30 facts about the 2012 Olympics

1.The 2012 Summer Olympics begin on 27 July and end with the closing ceremony on 12. August .

2. London is the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games three times. The sporting elite visited the British metropolis as early as 1908 and 1948.

3.The Opening ceremony will take place on July 27th in the Olympic Stadium. The Italian flag is carried into the wide area by Valentina Vezzali.

4. The Italian team also includes more than 270 Olympic starters eight South Tyroleans , four years ago in Beijing there were ten.

5.So far, a total of 28 athletes from South Tyrol have taken part in the Summer Olympics. The oldest of them still alive is Karl Putz , who competed in the modern pentathlon in Rome in 1960.

6.The yield of local athletes is so far 13 medals : 8 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze.

7.The most successful Olympian from South Tyrol is a diver Klaus Dibiasi . The “blonde angel” has won three golds and two silvers.

8. Alex Schwazer (27 years old) travels to London as the reigning Olympic champion. The 27-year-old from Kalch won gold in the 2008 km walking event in Beijing in 50.

9. Tania Cagnotto (27) took part in the Olympic Games for the first time at the young age of 15 (Sydney 2000). The woman from Bolzano wants to go for a medal in London.

10.2012 seems to be the year of Andreas Seppi (28) to be. After the successes he has achieved in the past twelve months, the Kalteren tennis professional will look for confirmation in singles and doubles in London.

11. Eve Lechner (27) took 16th place in her first Olympic participation in Beijing and achieved South Tyrol's best result to date in this discipline. The woman from Eppan wants to fight for the gold medal in London.

12. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (20) is the youngest among the South Tyroleans in London and is celebrating his Olympic debut in London. Last weekend, the Verdinger found his way out of the form crisis in time for the games.

13. Silvia Weissteiner (32) is the longest-serving South Tyrolean at the 30th Olympic Games. After Beijing 2008, the 32-year-old from Gasteig in Great Britain is taking part in the Summer Olympics for the second time.

14. Petra Zublasing (22) is the South Tyrolean specialist among sports shooters and will take part in the Olympic Games in London for the first time. The woman from Eppan is currently preparing for the highlight of her career in Croatia and Serbia.

15. Laura Letrari (23) was the latest to make it onto the Olympic bandwagon and is only the second local swimmer to qualify for the Olympics after Sara Parise.

16. That Go is a men's track and field competition that takes place on road courses and has been part of the Olympic Games program since 1932. (August 4th: 20 km men; August 11th: 50 km)

17. At Diving jumping from the 10-meter platform and the 3-meter board in the individual and synchronized competitions. (July 29: 3-meter board synchronized women, 3-meter board individual women)

18. Already at the first Summer Olympics in 1896 Tennis Part of the official competition program, but was discontinued in 1924. It was not reintroduced as an official Olympic sport until 1988 (from July 28th to August 5th).

19. Mountain bike is still a relatively young Olympic discipline. The first race at the Olympic Games took place in 1996 (August 11th for women; August 12th for men).

20. Of the 5000 meter run is a discipline of athletics. There are twelve laps of the stadium to run. (August 7th: women's qualification; August 10th: women's final)

21. That Sport shooting is the sporting use of firearms with the aim of hitting the center of a shooting target from a set distance (July 28th: 10 m air rifle women; August 4th: three-position fight women)

22. Swimming is one of the oldest sports in the world and marks the first half of the Olympic program in London 2012 (July 28: 4x100 women).

23.Alex Schwazer will do his Olympic mission in the middle of London on the boulevard The Mall complete, which runs from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square. However, much of the route runs in southwest London, outside the urban area.

24.The futuristic Aquatic Center was designed by star architect Zaha Hadid, who also designed the ski jump in Innsbruck. It will be the venue for “wet” sports, including Laura Letrari’s relay competition.

25.On the “holy turf” in Wimbledon Andreas Seppi will open. The sophisticated tennis facility just outside London is the venue for a Grand Slam tournament and the Olympic Games. A novelty in tennis history.

26.On the impassable terrain of the Hadleigh Farm Mountain bikers Eva Lechner and Gerhard Kerschbaumer will demonstrate their skills. The 220 hectare nature reserve is located in the county of Essex, 50 km northeast of London.

27.That Olympic Stadium will be the centerpiece of the 2012 Olympic Games. It was built between 2008 and 2011 on Marshgate Lane in the Stratford district. The stadium has space for 80.000 spectators. Silvia Weissteiner will complete her 5.000 m run here.

28.The Royal Artillery Barracks Until 2007, they were the location and barracks of the 16th Royal Regiment of Artillery in Woolwich, a district in southeast London. During the Olympic Games, sports shooter Petra Zublasing will equip her rifle here.

29. The majority of South Tyrolean athletes will be participating in the Summer Games Olympic Village take up residence in Stratford. Before the games, this site was a garbage dump and scrapyard. The facilities will later serve as social housing.

30.There are 30 days or 720 hours or 43.200 Minutes until the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London. We can hardly wait...

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30 facts about the 2012 Olympics

There are 30 days left until the start of the 30th Summer Olympics in London. SportNews has collected 30 facts about South Tyrol's Olympic starters.

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