Tip 1: Who entered the Russian national team at the 2012 Olympics
Tip 1: Who entered the Russian national team at the 2012 Olympics
In a few days, the grand opening of the 30th Summer Olympic Games will take place in London. Among the athletes fighting for the medals of this honorable sporting event will be the Russians.
Our masters of sports will compete in 34 kindsOlympic program. The largest representation from Moscow (149 athletes), from the Moscow region (68) and from St. Petersburg, exhibited 43 participants. And all our Olympic team consists of 436 people: 208 men and 228 women. This is slightly less than at the previous Olympics: Beijing in 2008, when our team consisted of 468 people, and Athens in 2004, when the Russian team numbered 453 people. The team is relatively young - its average age is 26 years. The total number of the Russian delegation, including trainers, doctors, masseurs, technical personnel, will be 804 people. July 13, exactly two weeks before the start of the Olympics, a presentation of the nominee application of our delegation was held. According to the rules, after this, replacement will be possible only in the event of any emergency circumstances, for example, illness or injury. According to preliminary data, the honor of carrying the Russian national flag at the solemn opening ceremony of the Olympics will be entrusted to the famous tennis player Maria Sharapova. Our team is expected to fight for 3-4 place in the overall standings. The minimum task, according to the Minister of Sports of Russia V. Mutko and the head of the Russian Olympic Committee A. Zhukov, is to win 25 gold medals, the maximum task is to get 30 awards of the highest standard. Alas, count on the fact that our team will compete seriously with the obvious favorites - the teams of the United States and China - for many reasons it is not necessary. Departure of the Russian national team for the Olympic Games is scheduled for July 21, and the official lifting of our flag in the Olympic Village of London - on July 25. The approximate cost of finding our team in London for the entire period of games will be approximately 361 million rubles, including equipment, accommodation and travel expenses. To exclude possible scandals with doping tests, the members of the Russian national team have already handed over more than 2000 tests. And, in addition, before the departure, absolutely all athletes will undergo doping control.
Tip 2: Who entered the Russian national team in 2012
The Olympic Games are an interesting and excitinga competition in which athletes from all over the world take part. The national team of any country to participate in the games is formed for earlier. In Russia, the selection of athletes was completed two weeks before the start of the 2012 Olympics.
The XXX Summer Olympic Games in 2012 will be held from27 July to 12 August. Traditional international competitions this year will be held in London. This will be the third time that London hosts these competitions. The two previous times in 1908 and 1948. The competitions will be held in 34 sports and more than 10,000 athletes from 204 countries will take part in them. The composition of the Russian national team was presented to the organizing committee on July 13. At a joint meeting of the executive committee of the ROC and the collegium of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, 436 athletes were selected who received Olympic licenses. Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, proposed to include in the Russian delegation 368 people in addition to athletes. These are trainers, official spare, doctors and other specialists. In total for the Summer Olympic Games in London from Russia will go 804 people. The accreditation of the Russian Olympic team was completed, the final composition of which was agreed on July 13 with the International Olympic Committee and international federations. The Russian Olympic team included 436 athletes from 59 regions of the Russian Federation, 208 of them men and 228 women. The greatest number of athletes from Moscow and the Moscow region. The second place is St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and the third is the Krasnodar Territory. Also, eight sportsmen from Penza and 17 from Mordovia will represent Russia at the 2012 Olympic Games. From the Chelyabinsk region will go 14 athletes. For the first time, more representatives from different regions of Russia will go to these competitions. So, on July 27, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games will take place in London. On it the flag of Russia will be borne by tennis player Maria Sharapova. This decision was made immediately after her victory at the tennis tournament Roland Garros. Head of the Russian delegation at these competitions will be the chairman of the government Dmitry Medvedev.
