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london summer olympic games 2012

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LONDON SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.[1] London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times,[2][3] having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.[4][5]

London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris after four rounds of voting.[6] The successful bid was headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Lord Coe.

The Olympics prompted a redevelopment of many of the areas of London in which the games are to be held – particularly themed towards sustainability.[7] While the budgetary considerations have generated some criticism,[8][9] the Games will make use of many venues which were already in place before the bid, including Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena, Wimbledon All England Club, Lord's Cricket Ground, The O2 Arena, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Weymouth anBy the bid submission deadline of 15 July 2003, nine cities had submitted bids to host the 2012 Olympics. These cities were Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris and Rio de Janeiro.[10]

London's bid appears to have been the idea of the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.[11]

On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.[12]

All five cities submitted their candidate file by 19 November 2004, and were visited by the IOC inspection team during February and March 2005. The Paris bid suffered two setbacks during the IOC inspection visit: a number of strikes and demonstrations coinciding with the visits and a report coming out that one of the key members of the Paris bid team would face charges over alleged corrupt party political finances.[13]

On 6 June 2005, the IOC its evaluation reports for the five candidate cities. Although these reports did not contain any scores or rankings, the evaluation report for Paris was considered the most positive, now followed closely by London which had narrowed down most of the gap observed by the initial evaluation in 2004 regarding Paris. Also New York and Madrid obtained very positive evaluation reports.[14]

Throughout the process, Paris was widely seen as the favourite to win the nomination, particularly as this was its third bid in recent history. Originally London was seen lagging Paris by considerable margin; however, this started to improve with the appointment of Sebastian Coe as new head of London 2012 on 19 May 2004. In late August 2004, some reports started emerging predicting a London and Paris tie in the 2012 bid.[15] In the final run-up to the 117th IOC Session, London and Paris appeared to be increasingly in a neck-and-neck race. On 1 July 2005, Jacques Rogge, when asked who the winner would be, told the assembled press: "I cannot predict it since I don't know how the IOC members will vote. But my gut feeling tells me that it will be very close. Perhaps it will come down to a difference of say ten votes, or maybe less".[16]

On 6 July 2005, the final selection was announced at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore. Here Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair was the only leader of the five candidate cities' countries to make a personal lobby (he had also been the only one to attend the 2004 Olympics).[17] Moscow was the first city to be eliminated, followed by New York and Madrid. The final two cities left in contention were London and Paris. At the end of the fourth round of voting, London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes, defeating Paris's 50.[18] Various French publications blamed the Paris loss on French President Jacques Chirac's statements before the vote that "We can't trust people [the British] who have such bad food. After Finland, it's the country with the worst food."[19] Two current members of the International Olympic Committee are from Finland. Several other news sources cited Bertrand Delanoë's complaint regarding Tony Blair's secret late night meetings with numerous (African) IOC representatives as having a more significant impact on final vote.[20] When reporting London's win, British media covered the expectant crowds in both France and Britain (and in the other bid cities), and contrasted the jubilant reaction in London to the reaction of the crowd in Paris, where many had gathered in hope of a French win.[21][22][23] However, the celebrations in London were overshadowed when London's transport system was attacked by terrorists less than 24 hours after the announcement.[24]

In December 2005, it was alleged by Alex Gilady, a senior IOC official, that London had won the right to host the Olympics only because of a voting error. A London 2012 spokesman dismissed this, saying "At the end of the day, it was a secret ballot. This is the opinion of one individual. The result is what matters and we are not going to be drawn into speculation."[25]d Portland National Sailing Academy, anThe London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was created to oversee the staging of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 3 October 2005.[26] The committee, chaired by Lord Coe, is in charge of implementing and staging the games, while the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is in charge of the construction of the venues and infrastructure.[26] In April 2006 the Olympic Delivery Authority board was established.[27]

The Government Olympic Executive (GOE), a unit within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), is the lead Government body for coordinating the London 2012 Olympics. The GOE reports through the DCMS Permanent Secretary to the Minister for Sports and the Olympics. It focuses on oversight of the Games, cross-programme programme management and the London 2012 Olympic Legacy before and after the Games that will benefit London and the UK. The organisation is also responsible for the supervision of the £9.3 billion of public sector funding.[28]

