O plan Olímpico de Londres divídese en tres zonas principais: a Zona Fluvial e a Zona Central. Ademais, algunhas sedes sitúanse fóra da área de Londres:

Zona Fluvial

A zona fluvial, como o seu nome indica, sitúase ás beiras do río Támesis e divídese en cinco zonas de especial importancia:

Centro de Exposicións Excel:

Para os Xogos Olímpicos 2012 será unha das zonas máis importantes que acollerá as competicións de halterofilia, boxeo, Judo, loita, tenis de mesa e taekwondo. Grazas á grande capacidade do recinto contarase con catro pabellóns cunha capacidade de entre 6.000 e 10.000 espectadores

Milleniunm Dome:

O Millenium Dome atópase na península de Greenwich, ó sueste de Londres. Ademais de acoller ás competicións de ximnasia artística e baloncesto tamén vai ser onde se dispute as finais do circuíto de tenis ATP

Arena de Greenwich:

O North Greenwich Arena é un impresionante estadio deportivo e centro de ocio con tendas, restaurantes e moito más. Esta sede albergará as competicións de Ximnasia artística, ximnasia acrobática, baloncesto e bádminton.

Greenwich Park:

O Grenwich Park é unha das zonas máis importantes da capital londinense que albergará os eventos relacionados co fermoso deporte da equitación. É a zona ideal para realizar este tipo de probas e móstrase como un dos parques preferidos dos londinenses e tamén dos turistas estranxeiros que desexan visitar a fermosa línea do meridiano de Greenwich.

 Royal Artillery Barracks:

A zona fluvial componse por último da sede especialmente pensada para os deportes de tiro e tiro con arco. É a Royal Artillery Barracks e pode acoller ata 7.500 espectadores que podrán disfrutar da puntería dos participantes. O baloncesto, a halterofilia, o tiro, os deportes de loita e a ximnasia tanto rítmica como artística danse neste rincón da capital do Reino Unido sempre ás beiras do río Támesis.

                                                          

                                            Zona Central

A zona cental será unha das zonas máis importantes de todas as Olimpiadas que se disputarán na capital do Reino Unido.

Na sede dos partidos de fútbol será o novo estadio de Wembley. O estadio demoleuse no 2002 e nese mesmo ano volveuse construír e pode acoller ata 90.000 espectadores. Neste novo estadio acolleranse as finais tanto masculinas como femininas.

Na zona central tamén se van disputar todas as competicións asociadas ao deporte da raqueta.

O tiro con arco disputarase no Lord´s Cricket Ground. É a cuna do cricket e combina moderniade con tradición.

O ciclismo en ruta disputarase no Regent´s Park situado en pleno corazón da capital londinense.

 O vóley praia disputarase no Horse Guards Parade.

Por último o triatlón celebrarase no Hyde Park situado na capital londinense e incorporará os deportes de natación, atletismo e ciclismo.

Aforas de Londres

As aforas de Londres albergarán as sedes de piragüismo e de remo: Ambos o remo e o piragüismo realizarase no canal de Eton Dorney nas aforas de Londres.

 

TOKIO

COORDENADAS: 35º 41´ Norte, 139º46 Este
Clima: Tokio posee un clima templado. A temperatura de inverno é de 4ºC con nevadas ocasionales. E en verán de 24ºC. A temperatura media anual é de 14´7ºC

Tokio é a capital de Xapón que está situada no centro da isla de Honshu, concretamente na rexión de Kanto. En conxunto forma una das 47 perfecturas de Japón, aun que a súa denominación oficial é Metrópolis o capital.
A cidade é o centro da política, economía, educación, comunicación e cultura popular do país. Poseen concretacións de seres corporativos, instrucións financieiras, universidades e colexios, museos, teatros y establecimientos comerciales.
Se subdivide en 23 barrios, 26 cidade, 1 distrito subdividido en 3 pobos e 1 vila, 4 soprefeturas subdivididas en 2 pobos e 7 Vilas, que representa a varias pequenas islas al sur de Honshu que se estende máis alá de 1.800 Km de Shinjuku , capital de Metrópoli e sede da gobernación,

Olimpics games 3

1-    How many kilos did Platchkov lift for the World record in weightlifting?

