Olympics

2004 Athens:

4×200m freestyle relay - gold (1)

200m individual medley - silver (2)

2008 Beijing:

400m individual medley - bronze (3)

4×200m freestyle relay - gold (4)

200m backstroke - gold (5)

200m individual medley - bronze (6)

2012 London:

400m individual medley - gold (7)

4x100m freestyle - silver (8)

4X200m freestyle - gold (9)

200m backstroke ?

200m individual medley ?

So far he has a total of 9 Olympic medals however I am posting this during the 2012 Olympics so there are potentially more to come for 2012.

shooting has been an Olympic sport since 1896. except 1904 & 1928 first remember that shooting is a sport practiced all over the world, and it has been for centuries. the shooting events this year are diverse. there will be air rifle events as well as conventional firearms. bare in mind however, all or most of the firearms are in the .22 LR or 12 GA. 8-7 1/2 shoot shells. the targets will be bulls-eyes and clay targets. the shooting sport is just that a sport they will not be shooting at man shaped targets. the Olympics was originally a contest of military skills. (even in ancient Greece) unlike ancient Greece or war, the contestants in the modern games walk away. look at the track and field events: the lance (projectile) the pole vault (jumping over walls or defensive obstacles) the discus (projectile) the 100-1500m dash (charge! or retreat!) the marathon (battlefield mesager) there is also the other events with military implications: equestian, rowing, canoeing, judo, taekwondo, wrestling, archery, fencing, boxing but there are modern sports as well. the purpose of the games is to bring the world together on a field for peaceful competition. In no other place or time for the next four years will the USA will be able to compete with North Korea in many of the events. I know that firearms are frowned upon in many countries but i much prefer a peaceful contest of arms to testing there skills on the field of war.

19 women competed in three sports (golf, croquet, tennis).

Colorado turned down the Olympic games. In 1972, Colorado informed the Olympic committee that they didn't want the 1976 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Colorado. They were awarded the games in 1970, but went back to the Olympic committee in 1972 and said they didn't want them.

Tessa Sanderson of Great Britain won a gold medal in women's javelin throw at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

The reason for the Olympics is that they are fun!!!!!!! :-)

At this point we really don't know although can say that it won't be until 2016 at the earliest. The 2010 Winter Games are scheduled for Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Games will be held in Russia. The 2012 Summer Games will be in London. The next Games to be awarded are the 2016 games. The only US city bidding on them is Chicago. The site of the 2016 Games will be selected by the IOC in early October, 2009.

It has already affected the Olympics. Timing is now down to fractions of seconds. It used to be the first one to cross the finish line and everyone ran at once. Now they run heats allowing everyone to have a clear track to run on. Uniforms, shoes and goggles are all scientifically designed to provide the least resistance and best grip. Games are designed and held to maximize media exposure to allow competition to be watched around the world. And the best athletes in the world can be gathered together in a matter of days, instead of weeks of train and boat travel. Did you know that the rules of the javelin event had to be modified and the shape and materials of the javelin were changed, as athletes were throwing over 100m, putting spectators lives at risk!

When sun rays reflect off a parabolic dish/mirror an invisible sun beam ignites the torch and this is the ancient method still used to light the Olympic Torch.

She has won 2 GOLD MEDALS

The 1940 and 1944 Summer and Winter Olympics were cancelled due to World War II.

China will send its largest-ever delegation to Vancouver for this year's Winter Olympic Games -- a whopping 182-member delegation, including 91 athletes and 91 coaches and officials.

1 Olympic medal.

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

Women were first allowed to compete at the 1900 Games in Paris.

women were not allowed to go for war.instead they helped in giving aid to the injured people.

You would measure the swimming pools length, width and depth to determine how many cubic feet of water is in the swimming pool. Length x Width x depth = cubic feet. Then measure the mass of 1 cubic foot of water by building a box 1'x1'x1'. Once you know the mass of 1 cubic foot of water - you'll know the mass of the water in the swimming pool.

4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay NO DOUBT.

Yun-Mi KIM (Korea), became the youngest female gold medallist in short-track

speed skating 3000 m relay, at the 1994 Games, aged 13 years and 85 days.

Norway's Johann Olav Koss set three world records and won three golds in the men's 1500-, 5000- and 10,000-meter speed skating events during the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Yes, Baron Pierre de Coubertin did create the modern Olympics

Payment for winning Olympic medals varies by country.

The United States Olympic Committee pays its medal winners $25,000 to gold medal winners, $15,000 to those who take home a silver and $10,000 for a bronze. Some of the richer U.S. sport federations give additional prize money to their winners as well.

There are many appearances and endorsement deals that generally follow a gold medal winner.

See related links for more information.

There is no single age limit in the Olympics. Each sport within the Olympics is administered by the sports governing body egg. the cycling is held to UCI rules, swimming to FINA etc.

The only age limits I am sure about is gymnastics, where the competitor must be 16 by the end of the calendar year in which a major event takes place, fencing is 13 and equestrian is 18.

You should be at least 12 to enter the Olympics.

Every four years, a country is picked to host the Olympics games. Countries in Europe have hosted these games 34 times.

Vancouver will be internationally rconized,tourists come from all over the world,can meet olympic athletes from all over the world,can see the Olympics at home (if you live in Vancouver),Canada can win the Olympics at home for the first time ever.(if you live in Canada)

The five interlocking rings represent five continents or major geographical areas of the world. The five main regions: Africa, the Americas (North and South America are combined), Asia, Europe and Oceania.

While the 5 rings do represent the 5 continents, the colors do not correspond to a continent. In terms of the colors (the 5 colors of the rings and the white background) the colors were chosen because at least one of those colors appears on every country's flag in the world i.e Every flag of a country participating in the Olympics includes at least one of the following colors: blue, black, red, yellow, and green.