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And the flag in hand: what does the return of Olympic rights to Russia mean? ... responsibilities in accordance with Olympic charter, like any other national Olympic Committee" The OCD suspension lasted 85 days. Membership Olympic committee Russia in the IOC was suspended for an indefinite period by decision of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic committee 5th of December...Society, 28 Feb 2018, 18:17
The IOC explained the restoration of membership of the Russian Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee(IOC) issued an official statement on the reinstatement of membership Olympic committee Russia(OCD) in the organization. It says that the IOC has received final... . Therefore, according to the decision of the executive council on February 25, the suspension of membership Olympic committee Russia automatically canceled with immediate effect,” the statement said...Society, 28 Feb 2018, 16:39
Sports federations appreciated the restoration of ROC in the IOC President of the Federation figure skating Russia Alexander Gorshkov called the decision of the International Olympic committee(IOC) reinstate membership Olympic committee Russia(OCD) in the organization. “I am very happy... Justice... the organizers of the Olympics constantly confused the protocols. “Now everything is clearer, the tricolor is Russia", Tikhomirov concluded. The fact that ROC membership in an international organization...Society, 28 Feb 2018, 16:30
Zhukov thanked the Olympians for fulfilling the IOC conditions Chapter Olympic committee Russia(ROC) Alexander Zhukov after the restoration of the organization’s powers in the International Olympic committee thanked the Russian athletes who performed at the Games in Pyeongchang. About this... no more “no complaints” about Russia. “All the results of tests of our athletes showed their “purity”. Procedural Russia no need to do anything, restore membership...Society, 26 Feb 2018, 20:41
The head of the ROC Zhukov thanked the athletes for participating in the Olympics Chapter Olympic committee Russia(OCR) Alexander Zhukov thanked the athletes and fans for participating in... yesterday the hockey team won gold Russia, and not some other,” Zhukov said. Head of the delegation " Olympic athletes from Russia» Stanislav Pozdnyakov also thanked...Society, 26 Feb 2018, 10:28
Tarpishchev named the time frame for restoring ROC membership in the IOC Membership Olympic committee Russia(ROC) in the International Olympic committee(IOC) may be reinstated on February 27 or 28. About it... ". On February 25, the head of the IOC supervisory commission, Nicole Hevertz, said that Committee may decide to restore the membership of the ROC in the early days... allowed to compete at the Games in Pyeongchang in the status of neutral, under Olympic flag and without national attributes. It was expected that ROC membership would be restored...Society, 25 Feb 2018, 08:30
ROC expressed hope for the speedy restoration of membership in the IOC Olympic Committee Russia(ROC) expects that within the next few days its membership in the International Olympic committee will be restored. This is stated in the message on the website... and all Russian athletes will be the main result of the end today Olympic games,” added in committee. Previously President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and member...Society, 25 Feb 2018, 07:58
The IIHF President allowed the imminent restoration of ROC membership in the IOC Membership reinstatement Olympic committee Russia(ROC) in the International Olympic committee(IOC) will not take much time. This was stated by the President of the International... Russia returned to " Olympic family." “I am ready to help in this sense in any way I can. I think it's a comeback Russia V Olympic family...Society, 25 Feb 2018, 07:34
The IOC allowed the restoration of the powers of the ROC in early March International Olympic Committee(IOC) may decide to restore powers Olympic committee Russia(OCR) in early March. The head of the IOC supervisory commission reported this to TASS. Earlier on February 25 it became known that the International Olympic Committee decided to uphold the disqualification of ROC until the end of the competition. IN...Society, 22 Feb 2018, 15:37
The Russian Olympic Committee announced a payment of $15 million to the IOC Financial requirements of $15 million, which the executive committee of the International Olympic committee(IOC) presented Olympic committee Russia(OCR) to lift the temporary suspension from participation in the Winter Olympics... OKR, the executive committee has established several criteria, the fulfillment of which is necessary for reinstatement Olympic committee Russia to the IOC. One of them was the obligation to pay $15 million...Society, 21 Feb 2018, 20:56
The media reported that the Russian Olympic Committee paid a $15 million fine Olympic Committee Russia(OCR) paid a $15 million fine to International Olympic committee(IOC) for doping proceedings before the Olympics in Pyeongchang. About this... attention to restore OCD. Executive Committee The IOC on Saturday, February 24, will discuss the possible restoration of the Russian Olympic committee. The report will be presented by the “implementation team...Society, 15 Feb 2018, 11:04
The IOC explained the request to the Russian Hockey Federation not to call the Russian national team the “Red Machine” International Olympic Committee(IOC) confirmed its request to the Hockey Federation Russia(FHR) not to use the flag on the organization’s media resources during the 2018 Olympics Russia... other media resources sports organization by changing it to recommended " Olympic athletes from Russia" And Olympic flag. However, the IOC requirements did not previously say that...Society, 14 Feb 2018, 11:34
