Olympics

London has hosted the Olympics 3 times, making it the city that has hosted the highest number of Olympic Games. The first time was in 1908 when it stepped in for Rome after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Then in 1948 it again stepped in at the last moment to hold the first Olympic Games after WWII and finally now in 2012 it will host the Olympic Games for a third time. This, however, is the first time that London has had time to prepare and properly organize the Games.

The 2000 summer, or millennium games were held in Sydney, Australia.

The three rings stand for three major countries involved in Bringing back the Olympic games to modern times. The blue and yellow rings represent the country of Sweden.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is the greatest "short" sprinter of all time after shattering the world records in the 100m and 200m dashes. He has broken the 100m record 3 times. 9.72 in May of 2008, 9.69 in August of 2008 and 9.58 in August of 2009. He has broken the 200m record twice 19.30 in August of 2008 and 19.19 in August of 2009. He is the only man to win Olympic gold while setting world records in both sprints at the same Olympics. He's the first man to run under 9.70 and 9.60 in the 100m dash, and the only person to break 19.30 in the 200m dash with his world record performance of 19.19. Usain Bolt is the World Junior Record holder in the 200m dash with a time of 19.97. Bolt is the modern version of Tommie Smith, a combination of abnormal stride length at 6'5 and the stride frequency of a much shorter world class sprinter. Bolt is able to accelerate faster than his competition and his top end speed is unmatched, thus causing him to be the most dominant sprinter of all time. His nearest rival, Tyson Gay is arguable the 2nd greatest sprinter of all time with personal records of 9.69 for 100m and 19.41 a world record for the straight 200m, and a natural 200m personal best of 19.58. Gay has lost to Bolt in the 2009 World Championship 100m final when Bolt set the current world record of 9.58, Gay was a distant 2nd in 9.70, the 3rd fastest time of all time and just .01 off the previous world record set by Bolt in 2008 in the Summer Olympics in Bejing, China.

Michael Johnson is the greatest long sprinter ever, during his career he held the 200m and 400m world record, while also holding the seldom ran 300m world record. Using a non-traditional running style Michael was a unique blend of world class speed and world class speed endurance. He frequently ran under 20 seconds in 200m dashes while his competition found it difficult to break 20 seconds. Michael was known in the 200 for running an extremely aggressive turn and because of his 400m speed endurance, he decelerated at a much slower rate than his competitors, which made him very difficult to beat for 200m. In 1996 Michael broke the 200m world record twice, first in the Olympic Trials 200m final, Michael ran 19.66 to best Pietro Minnea's former world record of 19.72. In the semi finals of the Olympic Trials, Michael ran 19.70 but it was over the allowable 2.0 mps wind for record purposes. Later in 1996 in the Olympic Games 200m final, Michael ran a 200m dash for the ages in which he split 10.12 oin his first 100m and 9.20 in his second for a world record time of 19.32, breaking his previous world record by .34 seconds, the largest drop in the 200m dash world record since its been recorded. Michael won 2 world championship gold medals, 1991 and 1995, 1 Olympic Gold medal 1996.The 400m was Michael's best event. H's run under 44 seconds more often than any other man before or after him. He won 2 Olympic Gold medals in 1996 and 2000, he's won 4 world championships 1993, 1995,1997 and 1999. He is the current world record holder in the 400m dash in 43.18. He was the most dominant 400 meter runner ever, frequently championship finals by nearly a second ahead of his competition. His greatest achievements on the track are in 1995 and in 1996 in which he won both the 200m and 400m world titles and Olympic titles, no one in the history of track and field can claim to have placed in both events in a major championship let alone won them both in the sports major championship meets. Michael Johnson will forever be known as the standard bearer for long sprinting.

In order to host the Olympics a country needs to have money, power, people and land. The IOC (international Olympic Committe) will make their decision from there! Hope that helps =] In order to host the Olympics a country needs to have money, power, people and land. The IOC (international Olympic Committe) will make their decision from there! Hope that helps =]

It consists of five linked rings representing inhabited continents, one each of red, blue, yellow, green, and black. These are the colors that were found in all flags at the time the logo was created.

Yugoslavia Winter

United States Summer

It wasn't, it was played in the 1980 Winter games. Until 1992, the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year. After that, the Winter Olympics were set for 1994 and the two alternate each two years.

gold all the way!! as you know in competitions gold is first and bronze is second.....so i would choose gold!! ive experienced winning gold in hockey, it makes you feel wonderful

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the center: 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.

