The Olympic Games are a sporting event that occupy a unique place in our global culture. It brings unexpected feelings of patriotism and tears of joy thanks to the spirit of camaraderie, hard work and resilience of the athletes. Luckily, the next Olympics are just around the corner. The 2024 Games will be held in Paris...
15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has become a real star of the Beijing Olympics. She will go down in history as the first figure skater to land a quad at the Games. But the star did not have time to shine brightly, as it already got into a scandal. Read more about the reasons told the publication…
Russian President Vladimir Putin pretended to fall asleep as the Ukrainian team entered the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The Daily Mail writes about this The political background of the Games The Russian president sat with crossed arms and closed eyes for…
They have been called the "COVID-19 Olympics", "Olympic Pandemic" and "Olympics Wrath". Many Japanese people were upset about such a large-scale and risky event in the midst of the pandemic, and many outside observers were surprised that it happened at all. But there were also incredible moments that ...
The decision of the Belarusian athletes Kristina Timanovskaya and Yana Maksimova stirred up another story in the memory. Back in the days of the Soviet Union, one of the athletes tried not to return to his homeland. What came of this, said the edition of Radio Liberty. Back in 1976, at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (Canada) in ...
Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya did not fly from Tokyo on a flight to Istanbul, which she was supposed to board. The girl is now under police protection in Tokyo. What happened, Hromadske reported. Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya, who is part of ...
On July 27, the Olympic Games in Tokyo will play 22 sets of awards in swimming, fencing, taekwondo, judo, diving, rowing, weightlifting, equestrian sports, rowing slalom, cycling and softball. More details about the course of the Olympics were reported by the BBC. Gold medal in ...
Officials in Tokyo oversee the main water area of the upcoming Olympics. This is due to the fact that the oysters made their way to the site and caused damage to $ 1,2 million, writes the BBC. The Sea Forest Waterway Complex in Tokyo Bay, which will host the ...
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) issued its athletes an instruction sheet with ready-made answers to "provocative" political questions. The BBC reported in more detail. The instructions sent to the athletes were first reported by Vedomosti, the editorial board got acquainted with a copy of the document. The ROC press service confirmed the preparation of the document. In the instructions ...
Russian gold medalists at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (2021) will be awarded to the compositions of the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky instead of the national anthem of the Russian Federation. He was banned from use due to a large-scale doping campaign. More details were told by the Voice of America edition. The International Olympic Committee in connection with the ban on the use of ...