The ROC presented its version of barring two Russian athletes from the Games ... By sports results, and not because of an error by the International Olympic committee(IOC) or Olympic committee Russia(OCR), press secretary of the OKR Konstantin Vybornov explained to RBC. “The IOC... and those who are weaker,” said the ROC representative, explaining that the Russian Olympic Committee merely coordinates the interaction between sports federations and the IOC, eh...Society, 13 Feb 2018, 10:55
The IOC recommended that the FHR not call the Russian team the “Red Machine” ... media resources] such names [“ Olympic athletes from Russia"]. This was one of the recommendations, and we changed it,” he explained. Press Secretary Olympic committee Russia Konstantin Vybornov reported... from resources Olympic committee Russia, the Team Russia website, published an edited version of an interview with short track speed skater Semyon Elistratov, who won the first medal at these Olympic games...Society, 06 Feb 2018, 10:51
The IOC allowed ROC to be reinstated until the end of the Olympics Olympic Committee Russia(OCR) may be partially or fully reinstated until the end of the Pyeongchang Olympics. This was stated by the head of the commission of the International Olympic committee...will perform to neutral flag and in a uniform without national symbols. Olympic A volunteer will carry the flag in front of the delegation of Russian athletes.Society, 06 Feb 2018, 10:17
Athletes from Russia were left without a welcome ceremony at the Olympics ... by the athletes included in it. In December 2017 International Olympic Committee(IOC) disqualified Olympic Committee Russia(OCD) because doping scandal with the participation of Russian athletes... Athlete from Russia) - « Olympic athlete from Russia" They will perform in uniform with their last name under Olympic flag and Olympic anthem. Games start...Society, 05 Feb 2018, 20:13
The ROC Athletes' Commission called the IOC's decision crushing dreams Members of the Athletes' Commission Olympic committee Russia(ROC) stated that the decision of the International Olympic committee(IOC), which did not allow acquitted Olympians to attend the Pyeongchang Games, ... International Olympic committee is “beyond comprehension.” He noted that it is “shameful, illegal, politicized.” The head of the Russian government said that the IOC “trampled and Olympic ...Society, 03 Feb 2018, 15:13
The IOC will consider the possibility of admitting acquitted Russians to the Pyeongchang Games Commission of the International Olympic committee(IOC) announced its readiness to consider the possibility of admission to winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, 13 Russian athletes and two coaches... were previously banned for life from participating in the Games. After that Olympic Committee Russia(ROC) asked the IOC to send invitations to the 2018 Olympics on the 15th ...Society, 01 Feb 2018, 12:20
Russian Olympians spoke about the reaction to the lifting of CAS sanctions ...winner Olympic speed skating games Ivan Skobrev. Earlier on Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne lifted all sanctions from the International Olympic committee regarding 28 Olympians from Russia, whom he banned for life from participating in... OCD explained the increase in the Russian delegation to the Olympics ... at the Olympics increased after final approvals from the International Olympic committee(IOC), a press secretary explained to RBC Olympic committee Russia Konstantin Vybornov. “There were 169 athletes, so...,” said Vybornov. First vice president Olympic committee Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov reported on January 25 that the size of the delegation from Russia, which will go to Pyeongchang, will be 340 ... The IOC has registered 169 Russian athletes for the Olympics in Pyeongchang International Olympic Committee(IOC) registered 169 Russian athletes to participate in winter Olympic games in South Korea. About this to the Vice President Olympic committee Russia(OCR... 389 Olympians who could potentially take part in the Games. Previously Olympic Committee Russia published the composition of the team of 169 people to participate in the winter... For athletes who did not make it to the Olympics, competitions will be held in Russia For Russian athletes whom the International Olympic Committee(IOC) will not allow to compete at the 2018 Olympics, will be held... cannot compete at Olympic games we will hold in Russia a number of tournaments with foreigners,” he explained. Previously in Olympic committee Russia(OCR) reported that... RKR announced that it has fulfilled “almost all the requirements” for participation in the Olympics Paralympic Committee Russia(RKR) has fulfilled almost all the points to restore membership in the International Paralympic committee(IPC). This was reported on the RKR website. How... Russian Committee resolved all budgetary issues related to the restoration of membership in the International Olympic committee, and also agreed on its charter with the IPC department. IN committee ... Mutko named the head of the Russian Olympic delegation in Pyeongchang Head of the Russian Olympic delegation to the Pyeongchang Games will be the first vice-president Olympic committee Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov. The Deputy Prime Minister stated this Russia Vitaly Mutko, reports TASS. According to Mutko, the decision has already been agreed upon. On January 23 it became known that the International Olympic Committee significantly adjusted... ROC clarified the situation with a possible ban on the Russian flag at the Games ... check. Olympic Committee Russia(ROC) commented on reports that appeared on the night of January 24 about a possible ban on fans bringing flags into the stands Russia. Secondly, the deliberate creation of conditions for possible provocations. "State Russia or Olympic Committee Russia can't control