Highlights of the Rio Olympics. The brightest photos of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - photo report
Concept
Before the Olympic Games creative director of the tournament, Fernando Meirelles said that the opening of the competition in Rio could surprise the audience with its concept:
Athens, Beijing and London told about the heroic past of their countries, and we will show what we should become in the future. Due to the economic crisis, the budget for the ceremonies (the opening and closing of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) has decreased from $113.9 million to $55.9 million. Most of this money will go to security. If 40 percent of Brazil's homes don't have sanitation, how can you spend billions on shows?
The creators of the opening ceremony wanted to focus the audience's attention on the problem facing the modern world - the threat of climate change. One of the first numbers of the ceremony was just about this and called the world to action - saving the environment. As social media users commented on this moment: there is a certain dissonance in this whole “story”, because Brazil itself destroyed most of the Amazon forests.
The Olympic rings are turning into rainforests
History of Brazil
After the introduction of the officials who were present at the stadium, and the anthem of Brazil, performed in chamber, with a guitar, a spectacular show began at the stadium. The history of Brazil was reflected in several stages: green lights shot up into the sky - this is the construction of huts by the indigenous population of Brazil. And now the giant luminous ships of Pedro Alvares Cabral, who discovered this country for Europe, are sailing towards them. Next - a fragment of the opening ceremony, which is dedicated to slavery in this country, and after - the arrival of migrants who shaped the population of modern Brazil.
Brazilian dances
The ceremony lasted three hours and involved about 35,000 people. Where in Brazil without folk dance? 12 samba schools took part in the opening at once.
Exit Gisele Bundchen
Last year, Gisele Bundchen announced her retirement, and this year she decided to make an exception and once again go to the podium, taking part in the most difficult and responsible fashion show in her life. Giselle became one of the guest stars of the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics - with her signature hip gait, she walked from one end of the stadium to the other, for a total of 150 meters. The musical accompaniment to this bright number was prepared by the Brazilian musician Daniel Jobim, who performed his hit "Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema).
This is definitely the longest podium in my life and the largest number of people watching the driving. This is a very special moment for my country, and I am honored to be invited to take part in such an event,
Giselle commented on this event.
Gisele Bundchen and musician Daniel Jobim
12 year old Brazilian rap star and other artists
Musical numbers for the opening ceremony were prepared by many stars: the "queen of samba" Elza da Conceicao Suarez, the hip-hop star Karol Conka, the young rap singer who became famous on YouTube - MC Soffia, the Brazilian pop singer Ludmilla.
Hip-hop singer Karol Conka and rap star MC Soffia
Parade of countries
The parade of countries participating in the Olympics is a traditional element of the opening ceremony. Every year, the Greeks, the founders of the Olympic Games, are the first to enter the stadium. Further, according to a strictly defined list, this year the Russian delegation came out at number 159. A total of 207 delegations participated. For the first time, a refugee team will be represented at the Olympics, which includes 10 athletes from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Ethiopia.
Another interesting fact: according to the rules of conduct at the opening ceremony, athletes participating in the parade were forbidden to use cameras and phones. They violated the order ... everything! Athletes with undisguised pleasure took group selfies and posted them online.
Russian delegation
The Russian delegation, numbering 160 people, was greeted by the public with approving applause. The team's standard-bearer was the famous volleyball player and Olympic champion Sergei Tetyukhin. For him, the upcoming Olympics will be the sixth in his career. The 40-year-old athlete is the owner of a gold (2012), silver (2000) and two bronze (2004, 2008) Olympic medals. It is noteworthy that after last Olympics, in London in 2012, Tetyukhin announced his retirement, but then changed his mind to participate in another Olympics.
For me it is very responsible and exciting. This is probably the dream of any athlete. In any case, at least participate in Olympic Games, and to carry the banner of the country is above all, for me, in any case,
Sergei Tetyukhin commented on his appointment as a standard-bearer.
