Olympic Wrestling Freestyle

Wrestling is a body-to-body combat contest, with key variations between the styles. The plan is to force the back of the opponent’s shoulders on to the ground. In Freestyle Wrestling, competitors may use all parts of their body to attempt moves and holds on all parts of their opponents’ bodies. Wrestlers want to fix their opponent to the ground, or to score points by throwing their opponent or taking them down. Recognized as one of the world’s oldest sports, Freestyle Wrestling is a regular part of Olympc game since 1904 at St Louis. Female events for Olympic Wrestling Freestyle started from 2004 are similar to those used in men’s Freestyle Wrestling.

London 2012 Olympic will present Wrestling Freestyle from Sunday 5 to Sunday 12 August 2012 at ExCeL. 344 athletes will contest for 18 Medals. You can get Olympic Wrestling Freestyle Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Olympic Wrestling Greco Roman

Wrestling is a body-to-body fighting sport, with minor changes between the styles. The main objective is to force the back of the opponent’s shoulders on to the ground. Bouts take place on a mat, and can last for a maximum of three periods of two minutes, with a 30-second break in between. A game can finish early if a wrestler wins the first two rounds or pins his opponent. Wrestling is the world’s oldest sports. Wrestling was first held at the ancient Olympics in 708 BC. Wrestling Greco Roman is a regular part of Olympic since 1896.

London 2012 Olympic will showcase Olympic Rowing from Sunday 5 July to Sunday 12 August,2012 at ExCeL. 344 athletes will contest for 18 Medals. You can get Olympic Wrestling Greco Roman Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

UN appeals for the Olympic Truce during London 2012 Games

The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and the President of the 66th UN General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, have called on all UN Member States to observe the traditional Olympic Truce from today’s start of the Games of the XXX Olympiad, on 27 July, until the close of the XIV Paralympic Games, on 9 September in London.

In his message, Ban Ki-moon recalled that “today, sports and events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games break down barriers by bringing together people from all around the world and all walks of life. The participants may carry the flags of many nations, but they come together under the shared banner of equality and fair play, understanding and mutual respect.”

For his part, the UN General Assembly President noted that “The Olympic Movement aspires to contribute to a peaceful future for all humankind through the educational value of sport. The Games will bring together athletes from all parts of the world in the greatest of international sports events as a means to promote peace, mutual understanding and goodwill among nations and peoples — goals that are also part of the founding values of the United Nations.”

About the Olympic Truce

The Olympic Truce, which dates back to the 9th century BC, supports the idea that throughout the Olympic Games, individuals, not countries, compete against each other in peaceful sport without the burden of politics, religion or racism.

In 1992, the International Olympic Committee introduced the concept of the Olympic Truce to the modern Olympic Games, and in 1993 the United Nations General Assembly urged its member states to observe the Olympic Truce. Sebastian Coe, on behalf of the UK government, presented the Olympic Truce Resolution for the 2012 Games, which for the first time received the unanimous support of all 193 UN Member States. Through this document, the UN invites its Member States to observe and promote peace before, during and after the Games in order to serve as a window for dialogue and to protect the interests of athletes and sport in general.

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Olympic Wrestling Greco Roman

Wrestling is a body-to-body fighting sport, with minor changes between the styles. The main objective is to force the back of the opponent’s shoulders on to the ground.

A game can finish early if a wrestler wins the first two rounds or pins his opponent. Wrestling is the world’s oldest sports. Wrestling was first held at the ancient Olympics in 708 BC. Wrestling Greco Roman is a regular part of Olympic since 1896. Women’s Wrestling joined the Olympic programme at Athens in 2004.

London 2012 Olympic will showcase Olympic Rowing from Sunday 5 July to Sunday 12 August,2012 at ExCeL. 344 athletes will contest for 18 Medals. You can get Olympic Wrestling Greco Roman Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Olympic Wrestling Freestyle

Wrestling is a body-to-body combat contest, with key variations between the styles. The plan is to force the back of the opponent’s shoulders on to the ground. In Freestyle Wrestling, competitors may use all parts of their body to attempt moves and holds on all parts of their opponents’ bodies.

Wrestlers want to fix their opponent to the ground, or to score points by throwing their opponent or taking them down. Recognized as one of the world’s oldest sports, Freestyle Wrestling is a regular part of Olympc game since 1904 at St Louis. Female events for Olympic Wrestling Freestyle started from 2004 are similar to those used in men’s Freestyle Wrestling.

