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What an Olympics!
Posted by Helen Nolan on 10 September, 2012 at 21:25
It’s all over! I’ve been writing my blog from London every day during the Olympics and the Paralympics and this is my final post to look back on a wonderful couple of months. Here are some of the things that were the most memorable for me:
The Opening Ceremony
This set the scene for the Games with an amazing show featuring music, dancing, historical figures, fireworks and British humour. A huge number of volunteers practised for months to make everything perfect. The best moment was when the old lady in Buckingham Palace turned round and showed that she was neither a lookalike nor an actor but Her Majesty the Queen. The next best bit was when she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond (although I think that actually was an actor!).
Team GB
I was very proud of our team as we kept on winning medals and finished in third position in the medal table, which is truly a great result for Great Britain. There were so many incredible sportsmen and women. The ones that stand out for me are Mo Farah, the Somalian-born Londoner who won the 10,000 and 5,000 metres with the whole stadium going crazy, Jessica Ennis, the popular super-athlete from Sheffield who won the heptathlon, and Nicola Adams who won the first female boxing medal in Olympic history for Britain.
The Olympic Stadium crowd
Although the crowd cheered on the British, there was lots of support for athletes of other nationalities too like the wonderful Usain Bolt, from Jamaica, who won the 100 and 200 metres sprint to become the fastest man alive. There was also Oscar Pistorius of South Africa who was the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics. He went on to win two gold medals and a silver in the Paralympics.
New sports
I have really enjoyed being able to watch sports which are not normally shown on television. Before the Olympics I didn’t expect to love watching judo or find myself screaming at the television during a game of wheelchair tennis, but I really got into them. I didn’t know anything about goalball before the Paralympics but it became one of my favourite sports.
The organisation and the atmosphere
It took seven years of planning and 70,000 volunteers to make everything go well. Many people have said that the organisation was not as perfect as that of the Beijing Games, but there was a much better atmosphere which spread out through the whole city. The volunteers were always friendly and helpful and Londoners even began talking to each other, and visitors, on the underground trains!
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What are your memories of the London Olympics 2012? Did your country win many medals?
Comments
I don't like sports so I don't track any sports events. But i really like this article.
I really like sport. I'm sorry because I didn't watch the 2012 London Olympics. However, I've watched the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was wonderful. That was an memorable Olympics for my country( Vietnam) because my country won one historic gold medal and one silver medal in shooting. I really admire Hoang Xuan Vinh who has brought 2 precious medals for Vietnam.
I have never seen LonDon Olympic 2012 But I watched the U23 Asian Championship 2018. Although the U23 Vietnam team only won the runner-up, they played very brave, effort and determination to bring pride. for the country of Vietnam. I was very moved when watching the finals of U23 Vietnam and U23 Uzbakistan on the snowy Changzhou Stadium (China). Currently, I am watching the Vietnam team to participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the Vietnamese team has won many matches. I hope that the upcoming matches of the Vietnamese team will have even more great victories.
I didn't watch London olympic in 2012 . I've heard team Great Britain to win 95 medals at London 2012
My family loves watching sports. In each world cup or Olympic seasons, we all gather together to enjoy those fiery matches. Although my grandfather was old, his love of sports was always fierce. When I was a child, every time I saw the Olympic he would carry me and sit on his lap to watch. Unfortunately my grandfather died two years ago. He always wanted to see the 2022 FIFA World Cup with my family . I miss him so much
Unfurtunately, i don`t have any memories of the London Olympics 2012. I am sure that was incredible! But I know axactly that my country won many medals. I admire our sportmen and women!! Hope you too.
I really like this topic! I've already seen Olympics Games but only on the TV ( LOL). I love sports... I'm practicing karate since 7 years... And you? Which sport do you prefer?
I really like sport. I'm so sorry because I didn't watch the 2012 London Olympics. However, I've watched the 2016 Rio Olympics on TV. It was wonderful. That was a memorable Olympics for my country (Vietnam) because my country won 1 historic gold medal and 1 silver medal in shooting. I really admire Hoang Xuan vinh who has brought 2 precious medals for Vietnam.
I don't like sport so i don't watch an Olympic Games.
Sorry, but I have never seen olympic before.
Actually i don't like watching sport programme. But i've watched some matches that Viet Nam played. That's interesting :v and what brought me undescribable feeling was when Viet Nam won the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018...
I have never seen the Olympics because I don't like sports but I admire athletes. They are talented and enthusiastic.
I didn't see an Olympic Games 2012 in London. Because I don't like sports at all when I was ten. I think I'll see Olympic in the future.
Actually I didn't watch London Olympics 2012. But I've heard about that too much things. Then, did my country win any medals? Yes, my country won 2 gold, 1 bronze and 2 silver madals. (Actually I searched it a few minutes ago :p but I'm proud of these informations.)
I don't know much about Olympic and also my country didn't participate in it
I didn't see an Olimpic Games 2012 in London, but i know that Ukrainian Olimpic team of different kinds of sport won 19 medals in disciplines like fencing, rowing, weightlifting, kayaking and canoeing, boxing, shooting and athletics. In this 19 medals were 6 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze. I'm very proud of our sportsmens!, because thanks their diligence and hard work Ukraine take 14 place in the Olympiad in London.
I was a kid and I don't remember much things about Olympic 2012. The only think that my father mentioned about it, is China's economic growth in those years that Britons beg Chinese to stop selling dolls and other things include toys, clothes in England; because Olympic is a very good situation to sell a lot of things for a country and can help the economic of the country.
i don't know. in 2012 i was 7 years old and the games was transmited in the morning for my country (colombia). I had to study in the morning so i couldn't watch it.
me too
I don't know
Actually I didn't watch London Olympics 2012. But I've heard about that too much things. Then, did my country win any medals? Yes, my country won 2 gold, 1 bronze and 2 silver madals. (Actually I searched it a few minutes ago :p but I'm proud of these informations.)
I haven't watched London Olimpics but I'm sure there was incredible atmospfere. Wish I was there!
I've never watched the Olympics for 2012 but it's sound very interesting. I love it!
I still remember about the 2012 Olympics and watching it on Television... My country won a lot of medals but... well... it was a dream... (It was a shame I woke up...)
I'm from Taiwan!
My country's participation in the London Olympic Games was historic for the first time the country got medals in archery and football.
Although our country only won two bronze medals, we will try harder in the 2020 summer Olympics in tokyo.
I don't remember much about the Olympic games 2012 but my country didn't win any medals.
And yes! My country won some medals. 2 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 3 bronze medals.
I don't remember that much of the olympics. I was 9 at the time. The only thing I remember is that my mom and I traveled to London a week before the olympics. I also remember standing beside the countdown clock in Trafalgar Square.
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