Standard-bearer Sergei Tetyukhin and other Russian athletes
Monarchs on the podium
Yesterday, Prince William and Kate Middleton recorded a special video message to English athletes. They personally failed to arrive at the Olympics in Rio. However, many other monarchs were seen in the stands: Princess Anne of England, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Mary, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King Philip of Belgium and Queen Mathilde. Many of them were present at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
King Philippe of Belgium and Queen Mathilde
Olympic flame and fireworks
The opening ceremony ended with the lighting of the Olympic flame. Initially, this mission was to be performed by the three-time world football champion, sports legend Pele. Shortly before the start of the games, Pele refused such an honor due to health problems. As a result, the winner of Roland Garros tennis player Gustavo Kuerten was entrusted with lighting the Olympic flame. After the torch with fire was brought to the bowl, fireworks thundered over Rio - you could see it from all over the city.
Budget and viewer reviews
As a result, the total estimate of the show was about $21 million, which is half the amount spent on the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games in London. Did it affect how the ceremony went? Here opinions are divided. Some viewers argue that the Brazilians, who for the first time in history brought the Olympics to South America, managed to show their dazzling culture, others complain that the ceremony turned out to be boring, "poor" and not powerful enough in terms of emotional impact.
Before the Olympics, only sports fans knew about them. After Brazil, they became real heroes. The whole country was worried about our athletes. Those golden moments of Rio de Janeiro.
Judoist Beslan Mudranov. With his victory, the Russian Olympic breakthrough began. Then the anthem sounded for Khasan Khalmurzaev. IN Greco-Roman wrestling our positions are stronger than ever. Roman Vlasov and Davit Chakvetadze are the best of the best.
Wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev is called the "Russian tank" in the world of sports. For two years freestyle wrestler Sadulaev has not lost a single fight. In Rio, he put strong and eminent rivals on his shoulder blades.
Another Russian freestyle wrestling champion is Soslan Ramonov. He could have missed games due to a serious neck injury, but made it to Olympic squad and won.
There are no equals to our fencers. Sophia the Great went to Olympic gold long 14 years, and the debutant of the games, Yana Yegoryan, took gold at her first Olympiad. For 48 years, Russia has not had any medals in women's foil fencing. Inna Deriglazova returned everything to its place. In team competitions, our saber fencers and foil fencers were simply out of reach.
With Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva in rhythmic gymnastics could not even compete. The score is still such that rivals can only dream of. The competitors are also far from the rhythmic gymnastics team.
Two golds in synchronized swimming in duets and groups. Honored silver in team competitions in gymnastics. And Aliya Mustafina also has gold on the uneven bars. The leader of the artistic gymnastics team did not give a single chance to her rivals.
Russian tennis players Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina snatched the victory, and the handball players performed a real miracle. Eight matches and not a single loss.
It was different for Russian boxers. Evgeny Tishchenko had no equal in weight class up to 91 kilograms. But Vladimir Nikitin and Anastasia Belyakova could compete for gold, if not for the injury. The king of modern pentathlon is now called Alexander Lesun, who unexpectedly won gold for Russia in this sport.
This year the Games were remembered for unexpected moments. Who would have thought that 19-year-old Stefania Elfutina for the first time in 20 years will bring our country a historical award in sailing. And kayaker Roman Anoshkin will come third at a distance of 1,000 meters. Our last time on the podium was back in 1972 in Munich.
For the first time in the history of our country, Olympic silver was brought by archers - three fragile girls Tuyana, Ksenia and Inna. And the silver medals of shooters Vitalina Batsarashkina and Sergei Kamensky are cast in gold.
Russian athletes have shown themselves in cycling. Nobody expected a medal from Olga Zabelinskaya admitted at the last moment.
Swimmer Yulia Efimova courageously fought for the awards of the Olympics. They also did not want to let her into Rio until the very end. Two silver medals in 100m and 200m breaststroke.
Four years of training, sleepless nights and grueling workouts for the Russian team were left behind. We look forward to new victories and new sports names in Tokyo 2020.
On the night of August 6, the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games was held in Rio de Janeiro. Participants international competitions paraded through the Maracana stadium, after which the head of Brazil, Michel Temer, announced the official. Athletes from 207 countries compete for the main prizes of the Games.
Not much time has passed since the opening of the Olympic Games, but already at the event there were several memorable moments. I would like to highlight the brightest of them. During the opening ceremony of the Games, the audience was shocked by a naked athlete representing Tonga. Pita Nicholas Taufatofua, stripped to the waist, carried the flag of his country. At the sight of an athlete with a bare torso, the stands burst into applause.