Blue for Europe

Yellow for Asia

Black for Africa

Green for Australia/Oceania

Red for the Americas

Cities have to bid to host the Olympic Games. At the deadline for bids for the 2012 games, 9 cities had submitted their bids. These were: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. It then goes to a second round, to narrow the field. The IOC reduced the cities to: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris. The next step is for the IOC to send inspectors to the candidate cities. After the inspections comes the evaluation of the reports, and then a vote. At the voting sessions, Moscow, New York and Madrid were ruled out, and it came down to a vote between London and Paris. London won by 54 votes to 50.

Family Feud Answers: Torch, Athletes, Gymnastics, Flags, People, Swimming, Stadium.

However - Family Feud is twitchy, and when you answer Swimming, it says you already answered it (but it's gymnastics that is up there). Don't ask me why. The game just is difficult sometimes.

You can get around the twitchiness by answering "Swimming Pool".

Its the USA. When the game of rugby was in the games the US won the match. It was to be the last time that the game of rugby would be played in the Olympics as it was felt the "recovery" time between matches for players was to short and injured players were having to take part putting themselves at risk

Ice Skater Debbie Thomas was the first African American to win a medal at a Winter Olympics, winning the bronze medal in ladies figure skating at the 1988 winter Olympics. She is now an orthopedic surgeon..

A feat is an act of great strength or skill. A feat might also be an act of daring performed in front of an audience.

In the 2012 Olympics in London, the rowing events will be held at Eton Dorney which is near Windsor Castle about 25 miles west of London.

To see more info check out the official site: http://www.london2012.com/eton-dorney

USOC receives funding through a mix of corporate and private donations. It has no regular government funding. It is also funded through the US Olympic Foundation, which was formed from the profits of the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

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That is cross country skier Bjorn Daehlie of Norway who won 12 medals (8 gold, 4 silver) at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Games. His 8 gold medals is also the most gold that an athlete has won in the Winter Games.

Australia won 221 medals (84 gold, 69 silver & 68 bronze) in the 22006 commonwealth games

The Five Rings on the Olympic Flag The rings on the Olympic flag represent the five continents of the world that have come together in the Olympic spirit.

Every country in the world has at least one of the colors of the rings in their flag. The colors blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. The colors of the rings represent the flags of the countries that participate in the Olympics.

The five regions:

• Africa,
• Americas (North and South America are combined)
• Asia
• Europe
• Oceania

The US won 9 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The 2012 Olympics were awarded to London. The majority of events will be held in specially built stadiums within the London Borough of Newham.

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NEWHAM WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT IS A RIGHT DUMP AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT BETTER BY HAVING THE OLYMPICS THERE.

. The chosen area is in the 1% of the Most Deprived in England. Holding the Olympics in that area would provide a much needed boost to some of the city's most deprived areas.

There are many places in Newham that could easily be bought at a low price and then easily cleared and built into various sites for the Olympics in 2012. There is a lot of wasteland where there is nothing to clear and the land is flat and easy to build on. It is very cheap to buy and lots of space to build stadiums onto. Many parts of Newham are old and run down. There are many old Garages and warehouses that are old, battered and not in use anymore. These will be extremely cheap to buy and would improve the environment quality in the area around it. Also it will not be any problem for any of the locals and they would be happy to get rid of it as it is not very pleasant to look at. There are many traveller sites for Gypsies. You could buy them cheaply and also there homes are not permanent and they could easily move. There are lots of abandoned houses that people are trying to sell off very cheaply. Knocking these down would create more space for car parks or stadiums.

Also, putting the Olympic site in Newham will improve the area's depravedness. The Olympic site will provide at least 9,000 knew jobs and 4,000 new homes for the area, which has an unemployment rate of 11.7%.

If you look at how many people live in council houses, the rate is a lot higher in that area. Also a very high amount of people live in flats, maisonettes or apartments. As well only 51.0% of Newham's GCSE students got grades A*- C. There is an extreme amount of crime in Newham. There is 33.5 vehicle crimes, 32.7 violence against people crimes, 10.5 street crimes, 8.0 Residential burglaries and 1.8 sexual offences and hopefully building the Olympic site here will help the lives of those people and get them jobs so they do not need to steal or commit crimes. Also 36.2% of the area are Economically Inactive.

However Newham has been named the second worst robbery hotspot in London. This will raise concerns about spectators' safety during the 2012 Games. Met statistics show Newham, with 2,077 offences, was the second worst borough for robberies last year. Its Stratford and New Town ward - including the international rail and Tube stations - came third in a table of London's most robbery-hit wards with 219 offences. Newham's Forest Gate South ward was also among the top 10 worst areas. The figures highlight the challenge that police will face during the Olympics.