In August 2011, some security concerns arose surrounding the hosting of the Olympic Games in London,[29] due to the 2011 England riots, with a few countries expressing fear over the safety of the Games,[30] in spite of the International Olympic Committee's assurance that the riots will not affect the Games.[31]

The IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2012 Games completed their ninth visit to London in October 2011. They concluded that London has been making excellent progress and that the 2012 games would leave a lasting legacy. The commission will make their final visit to London in March 2012.[32] London was awarded the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in November 2011. [33]d theThe 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. Some of the new facilities will be reused in their Olympic form, while others, will be resized or relocated.[34]

The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. In addition to these are those venues that, by necessity, are outside the boundaries of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset which will host the sailing events, some 125 miles (200 km) southwest of the Olympic Park. The football tournament will be staged at several grounds around the UK.[35] Work began on the Park in December 2006 when a sports hall in Eton Manor was pulled down.[36] The athletes' village in Portland was completed in September 2011.[37]

In November 2004 the 500 acre Olympic Park plans were revealed.[38] The plans for the site were passed in September 2004 by Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney and Waltham Forest.[39] The redevelopment of the area to build the Olympic Park required compulsory purchase orders of property. The London Development Agency and the London and Continental Railways had a dispute about the orders in November 2005. The LCR accused the LDA of killing off development in the area. The LDA planned alongside the Olympic Park to buy land for the Stratford City development project, which the 180-acre site of the former Stratford Rail Lands into a mixed-use development, including 4,500 new homes, office space, hotels and shops.[40] This resulted in 2011 with the completion of the largest urban shopping centre in Europe being operated by Westfield.[41] By May 2006 86% of the land had been bought as businesses fought eviction, this lead to an enquiry being set up. 206 companies had to relocate by July 2007.[42] In addition, residents who opposed the eviction tried to find way to stop it by setting up campaigns. However they had to leave as 94% of land was bought and the other 6% bought as a £9 billion regeneration project started.[43]

However, there were some issues with the original venues due to not being challenging enough or being financially unviable. For example, the road racing at the Olympics Games was originally scheduled to take place in Regent's Park and on Hampstead Heath. Instead the Olympic road races will start and finish on The Mall in central London and head out into Surrey to the south and include loops around Box Hill.[44] The Olympic Mountain bike event will take place at Hadleigh Farm after the event was moved from Weald Country Park,[45] after the UCI labeled the course at the park "too easy" in July 2008[46] It was touted that the course could be created in Wales.[47] A location in Kent was also considered.[48]

The Olympic marathon course, which was set to finish in the Olympic stadium, was moved to the mall.[49] The idea angered some members of the local community, stating that they had been left out of the Olympics despite it taking place in their back garden no events would take place in the boroughs. The change was made as closing Tower bridge would cause "gridlock" to London.[50][51][52] North Greenwich Arena 2 was scrapped in a cost-cutting exercise, with Wembley Arena being used for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events instead.[ Excel Centre. London's public transport was an element of the bid which was scored poorly in the IOC's initial evaluation; however, they felt that if the improvements were delivered in time for the Games then London would cope.[57] Transport for London (TfL) carried out numerous improvements in preparation for 2012, including the expansion of the London Overground's East London Line, upgrades to the Docklands Light Railway and the North London Line,[58] and the introduction of a new "Javelin" high-speed rail service,[59] using the Hitachi Corporation's "bullet" trains.[60][61][62] In September 2011 it was discovered that the platforms at Stratford International station were not at the right height for the Javelin trains. The platforms were raised with wood, which could be removed after the Games as the platforms were originally designed for Eurostar trains, and it is hoped that Eurostar will stop at the station after 2012.[63] According to network rail an additional 4,000 train services will run during the Games, with train operators putting on longer trains during the day.[64]

