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Everything you need to know about the biggest sporting event in history - The Olympic Games

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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.
Olympic Creed (via obscurereality)


Enjoy London's Olympic spirit without a ticket ↘

london2012called:

“No tickets for the 2012 Olympics? Don’t despair: You don’t need one to enjoy the games and the party atmosphere in London this summer.” — AP

Don’t fret if you have got no 2012 Olympics tickets. #OlympicsFacts

stadiumporn:

The Bolshoy Ice Dome, a 12,000 capacity indoor arena in Sochi, Russia - a 2014 Winter Olympics venue. It will host ice hockey at the games.

#OlympicsFacts Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

When I see the London 2012 Olympic logo

andrysb24:

I can’t help but imagine World-Class Athletes dressed in 80s workout gear

while Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” starts plays in the background.

LOL, true story bro! #Olympics

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

- Gail Devers, is a three time Olympic champion. (via myemoheart)

An inspirational quote from Gail Devers. #OlympicsFacts


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If you’ve got #OlympicsFacts, then send me a message and we’ll be posting it on here and on Twitter. Follow us and we’ll definitely follow you back! #teamfollowback

We bring you #OlympicsFacts! Follow us if you’ve got Twitter as we count down to Olympics 2012!

We bring you #OlympicsFacts! Follow us if you’ve got Twitter as we count down to Olympics 2012!

unhistorical: The first Winter Olympics began on January 25, 1924 and were held in the snowy French Alps, in the small commune of Chamonix. Above, competitors from the sixteen participating nations (which were all European, except for the U.S. and Canada) take the athletes’ oath. By the end of the Games, the U.S. had won four medals (including the first gold medal given out) and tied for third overall, while poor, poor France, the host nation, failed to win any gold or silver medals at all. Of the nearly 300 athletes, only thirteen were women, and all were figure skaters. By the second Winter Games, the number had doubled. #OlympicsFacts Lo and behold the image of the first Olympic games with the participants taking their first oath.

unhistorical:

The first Winter Olympics began on January 25, 1924 and were held in the snowy French Alps, in the small commune of Chamonix. Above, competitors from the sixteen participating nations (which were all European, except for the U.S. and Canada) take the athletes’ oath.

By the end of the Games, the U.S. had won four medals (including the first gold medal given out) and tied for third overall, while poor, poor France, the host nation, failed to win any gold or silver medals at all. Of the nearly 300 athletes, only thirteen were women, and all were figure skaters. By the second Winter Games, the number had doubled.

#OlympicsFacts Lo and behold the image of the first Olympic games with the participants taking their first oath.

teaboardofkenya: Current 5000m world champion Mo Farah is hoping to win gold in this year’s Olympics, and is stepping up his training schedule in Kenya. Mo and the rest of the British endurance running squad are currently based in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley where the high altitude and oxygen-depleted air works them hard as they train, but that’s not the only obstacle - they also have to contend with donkeys on the track! #OlympicsFacts Meet Mo Farah, current 500m world champion.

teaboardofkenya:

Current 5000m world champion Mo Farah is hoping to win gold in this year’s Olympics, and is stepping up his training schedule in Kenya. Mo and the rest of the British endurance running squad are currently based in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley where the high altitude and oxygen-depleted air works them hard as they train, but that’s not the only obstacle - they also have to contend with donkeys on the track!

#OlympicsFacts Meet Mo Farah, current 500m world champion.

Can’t the Olympics start already?! I feel like I’ve been waiting forever!!!

novjett:

Please??

#OlympicsFacts Only 183 days to go!