Friday, July 27, 2012

XXX Olympic Games in London declared open

XXX Olympic Games in London declared open 
At the Olympic Stadium in London held a solemn opening ceremony of the XXX Olympiad. Great show lasted three hours, of which the parade of Olympians in accordance with the scenario was given 99 minutes before the 2012 Games were declared open. Witnessed the triumph of sport has become a billion people around the world.- Diary of the Games in 2012. Competition Schedule and ResultsThe British have challenged the Chinese - the opening of the Games in London, was to eclipse everything, even the ceremony in Beijing earlier recognized the best in history. In preparation for this event took seven years and $ 42 million.Details of the holiday has managed to keep secret from the ubiquitous British press until the dress rehearsal. The show, entitled "Island Wonderland" directed by award winner "Oscar" Daniel Boyle consisted of three parts, which are narrated on the green and beautiful provincial England, Industrial Revolution, the birth of the Internet and much more.The scenes took 15,000 square feet. We used 12,956 sets, sound system on the one million watts and 500 speakers. Each of the guests were given 3D glasses.Before the ceremony at the Arena stadium was built classic English countryside scenery with emerald green grass carpet, a house with smoking chimneys, water mill and even a gurgling stream. English meadow to graze cows brought, goats and sheep were grazing geese out there and running horses, birds chirping.Gradually, the bright green lawns gave way to the modern landscape, marking the coming of the Industrial Age. More than 10,000 actors have brought to the audience the most vivid episodes of the formation of the British Empire.After a colorful historical perspective, ending a spectacular fireworks display from the five Olympic rings, the stadium under the theme song "James Bond" helicopter appeared, from which descended two parachutists dressed as Queen Elizabeth II and the 007 James Bond.Herself Elizabeth II, whole and unharmed, appeared on the stands, accompanied by her husband. To the sounds of the anthem "God Save the Queen", full of children's choir, raised the flag of Great Britain.The second part of the grand presentation was devoted entirely to children. The stage was filled with famous British heroes of fairy tales - stories about the characters of Peter Pan, Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, and many others. In the bowl of the stadium on the magical umbrellas even after landing from a few tens of Mary Poppins, fought with the monsters of childhood dreams, headed by Lord Volan de Mort.While the changing scenery, the holiday took the baton comedian Rowan Atkinson, wormed his way among the musicians of the orchestra and entertained the audience in the form of Mr. Bean.The third part of the show was devoted to the British cultural heritage of the second half of the 20th century. To the accompaniment of songs, which have grown for generations, from The Beatles, Seh Pistols and Queen to the Prodigy and Blur, the audience was told the story of undying love dark-skinned girl. And before the next mini-intermission proudly demonstrated the inventor of Internet - Sir Tim Berners-Lee.Meanwhile, James Bond sports - football player David Beckham - raced on the Thames by speedboat approaching the stadium, he completed the 70-day trip across the country Olympic torch.The parade of athletes preceded a small sketch of the memorial dedicated to the memory of those killed in all wars.The procession was opened by the delegations of the traditional Greek team - the birthplace of the Olympics, but only attended 205 national teams, representatives of which will perform at the Games.The Russian national team, which was the bearer of the four-time winner of the tennis tournament of the series "Grand Slam" Maria Sharapova, was 153rd in the order of passage of the delegations.After a three-hour show and parade participants, who closed the athletes of Great Britain, with the parting words to the participants of the tournament approached the head of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge. He thanked the organizers and delegates the right to announce the opening of the Games, the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II.Further, with the participation of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was raised and the Olympic flag brought the traditional oath, but Beckham has finally brought into the arena of the torch and passed it five times Olympic champion in rowing, Sir Steve Redgrave.From Redgrave Olympic relic passed into the hands of seven young athletes who, passing it to each other, made of honor round the arena. Having received the blessing of the seven champions of the past, each lighted by a torch and went to the center of the arena located in the construction of the 205 petals on the number of participating countries, which then broke out and joined together in one giant flower.The action capped a grand fireworks display and a song Beatles "Hey, Jude" performed by Paul McCartney.The stadium was attended by about 80,000 people, including many heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.Summer Games XXX Olympiad will be held in London from July 27 to August 12, 2012 will participate in more than 10,500 athletes from 205 countries who will compete for 302 sets of medals in 37 sports. The Russian team includes 804 people and take part in competitions in 34 of the 37 Summer Olympic sports.






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