TfL also propose the construction of a £25 million cable car across the River Thames, the "Thames Gateway Cable Car", to link 2012 Olympics venues.[65] It will cross the Thames river between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, carrying up to 2,500 passengers an hour at a heights above 50 metres in the air. It is designed to cut journey times between the O2 arena and the ExCel exhibition centre – both of which are Olympic locations. The privately funded system could provide a crossing every 30 seconds.[66]

The plan is to have 80% of athletes travel less than 20 minutes to their event[67] and to have 93% of athletes within 30 minutes of their event.[68] The Olympic Park would be served by ten separate railway lines with a combined capacity of 240,000 passengers per hour.[69] In addition the LOCOG planned for 90% of the venues to be served by three or more types of public transport.[68] Two park-and-ride sites were off the M25 with a combined capacity of 12,000 cars 25 minutes away from the Olympic Park. Another park and ride site was planned in Ebbsfleet which would have capacity for 9,000 cars were spectators could board a 10 minute shuttle bus.[68] To get spectators to Eton Dorney, four park and ride schemes were set up. Spectators would be dropped off at Windsor Racecourse with a bridge going over the Thames linking the racecourse toConcerns have been expressed at the logistics of spectators traveling to the events scheduled for outside of London. In particular, the sailing events at Portland are in an area with no direct motorway connection, and with local roads that are heavily congested by existing tourist traffic in the summer.[71] However the Weymouth area did undergo a major upgrade on its road infrastructure. A £77 million relief road connecting Weymouth to Dorchester was built and opened in 2011.[72][73] Some £16 million pounds was put aside for the rest of the improvements.[74] Inaddtion the plans removed 5 roundabouts to ease congestion and replaced them with traffic lights[75][76] But some residents were unhappy that the roundabouts were removed.[77]

In January 2010, the South East England regional transport board criticised plans published by the Olympics Development Authority for not providing plans of a credible long term coach network saying "The ODA has been working on an extensive network of coach services... [but] the lack of reference to this work [in the plan] is both intriguing and at the same time concerning." On 15 February 2010, the ODA announced that FirstGroup was the preferred bidder for the provision of bus and coach services for the games. This will involve the provision of venue shuttle and park and ride services, services connecting peripheral park and ride sites on the M25 with the Olympic Park and Ebbsfleet, and a nationwide network of express coaches to the Olympic Park, and the Weymouth and Portland sailing venue. The services will require around 900 vehicles in total, although some will be sub-contracted the rowing venue.[70] The costs of mounting the Games are separate from those for building the venues and infrastructure, and redeveloping the land for the Olympic Park. While the Games are privately funded, the venues and Park costs are met largely by public money.

On 15 March 2007, Tessa Jowell announced to the House of Commons a budget of £5.3 billion to cover building the venues and infrastructure for the Games, at the same time announcing the wider regeneration budget for the Lower Lea Valley budget at £1.7 billion.

On top of this, she announced various other costs including an overall additional contingency fund of £2.7 billion, security and policing costs of £600 million, VAT of £800 million and elite sport and Paralympic funding of nearly £400 million. According to these figures, the total for the Games and the regeneration of the East London area, is £9.345 billion. Then Mayor Ken Livingstone pledged the Games Organising Committee would make a profit.[80]

The costs for staging the Games (£2 billion) are funded from the private sector by a combination of sponsorship, merchandising, ticketing and broadcast rights. This budget is raised and managed by the London 2012 Organising Committee. According to Games organisers, the funding for this budget broadly breaks down as: 64% from Central Government; 23% from National Lottery 13% from the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency

On 18 August 2007, The Belfast Telegraph reported that jubilation over winning the right to stage the Olympic Games was becoming more muted as realisation dawns on the public of the enormous costs involved in creating facilities for the athletes.[81] Grassroot sport cuts will fund the Olympics, government figures suggested on 19 August 2007.[82]

In November 2007, Edward Leigh MP, criticised the organisers for significantly under-estimating the cost of staging the games, suggesting they had either "acted in bad faith or were incompetent".[83]

On 10 December 2007, Tessa Jowell announced confirmation of the budget announced earlier in 2007. In June 2007, the Ministerial Funders’ Group (established to manage the allocation of contingency to the ODA within the overall budget) met and agreed a first allocation of contingency to the ODA, being £360 million out of the £500 million of initial contingency announced in March, to enable the ODA to manage early cost pressures.