London 2012 Olympic will present Wrestling Freestyle from Sunday 5 to Sunday 12 August 2012 at ExCeL. 344 athletes will contest for 18 Medals. You can get Olympic Wrestling Freestyle Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Olympic Taekwondo

The main objective of Taekwondo is to land kicks and punches on your opponent’s scoring zones: one point is awarded for a valid kick or punch to the torso, two points for a valid spinning kick, and four points for a turning kick to the head.

The action takes place inside an 8m x 8m zone called a court, with each contest made up of three two-minute rounds. Taekwondo games introduce as a show in 1988 at Seoul games, but were not officially added to the Olympic programme. Taekwondo is a regular part of Olympic since Sydney 2000 games.

London 2012 Olympic will showcase Olympic Rowing from Wednesday 8 July to Saturday 11 August, 2012 at ExCeL. 128 (64 men, 64 women) athletes will contest for 8 Medals. You can get Olympic Taekwondo Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Olympic Judo

Olympic Judo contests last five minutes, with scores awarded for different throws and holds. However, a contest ends immediately if a competitor is awarded ‘ippon’ – the maximum score. If the scores are tied after five minutes, the contest enters a golden score period, when the first score of any sort wins.

Olympic Judo is a sport for which athletes are called upon to use an complicated mix of attack and defence. Olympic Judo is a regular part since 1964 as a medal sport at the Olympic Games at Tokyo. A women’s contest was finally added to the Olympic programme at Barcelona in 1992.

London 2012 Olympic will present Olympic Gymnastics Trampoline from Saturday 28 July to Friday 3 August 2012, at the ExCeL. 386 athletes will contest for 14 Medals. You can get Olympic Judo Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Many Muslim athletes to fast after London Olympics

WITH the London Games fast approaching and the Islamic holy month of Ramadan already here, Muslim athletes are faced with a dilemma of Olympian proportions.

Muslims are required to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk during the 30-day month of Ramadan, which began Friday in most countries.

During long summer days in London, that translates into 18 hours of fasting - something that many Muslim athletes consider impossible to do without losing their competitive edge.

Many of the 3,500 or so Muslim athletes expected to compete at the London Olympics will keep eating as usual.

“I could not fast. I need all that stuff, like protein, carbs and minerals,” Egyptian kayaker Mustafa Saied told The Associated Press. “I can do it after Ramadan and Allah will accept it because there was an important reason.”

 Some have looked for Islamic tenets that allow exemptions from fasting, such as for those traveling.

Others decided to postpone fasting until after competitions, and some will compensate for the lost days with charity work or by donating to the poor.

“It’s impossible for us to fast Ramadan during the London Olympics,” said Yasser Hefny, an Egyptian modern pentathlete. “We have five disciplines to perform. We do a lot of effort during the whole day.”

The High Egyptian Islamic Council gave athletes a reprieve by announcing a fatwa, or religious edict, stating that Olympic athletes are not required to fast during coaching or competition.

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Olympic Cycling Road

The Olympic Cycling Road planned includes two Road Cycling events for both men and women. For the Road Race (approximately 250km for men, 140km for women), all competitors start together, and the first rider to cross the end line wins gold.

Olympic Cycling Road is regular part of Summer Olympics since 1896s, with an 87km race that started and finished in Athens. There was no Road Cycling event at the next three Games, but the control was reintroduced in 1912 and has been a permanent part of the Olympic programme ever since.

London 2012 Olympic will present Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike from Saturday, 28 July to Wednesday 1 August 2012, at the The Mall (Road Race); Hampton Court Palace (Time Trial). 212 (145 men, 67 women) athletes will contest for 4 Medals. You can get Olympic Cycling Road Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market.

Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike

Cross-country Mountain Bike competitions at the Olympic Games take place over bumpy and mountainous countryside. All riders start simultaneously and must complete a set number of laps of the course, with races lasting around one hour and forty-five minutes for both men and women.

There are no heats: for both the men’s and women’s events, all competitors start together, and the first rider to cross the finish line wins the gold. Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike is regular part of Summer Olympics since 1990s. A mere six years later, cross-country Mountain Biking made its Olympic debut in Atlanta.

London 2012 Olympic will present Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike from Saturday, 11 to Sunday 12 August 2012, at the Hadleigh Farm, Essex. 80 (50 men, 30 women) athletes will contest for 2 Medals. You can get Olympic Cycling Mountain Bike Tickets on affordable prices from Global Ticket Market