Olympic Games 2012
Olympic Games 2012
The modern Olympic Games is the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began two days earlier, on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The motto of this Olympics was Inspire a Generation. The event was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
This season received widespread acclaim for their organization, with the volunteers, the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly. The opening ceremony, directed by Danny Boyle, received widespread acclaim throughout the world with particular praise from the British public despite some criticism leveled internationally on social media sites. During the Games, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal breaking the record of Larisa Latinina. Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter widely got regarded as the fastest person ever by achieving "double double" by winning 100 m and 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 and 2012), and topped this through the first "double triple" (including 4×100m relays). Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time, so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games. Women's boxing was included for the first time, thus this Olympic Games became the first at which every sport had female competitors.
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The modern Olympic Games is the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began two days earlier, on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The motto of this Olympics was Inspire a Generation. The event was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
This season received widespread acclaim for their organization, with the volunteers, the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly. The opening ceremony, directed by Danny Boyle, received widespread acclaim throughout the world with particular praise from the British public despite some criticism leveled internationally on social media sites. During the Games, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal breaking the record of Larisa Latinina. Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter widely got regarded as the fastest person ever by achieving "double double" by winning 100 m and 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 and 2012), and topped this through the first "double triple" (including 4×100m relays). Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time, so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games. Women's boxing was included for the first time, thus this Olympic Games became the first at which every sport had female competitors.
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