A-  390 kg

B-   445 kg

C-   460 kg

2-    What country is Javier Sotomayor, the high jump champion from?

A-  Spain

B-   Denmark

C-   Cuba

3-    Jan Zelezny, javelin champion, set the world record with a punctuation of…

A-  95.69m

B-   98.48m

C-   103.04m

4-    What was the name of the woman who broke the 200m backstroke record?

A-   Federica Pellegrini.

B-   Kristy Coventry.

C-   Stephanie Rice.

5-    In what styles of swimming did Michael Phelps set the world record?

A-   200m free, 200m medley and 400m medley.

B-   100m relay, 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke

C-   200m butterfly and 200m medley

6-    In which city did Maurice Greene set the 60m record on track?

A-   Beijing

B-   Madrid

C-   Sydney

7-    In men’s archery, Michelle Frangilli beat his own record, he shot ….

A-   66 arrows.

B-   88 arrows.

C-   72 arrows.

CHANO RODRÍGUEZ

Sebastián Rodrígez Veloso é un dos mellores nadadores españois. Gañou  9 medallas paralímpicas entre Sydney 2000 e Atenas 2004.Tamén encabeza o ranking mundial de 50, 100, 200 metros libres.

A súa vida como deportista paralímpico comezou hai case 20 anos. No 1990 iniciou unha folga de fame para pedir a reunificación dos presos do GRAPO, que durou 432 días e que o deixou nunha cadeira de rodas. Xa fora condenado a 84 anos de cárcere por pertenencia a banda terrorista e por estar implicado en varios atentados con explosivos. No 1994 sae en liberdade despois de pasar por varios centros penitenciarios.

O odio acumulado deixou paso a un home diferente. Deuse conta dos seus erros e comezou unha nova vida.

A súa única obsesión son os xogos de Pequín, pero sobre todo transmitir aos máis pequenos os valores da solidariedade e a convivencia.

Logrou bater o récord de David Meca. O nadador paralímpico conseguía chegar as beiras da praia de Samil despois de manterse máis de 24 horas nadando sen pausa nas augas da ría de Vigo, co seu corpo como único apoio. Unha fazaña que facilmente lle valeu o récord Guiness.

South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa first participated in  the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games until 1960.

But in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 they didn’t participate.

The other countries of Africa boycotted them because of South Africa had policy of Apartheid.

Apartheid was a system of racial segregation. It classified inhabitants into four racial groups: native, white, colored and Asian. The  government segregated education , medical care, beaches, and other public services, and provided black people with services inferior to those of white people. The Apartheid was finished in     1990 by Nelson Mandela.

South Africa won 20 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 26 bronze medals.

The first man to win one medal was Lawrence Stevens. He was a boxer who won the gold medal in the lightweight in 1932; but he was an athlete too.

The last person who won a medal was Mokoena. He is an athlete and obtained  the silver medal in long jump in Beijing in 2008. He won other championships too, for example the triple jump in World Junior Championships in 2004, the long jump in World Indoor Championships in 2008, and the long jump in African Championships in 2010. He has two national records: one in long jump and the other in triple jump.

www.whoswhosa.co.za/khotso-mokoena-5592en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Khotso_Mokoena

                          

New Zealand

OLYMPIC GAMES: NEW ZEALAND

HISTORY

  New Zealand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. For New Zealand's participation in the 1976 Games was controversial, and led to a boycott of the Games by most African countries, who protested against sporting contacts between the All Blacks and apartheid South Africa.

  New Zealand has also participated in most Winter Olympic Games since 1952, missing only the 1956 and 1964 Games.

PARTICIPATION

  New Zealand, as with other Southern Hemisphere countries has had the disadvantage of needing to peak to compete in summer sports which are held during their winter months. Only two Olympics have ever been held in the Southern Hemisphere, in Melbourne and Sydney.

  In 1992, Annelise Coberger of New Zealand became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom at Albertville in France.

CURIOSITIES

The All Blacks:

  They are called All Blacks because their uniform is totally black. The people know them also like “Kiwis” because this is a typical bird from New Zealand.

   The All Blacks perform a Haka before each international match. The Haka is a typical war dance from the mãori people of New Zealand.

At present, it’s the best rugby team in the world.

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