Following its second meeting on 26 November 2007, the Funders’ Group has now agreed a baseline budget and scope proposed by the ODA. The total budgeted base cost to be met by the public sector funding package remains at £6.090 billion including tax and excluding general programme contingency as announced in March. This includes the allocation to the ODA of the remaining £140 million from the initial £500 million contingency announced in March.[84]

There have, however, been concerns over how the Olympics are to be funded. In February 2008, a London Assembly culture and sport committee report expressed concerns over the funding of the games taking away money from London's sports and arts groups.[85] There have also been complaints that funding towards the Olympics has been to the detriment of funding other areas of the UK. In Wales, there has been criticism from Plaid Cymru about the games depriving Wales of money, by using UK-wide funding rather than English funding.[86] The Wales on Sunday newspaper claimed former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair broke his promise to not use National Lottery funding for the Olympic games.[87][88]

As at December 2009, the Delivery Authority had allocated £702 million of Programme and Funders’ contingency, largely to cover the decisions to publicly fund the Village and Media Centre after it became clear private funding could not be secured on acceptable terms during the 2008 to 2010 economic crisis. According to the Government Olympic Executive and Olympic Delivery Authority risk assessments the remaining £1,270 million contingency is sufficient to manage risks to the Delivery Authority’s programme.[89]

Also from May 2010, the Olympic budget will be cut by £27 million as part of the £6.2 billion cuts by the new Conservative-Liberal coalition government.

On 19 July 2011, Hugh Robertson, Sports & Olympic Minister, revealed that he expected the project to be delivered on time and under budget. "With one year to go to London 2012, the Games construction is 88 per cent complete and ahead of time and under budget. That is an extraordinary thing for a Government Minister to be able to say a year out from the Games."[90] Organisers estimate that some 8 million tickets would be available for the Olympic Games, and 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympic Games.[citation needed] Ticket sign-up, in Great Britain, was launched on 22 March 2010 and the application website was opened on 15 March 2011 until 26 April 2011. Ticket prices range from £20 for many events to £2,012 for the most expensive seats at the opening ceremony. Ticket allocations for oversubscribed events was decided by a random ballot.[93] For the first time in Olympic history the sailing events will be ticketed.[94] The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have admitted that further tickets, up to one million, will be released later in 2011 for events that have failed to sell out in the initial allocation.[95] Over half the people who applied got no tickets in Great Britain. The second round of ticket sales took place over a 10 day period between the 23 June and 3 July 2011, with priority given to those who were unsuccessful in the first allocation process. At this point there were about 1.7 million tickets for football and 600,000 for other sports, including archery, hockey, football, judo, boxing and volleyball, among other sports with 1.5 million tickets priced between £20 and £50. Unfortunately due to the amount of people buying tickets and because the ticketmaster website did not update immediately, 15,000 had their application rejected, but 90% of people did get some tickets; as some events sold out in 15 minutes and by 8 am 10 sports had sold out.[96] People who were successful in the first round of tickets were allowed to buy more during the period 8–17 July 2011. By this point 1.5 million tickets were available for football, 40,000 for Volleyball and 8,000 for freestyle wrestling on a first come first served basis. However by 10 July all the tickets for Volleyball had been sold, as 3.5 million tickets had been sold in total. Another round of tickets was promised to go on sale in 2012.[97] To reduce traffic, ticket holders will be entitled to free use of London's public transportation network on the day of the event.[98] It is estimated that 82% of available Olympic tickets and 63% of Paralympic tickets will be sold. LOCOG aims to raise £375–£400 million in ticket sales. There will also be free events: for example, the marathon, triathlon and road cycling.[99] Tickets for the London Prepares series, the Olympic test events, started to go on sale in May 2011.[100]

