Video: Frozen scandals, victories and defeats at the 2012 Olympics
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Olympic Gamesbeing one of the most colorful events in the world of sports, it attracts the attention of millions of people. Of course, hundreds of photographers are present at such a large-scale event. Together, they take up to a thousand shots per minute, some of which are worthy of gold. Participants in the Olympic Games prepared for them as with the most important day of their lives. Therefore, each defeat is a small tragedy, and victory is a great happiness, accompanied by a storm of emotions of the winner and his fans! It is for such real emotions that journalists are hunting.
One of the photographers was lucky to capture happiness on his face Maria Savinova (Russia) a few seconds before her victory in the 800m race. Not less remarkable in the picture are the disappointed looks of the athletes in the background. Of course, they will still have the opportunity to compete for the champion title in four years, but at these Olympic Games the winner has already been determined.
Like any large-scale event, the games were not without scandals … And we are talking not only about the disqualification of athletes due to illegal drugs, but also about more controversial and difficult points. One of these, at the 2012 Olympic competitions, was the defeat of a swordsman from South Korea.
In fencing, every fraction of a second matters, and the battle is fought only when the clock is ticking. Representatives of the South Korean team said that their athlete Shin Ah Lam were inflicted after the end of the battle. The Korean fencer could not believe what was happening and did not leave the platform for a long time, waiting for the judges' verdict. The decision was difficult, but the victory remained with the athlete from Germany.
Olympic Games - a battlefield not only for athletes, but also for scriptwriters, directors, pyrotechnics and many other organizers of public events. Designer torches for the 2012 Olympic flame was Thomas Haterwick, who was able to surprise and delight the founders of the games: according to his plan, the torch consists of 204 moving petals, symbolizing the countries participating in the 2012 games. Initially, they are scattered, but with the beginning of the Olympic Games, they gather into a single whole.
Based on the total number of medals received by teams at the 2012 Olympic Games, ranking of the winning countries … The five leaders are led by the US team, which won 104 medals, China is in 2nd place, Great Britain is in 3rd, Russia is 4th and Korea is 5th.
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