Of course, this point has nothing to do with sports achievements participants of the Olympics, but he was able to impress the guests of international competitions during the first minutes of the opening ceremony. This year, the Olympics parade set a record for the number of athletes representing their countries. 11,000 athletes are registered to participate in the Games, this figure is the highest in the history of the Olympiad. Now I would like to list the brightest moments of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games - 2016.
dance show
At the very beginning of the ceremony, professional dancers performed in front of the audience at the Maracana stadium. The dance show involved representatives of 12 sambo schools, who impressed the guests of the Olympiad with their talent and skill. 35 thousand professionals worked on the preparation of the production, thanks to which it was possible to work out the performance to the smallest detail.
For the show, the artists prepared dance costumes. There were about 5.5 thousand of them in total. The dancers demonstrated incendiary numbers with exotic and acrobatic dances. Despite the fact that the total budget of the opening ceremony was not large, the dance show was made colorful and memorable due to the professionalism and talent of the directors.
Parade of athletes
Athletes from Greece were the first to appear at the Marakan stadium. It is this country that was honored to open the ceremony, since in the distant past the tradition was born there to hold sport competitions. Then the athletes came out to the audience Russian Federation. They appeared at the stadium at about 04:25 Moscow time. The honor to carry the banner of the country at the opening of the Games fell to volleyball player Sergei Tetyukhin.
Representatives of the United States entered the stadium, led by the standard-bearer. Swimmer Michael Phelps held the flag of the country in his hands. It is worth noting that the representatives of the Russian Federation at the Olympics were greeted quite warmly, despite the scandals on the eve of the competition. TO Russian athletes who got the opportunity to participate in the Games, Dmitry, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, addressed. On behalf of the supreme government, he wished Russian athletes sports success at the Olympics.
Gisele Bundhead
Another enchanting moment of the opening ceremony of the Olympics was the entrance to the Maracan Stadium of the Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen. Last year, the celebrity announced the end of her career, but in honor of the opening of the Games she made an exception and took part in the event.
Bundchen walked in front of the spectators of the Games from one end of the stadium to the other, as if she had stepped onto the podium once again in her life. After Giselle talked to reporters and said that she considers this defile the most responsible in her life. In total, the supermodel walked 150 meters, and during the distance she was accompanied by musician Daniel Jobim. For the fashion show Bundchen, the performer sang the hit Garota de Ipanema, popular in Brazil.
Delegation of the Russian Federation
Another highlight of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics is the entrance to the stadium of the Russian delegation, which included 160 athletes. The audience showered the representatives of the Russian Federation with thunderous applause, and participants from other countries cheered and wished them good luck. The Russians appeared in front of the audience quite enchantingly: a smile sparkled on their faces, and the gait of the athletes was confident. Judging by the exit of the representatives of the Russian Federation, they are fully determined to win.
Salute and Olympic flame
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games ended with fireworks. Before the show, tennis player Gustavo Kuerten lit the Olympic flame. As mentioned earlier, the budget of the Olympics was small, but the fireworks turned out to be memorable and colorful. First, Kuerten went up to the Olympic flame with a torch and lit it. Initially, this mission was intended for Pele, but before the start of international competitions, the world football champion refused the honor shown to him. Pele explained his act with health problems.
Organizers spent a total of $21 million on the opening ceremony of the Games. This amount is half that allocated for the opening of the competition in London in 2012. The opinion of the guests of the ceremony regarding its holding was divided. Some say that the event was "dull and boring." This opinion was supported by the commentator. He stated that the ceremony was "the most inexpressive in years." Other spectators were delighted with what they saw. They were struck by the good preparation of the event, which was reflected in the absence of unforeseen situations. They are confident that Brazil has managed to demonstrate its fairly diverse culture.
Tatyana Dorohova
IN South Korea the 2018 Olympic Games have ended. the site recalls the brightest and most memorable moments of the past Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Hot flag bearer from Tongo
Many who watched the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro remember a muscular and oiled athlete named Pita Nicholas Taufatofua, who arrived from Tongo. If then he competed in taekwondo, then this time he came to the Olympics as a skier. At the opening of the Olympic Games-2018, the eyes were again riveted only to him: in sub-zero temperatures, he appeared at the stadium in a very extravagant form - in the traditional skirt of his people, with a naked torso and abundantly poured with oil.
Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meeting
The opening of the Olympics was remembered by the audience not only by a hot athlete from Tongo, but also by the meeting of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with US President Donald Trump. Of course, these were not real politicians, but just doubles. However, they managed to gather around them a crowd of journalists and those who wanted to be photographed with fake political leaders.
Photo: Yahoo Sports Creative cheerleaders from North Korea
One of the most memorable attributes of this year's Olympics was the fans from North Korea who came to support their athletes. During the performance of compatriots, the girls chanted chants in unison and performed carefully prepared dance moves.
Freestyler who didn't perform a single trick
American freestyler Elizabeth Swainy, playing for Hungary, has earned herself the title of the most "savvy" participant in the Olympics. The girl does not know how to do tricks at all, but she still got to the 2018 Games. According to the regulations, freestylers need to get into the top thirty at the World Cup several times in order to go to the Olympics. Swaney, who only started playing the sport at 25, only attended tournaments with fewer than 30 athletes. At the Pyeongchang Games, the athlete showed absolutely worst result(31.40 versus 45.00 for the penultimate place), because she didn’t even try to show tricks.
Eight medals of Russian skiers
Russian skiers accomplished a real sporting feat and won eight Olympic medals in the absence of the national team leaders. Recall that in total athletes from Russia won seventeen awards.
IN individual race at a distance of 15 kilometers Denis Spitsov, Alexander Bolshunov in the sprint. Medal, she finished third in the women's sprint. February 17 Russian skiers in the 4x5 km relay. Natalya Nepryaeva, Yulia Belorukova, Anastasia Sedova and Anna Nechaevskaya played for the Russian women's team. February 18 Russian skiers in the men's relay at the Olympic Games in Korea. Andrey Larkov, Alexander Bolshunov, Alexey Chervotkin and Denis Spitsov became silver medalists.
A few days later Denis Spitsov and Alexander Bolshunov team sprint free style. Our skiers also distinguished themselves at a distance of 50 km. Andrey Larkov won bronze, and Alexander Bolshunov became the second.
Alexander Bolshunov became the first Russian skiers in history, who has won four Olympic medals.
Photo: RT Hurricane winds that postponed the competition
At the very beginning of the Games, a strong wind hit Pyeongchang, damaging temporary structures and injuring spectators, 16 people sought medical help. Weather conditions forced the organizers to close the entrance to sports objects, as well as reschedule the performances of skiers and biathletes.
The snowboarder who almost slept through the competition
American 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard fell asleep on the eve of a responsible day watching TV shows. As a result, the athlete overslept, but his teammate woke him up. As Red said in an interview with Yahoo Sport, he had a quick breakfast, and then began to pack, but never found his jacket. The missing part of the ammunition had to be borrowed from a friend. Despite the chaotic morning, Red managed to become Olympic champion. The athlete himself believes that it was the surge of adrenaline that played a key role in his victory.
Photo: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man United States Skating Team Uniform
United States Olympic team uniform speed skating sparked a lively discussion on social media. Users were confused by the insert of a different color on the jumpsuit, which is located between the legs of the athlete. Under Armor, which manufactures the uniform, said the use of the gray crotch was a necessity.
“This part of the suit is made from Armor Glide fabric, a super-smooth material that seems to reduce friction by up to 65%. Athletes love them appearance, they receive compliments from Olympic participants from other countries,” a company representative shared with reporters.
Photo: www.thesun.co.uk Two world records from Medvedeva and Zagitova
During performances at the Olympic Games, Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva in short program. After a perfect performance, the judges gave her 81.61 points. Moments later, another athlete from Russia - Alina Zagitova -. The athlete scored 82.92 points. February 23 Alina
Photo: TASS Gold of Russian hockey players
One of the highlights of the Olympics in Pyeongchang was. In the course of a tense struggle that took place on the last day of the Olympic Games, the Russians managed to literally “snatch” the championship from their rivals, the Germans, with a score of 4:3. Russian team For the first time since 1998, she played in the final of the Olympic Games.