There was a huge demand for tickets as 20 million tickets were bought by 1.8 million people, three times the 6.6 million tickets available in the first round lot, with 95% of the applications from Great Britain. More than 50% of the sessions went to a random ballot.[101] A consumer group questioned the point of taking money out of people's bank accounts before they knew what tickets they had successfully purchased.[102] Barclays Bank ended up declining its customers tickets, stating that it was an unusual purchase and looked like fraud, before they and LOCOG tried to process them for a second time.[103] Many athletes and ex-Olympians also questioned the way the tickets were sold, with Triple Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins labeling the process a shambles.[104] However, Lord Coe and the LOCOG insisted that the process was fair, and that there was no 'perfect' system.[105][106]

In Russia people bought "Olympic vouchers" which one would have to redeem in London during July and August 2012, with people making their own accommodation and travel arrangements.[107] In Brazil, the host of the 2016 Games, the ticket website did not work for three and a half days with people leaving disappointed as all their tickets appeared to sell out in a day, despite people having seemingly bought tickets.[108] And the British government was asked to explain why it bought 9,000 tickets.[109]

Free tickets were given to Military personnel and children were invited to 'win' tickets.[110] Free tickets were also given to the survivors and families of those who died during 7 July 2005 London bombings

Olympic medalist in football Belgium || SIMON SIERRA SILVA 5-C MATH PROYECT The Ollympic Games originated long ago in ancient Greece. Exactly when the games were first held and what circumtances led to their creation is un certain. We do know, however, that the games were a direct outgrowth of the values and beliefs of Greek society. The Greeks idealized phisical fitness and mental discipline, and they believed that excellence in those areas honored Zeus, the greatest of all their gods. We do know just when the games were first played, the earliest recorded Olympic competition occurred in 776 B.C. it had only one event, the one-stade ( approximately 630-foot or 192 meter).
 * year ||  city  ||  1st. place  ||  2nd. place  ||  3rd. place  ||
 * 1900 ||  paris  ||  Gr. britain  ||  France  || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif align="center"]]
 * 1904 ||  St.lous  ||  canada  ||  usa  ||  --  ||
 * 1908 ||  london  ||  Grt. britain  ||  denmark  ||  Netherlands  ||
 * 1912 ||  Stock holm  ||  Grt. Britain  ||  denmark  ||  Netherlands  ||
 * 1920 ||  Antwerp  ||  Belgium  ||  spain  ||  Netherlands  ||
 * 1924 ||  París  ||  Uruguay  ||  switzerland  ||  Swedwen  ||
 * 1928 ||  Amsterdam  ||  Uruguay  ||  argentina  ||  Italy  ||
 * 1932 ||  Los angeles  ||  Not included  ||  In the Olympic  ||  Program  ||
 * 1936 ||  Berlin  ||  italy  ||  Austria  ||  Norway  ||
 * 1948 ||  London  ||  sweden  ||  yugoslavia  ||  Denmark  ||
 * 1952 ||  Helsinki  ||  hungary  ||  yugoslavia  ||  sweden  ||
 * 1956 ||  Melbourne  ||  Soviet union  ||  yugoslavia  ||  Bulgary  ||
 * 1960 ||  Rome  ||  yugoslavia  ||  denmark  ||  Hungary  ||
 * 1964 ||  Tokio  ||  hungary  ||  czechoslovakia  ||  Germany  ||
 * 1968 ||  Mexico city  ||  hungary  ||  bulgary  ||  Japan  ||
 * 1972 ||  Munich  ||  poland  ||  hungary  ||  Soviet unión  ||
 * 1976 ||  Montreal  ||  East germany  ||  poland  ||  Soviet unión  ||
 * 1980 ||  Moscow  ||  czechoslovakia  ||  East germany  ||  Soviet unión  ||
 * 1984 ||  Losangeles  ||  france  ||  brazil  ||  Yugoslavia  ||
 * 1988 ||  Seul  ||  Soviet union  ||  brazil  ||  West germany  ||
 * 1992 ||  Barcelona  ||  spain  ||  poland  ||  Ghana  ||
 * 1996 ||  Atlanta  ||  nigeria  ||  argentina  ||  Brazil  ||
 * 2000 ||  Sidney  ||  cameroon  ||  spain  ||  chile  ||
 * 2004 ||  Athens  ||  argentina  ||  paraguay  ||  italy  ||
 * 2008 ||  beijing  ||  argentina  ||  nigeria  ||  brazil  ||
 * OLYMPIC GAMES**
 * __Basic Basic Rules of Tennis - How to Play__**

