i want to tell you about my apartment. i live in a five-storey building on the second floor. the house is located on the street mendeleev. our apartment is beautiful and comfortable. house is always clean. it consists of four rooms, corridor, kitchen and bathroom with toilet. going into my room catches the eye window and balcony door, but they closed the beautiful curtains. left of the door is a chest of drawers, a mirror over the chest and sides of the shelves. on the shelves of souvenirs and frames with photos .. around chest my bed. bed against the wall, and on the wall shelf. on the shelf toys. on the bed sits a big bear. the bed mat. opposite the bed is a desk and chair. on the table, a shelf for books, cds, souvenirs. on the table is a computer and a desk lamp. the right of the table mirror box.
with the olympics coming to london this summer, we thought we’d take a look at some amazing facts and traditions that make up part of this celebrated global event.
the first olympics, which got started in ancient greece, only allowed men to take part. these days, men and women from across the planet compete for olympic gold. athletic records have been set, heroes have been made, rivalries formed and even a few tragedies have occurred. nations have gone at it every four years (with a few exceptions) in both team and individual events for more than a century now. athletes compete for pride, fame and olympic glory, and the desire to be the best. here are a few stories surrounding the history of the olympics.
this is london’s record third olympicssum_of_marc, flickr2012 is not the first time london has hosted an olympic games, nor is it even the second. in fact, london will become the first city to ever host a modern olympics three times. in addition to that record, london also has the honor of being the first city to host the paralympics, which took place in 1948 for wounded war veterans.
the world’s youngest olympianoli scarff, getty imagesdimitrios loundras was a greek gymnast who took part in the athens olympics held in 1896. young dimitrios won a bronze medal for his efforts, and to this day he still remains the youngest olympic competitor and medalist on record. even more amazing, he was 10 years and 218 days old when he won his medal. that’s a lot of pressure for a kid, but dimitrios did just fine. later in life he became an admiral in the greek navy. perhaps he held onto his medal when he was out to sea, for good luck.
the barefoot marathonercentral press/getty imagesrunning a marathon is hard work. shoe companies market like crazy to all types of runners, but their advertisements would have been wasted on abebe bikila. abebe, who hailed from ethiopia, won the gold medal for the marathon in the 1960 rome olympics. he was the first african to win a gold, and he did so barefoot. that just goes to show you expensive footwear doesn’t always make the difference.
the oldest olympian everolympics.orgoscar swahn, a swedish shooting expert, won his first olympic medal in 1908, when he was a spry 60-year-olds. apparently he got a taste for winning, even if it came later in life than most people. (he would go on to compete in two more olympic games.) after wwi, swahn attended the antwerp games (his last) and won a silver medal. he was 72 at the time. it seemed his marksmanship hadn’t faltered in the slightest, despite his advancing age.
an american won the first ‘modern’ olympic medalolympic.orgthe american james connolly won the fist medal given out (of the modern era) at the inaugural athens games, staged in 1896. in order to do so, he had to take a break from his studies at harvard university and make his way to and through europe. luckily, his efforts paid off. connolly competed in the triple jump and emerged victorious, becoming the first olympic champion since the last olympics were held, about 1,500 years prior. instead of a gold medal, the top prize at the time was a silver medal and an olive leaf.
the first olympics ever broadcast on televisioncentral press, getty imagesthe 1936 berlin olympics (also known as the ‘nazi’ olympics) were the first olympic games to ever be televised. before the advent of television, sports fans had to make due with radio commentary, and before radios were ubiquitous, you could only read about the results of the events in the newspaper.
these days, giant screens and hd televisions let fans live vicariously through their favorite athletes. every glistening pore and bead of sweat can now be captured on camera. back in 1936, you could only get a fuzzy black-and-white image, but that beat radio hands down if you happened to own a television and live in germany (there was no global television then). worldwide olympic television broadcasts only became possible in the 1960s.
gold medals aren’t pure goldoli scarff, getty imagesnames can be deceptive. even though the top athlete in his or her field wins the ‘gold,’ the medals aren’t really made out of solid gold. in fact, they haven’t been pure gold for around 100 years.
the gold medals awarded now are actually silver, with gold plating. that probably doesn’t matter to the athletes who have dedicated their lives to winning one, as long as they aren’t planning on melting the medal down and pawning it off.
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i live with my parents in a large new building on the seventh floor. we moved here recently, but have become accustomed to the new premises: it is much better than before. when you walk into the apartment, once you find yourself in a large and spacious hall. near one wall - hanger and closet, near the other - the mirror. next - the door to the kitchen, and on the other hand, on the right, the entrance to our room and the parents' bedroom. children's room have spacious and bright, with access to the loggia. engage in an activity in children and my brother alone. in our room there are two beds: and my mitin. the left corner is occupied wardrobe and cupboard for toys and books. we have a good library, the most interesting books. near the wall, to the right, stand desk with shelves and nightstand for recorder and tv. behind the desk, i did my homework, draw, to be honest, it does not always look neat, so mom sometimes gets angry at me. on the shelves are books and books in the series "children's encyclopedia", which i occasionally like to flip through. among the books there is a little space, where i lie beautiful stones found in the mountains, mountain sedge leaves of various plants of the nikitsky botanical garden. all this is neatly arranged, and every morning, opening his eyes, i see the beauty that reminds us that summer will soon return and my family go back to caressing sea. back in our room a lot of toys that i gave meath, but he could not get used to the fact that they need to be removed. now that you understand what it looks like my apartment. come and visit us and see how we clean and cozy.