The rules of tennis are fairly simple. One player hits or serves the ball from a corner of a marked out area called a court, that is divided down the middle with a three feet high (0.914 meter) net. The opposite player's goal is to return the ball, bouncing it no more than once in his own court, aiming for the other player to not be able to hit it. A point is gained when a player is not able to return the ball at all or he hits it out of the court. The ball is always served cross court or diagonally. The overall goal of tennis is to gain points to win games, sets and matches.


 * Equipment**

The right equipment is essential for a good game of tennis, along with demarcation of the court according to international standards. Here are the specifications.

//Tennis Rackets//

The usual tournament size racket should not be more than 29 inches in length and 12.5 inches in width. The hitting area of the racket cannot be more than 15.5 inches long and 11.5 inches wide.

//Tennis Balls//

These vary in color, but for official tournaments the ball must be yellow or white in color. Two, three, four or six balls may be used in a match.

MR. PARRA THIS IS MY PROYECT ABOUT OLIMPIC GAMES.
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 * OLYMPIC TENNIS WINNERS ||  ||   || [[image:http://mathproject5c.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=50 width="200" height="50" align="center" link="http://www.enciclopediadeportiva.com/Datos-Olimpicos/Campeones-Olimpicos-de-Tenis-Masculino/Imprimir.html"]] ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **GAMES ** || **GOLD ** || **PLATE ** || **BRONZE ** ||
 * **Atenas 1896 ** || John Boland(GBR) || Dyinisios Kasdaglis(GRE) || Momscillo Tapavicza(HUN), Konstantinos Paspatis(GRE) ||
 * **Paris 1900 ** || Hugh Lawrence Doherty(GBR) || Harold Mahony(GBR) || Reginald Doherty(GBR), Arthur B.J. Norris(GBR) ||
 * **St Louis1904 ** || Beals Wright(EEUU) || Robert Leroy(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Edgar Leonard(EEUU), Alphonzo Bell(EEUU) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Londres 1908 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Josiah Ritchie(GBR) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Otto Froitzheim(ALE) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wilberforce Eaves(GBR) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Estocolmo 1912 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Charles Wynslow(RSA) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Harry Kitson(RSA) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Oscar Kreutzer(ALE) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Amberes 1920 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Louis Raymond(RSA) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Ichiya Kumagae(JAP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Charles Wynslow(RSA) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Paris 1924 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Vince Richards(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Henri Cochet(FRA) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Umberto De Morpurgo(ITA) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Seul 1988 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Miloslav Mecir(TCH) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tim Mayotte(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Stefan Edberg(SUE), Brad Gilbert(EEUU) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Barcelona 1992 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Marc Rosset(SUI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Jordi Arrese(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Andrei Cherkasov(CEI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atlanta 1996 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Andre Agassi(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sergi Bruguera(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Leander Paes(IND) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sydney 2000 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yevgeny Kafelnikov(RUS) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tommy Haas(ALE) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Arnaud Di Pasquale(FRA) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atenas 2004 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Nicolas Massuh(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mardy Fish(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beijing 2008 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rafael Nadal(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Novan Djokovic(SER) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Seul 1988 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Miloslav Mecir(TCH) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tim Mayotte(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Stefan Edberg(SUE), Brad Gilbert(EEUU) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Barcelona 1992 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Marc Rosset(SUI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Jordi Arrese(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Andrei Cherkasov(CEI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atlanta 1996 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Andre Agassi(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sergi Bruguera(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Leander Paes(IND) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sydney 2000 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yevgeny Kafelnikov(RUS) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tommy Haas(ALE) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Arnaud Di Pasquale(FRA) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atenas 2004 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Nicolas Massuh(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mardy Fish(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beijing 2008 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rafael Nadal(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Novan Djokovic(SER) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sydney 2000 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Yevgeny Kafelnikov(RUS) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tommy Haas(ALE) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Arnaud Di Pasquale(FRA) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atenas 2004 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Nicolas Massuh(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mardy Fish(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beijing 2008 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rafael Nadal(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Novan Djokovic(SER) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Atenas 2004 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Nicolas Massuh(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mardy Fish(EEUU) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beijing 2008 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rafael Nadal(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Novan Djokovic(SER) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Beijing 2008 ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rafael Nadal(ESP) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fernando Gonzalez(CHI) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Novan Djokovic(SER) ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> THANK YOU FOR ALL <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">JUAN DAVID ESCALANTE <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">TABLE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL

=<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">draft 1 =
 * =WINNER COUNTRY= || =EVENT= || =WON= || =LOST= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1936 BERLIN= || =5= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1938 LONDON= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1952 HELSINKI= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1956 MELBOURN= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1960 ROME= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1964 TOKYO= || =9= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1968 MEXICO CITY= || =9= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1972 MUNICH= || =8= || =1= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1976 MONTREAL= || =7= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1984 LOS ANGELES= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1988 SEOUL= || =7= || =1= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1992 BARCELONA= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =1996 ATLANTA= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =2000 SYDNEY= || =8= || =0= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =2004 ATHENAS= || =5= || =3= ||
 * =UNITED STATE= || =2008 BEIJING= || =8= || =0= ||

I CHOOSE DISCIPLINE BECAUSE I PRACTICE VERY MUCH THIS SPORT AND I LIKE IT.
 * =LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES=

THE LONON OLYMPIC GAMES WERE FOUNDED BY HERACLE A SUN OF ZEUS.
====AT PASS OF THE YEAR THE OLYMPICS GAMES WERE MENOUS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE WAS MENOUS TECNONLOGY SO THERE WAS NOT A VERY SECURE PROTECTION FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.THE OLYMPIC GAMES HAS MANY DISCIPLINES LIKE==== FOOTBALL ATHELTISM TABLE TENNIS TENNIS VOLLEYBALL BOXING AND MANY MORE THE OLYMPCS GAMES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS EVERY FOUR YEARS BECAUSE IS AN EVENT WERE MOST OF FOURTY COUNTRIES GET TOGETHER FOR DISFRUT THIS EVENT.THE DURATION OF THI OLYMPICS GAMES HAS PERDURE FOR MANY CENTURIES THERE ARE LIKE 21 OR 22 CENTURIES OF OLYMPICS GAMES. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN GROWING BECAUSE BEFORE THERE NOT MANY NATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIALL EVENT.IS A MAJOR EVENT IN SUMMER AND IN WINTER

=BASKETBALL=

IN BASKETBALL WE DONT NEED A SPECIALL PROTECTION BECAUSE WE DONT HAVE TO KICK OR HIT EACH OTHER LIKE NI OTHER SPORTS.
====BASKETBALL IS SPORT WITH CONTACT BUT, NOT WITH HIST AND ALL THAT.THE BEST COUNTRY IN THIS SPORT IS UNITED STATE,I THINK THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISCIPLINE AND A MARVELLOUS ESTRATEGY.THE BASKETBALL IN THE MAJOR IME IS ONLY IN THE SUMMER OLYMPIS GAMES.,SO THE CONDITIONS DOESNT AFFECT YHE PLAYERS OF EACH COUNTRY====

THE BASKETBALL IS A SPORT THAT THE PEOPLE DONT PRACTICE MANY OFTEN.
The United States is by far the most successful nation in Olympic basketball.TEAM'S MAN won 13 of 16 tournaments they participated in, including seven successive titles from 1936 to 1968. TEAM' WOMEN teams won 6 titles out of 8, including four in a row from 1996 to 2008.