the fans! These are free citizens who buy their own... Peskov commented on the situation with inviting athletes to the Olympics ... to the list of invited athletes to participate in Olympic Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, compiled by the International Olympic committee(IOC), reports RBC correspondent. “We actually saw... in Pyeongchang. The IOC declined to comment on this message. Vice President Olympic committee Russia(ROC) Stanislav Pozdnyakov said that the ROC will require an explanation from the IOC... ROC will demand an explanation from the IOC for not admitting “clean” athletes to the Games Olympic Committee Russia(ROC) will send to the International Olympic Committee(IOC) letter requesting clarification of the reasons for non-inclusion in the list of potential participants Olympic 2018 Games in Pyeongchang six times Olympic..., which International Olympic Committee ready to invite you to Pyeongchang. “We initially proceeded from the unshakable right of all clean athletes to take part in Olympic games. TO... Zhukov saw “millions of options” for starts for suspended Olympians ... them. Chapter Olympic committee Russia Alexander Zhukov stated that there are a large number of options for holding alternative competitions for athletes suspended from Olympic games in South... at a meeting on December 5 disqualified Olympic Committee Russia for a period of Winter Olympics in South Korea. At the same time, in committee decided to allow “clean... The ROC allowed athletes to pass under Russian flag at the Olympics ...at the closing ceremony Olympic Games 2018 if all the requirements of the International Olympic committee, said the head Olympic committee Russia(OCR) Alexander Zhukov, Interfax reports. “It is assumed that on the last day of the Olympics all temporary suspensions of the Russian Olympic committee will... The IOC demanded that the Russian Olympic Committee pay $15 million ... Olympic Committee demanded from Russia reimburse expenses in connection with the investigation of the doping scandal. Also Olympic Committee Russia should invest in creating a doping testing agency. Olympic Committee Russia(ROC) shall reimburse the expenses incurred by the International Olympic Russia Alexander Zhukov called the idea of chipping athletes to fight against...humans “absurd” and unacceptable for the civilized world.” In turn, the head committee State Duma on Physical Education, Sports and Tourism Mikhail Degtyarev admitted the possibility...Business, 23 March 2017, 14:37
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The daughter of the FSB caretaker will open an all-Russian chain of stores ...equip Olympic national team Russia until 2025, will create a network of branded stores sportswear. The flagship store is scheduled to open in November 2017. Olympic Committee Russia(OCR... price compared to all candidates. About the fact that Olympic committee For the first time in 15 years, the outfitter will change, it became known at the beginning...Many outstanding personalities have served as IOC President, ten people in total. The last of them, T. Bach, was elected in 2013 and currently holds this post. This article briefly introduces all IOC Presidents.
IOC as an organization
The IOC is the highest body of the Olympic movement, currently operating on a permanent basis. International Olympic Committee is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. Its headquarters are located in Switzerland (Lausanne). The charter document of this organization is the Charter of the Olympic Games, the modern version of which was adopted on July 14, 2001. English and French are the official languages of the IOC.
The International Olympic Committee was created in Paris on June 23, 1894. The initiative for its creation was taken by Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator and public figure, who later became its president. It was in 1894 that it was decided to revive the Olympic Games. The IOC was entrusted with the task of organizing them.
(summer and winter) are held once every 4 years. The IOC decides on the dates and place of their holding, on their program. This organization has the exclusive right to the symbol, anthem and motto. During the Games, the IOC transfers the right to control the technical aspects of the competition to international sports federations.
According to the regulations currently in force, an IOC member is elected for a term of 8 years. He can then be re-elected for the same term. IOC Presidents are elected by its members by secret ballot. Their term of office is also 8 years. Then the authority can be renewed every 4 years. Many IOC presidents took advantage of this opportunity.
D. Vikelas
This man held a responsible post for a short time, from 1894 to 1896. Demetrius Vikelas is a famous writer from Greece. In 1894, he participated in the Founding Congress held in Paris. Since the Games were to be held in Athens, the president, according to the 1st Olympic Charter, had to be from Greece. It should be noted that the first IOC president made a significant contribution to overcoming many political and economic difficulties. The first Olympics took place in Athens in 1896. After the end of the Games, D. Vikelas handed over the post to the next president, Pierre de Coubertin.
Pierre de Coubertin
This French baron, public figure and scientist held a responsible post for a long time, from 1896 to 1925. The modern Olympic Games, as we have already said, were founded by him. In his high position, Pierre de Coubertin did a lot for the formation and development of the Olympic movement. Idealism and romanticism are qualities inherent in this person. They did not prevent him from guiding the Olympic movement through the trials and turmoil of the first 30 years with flexibility, patience, practicality and tenacity.
J. Lucas, an American scientist who wrote the book “The Modern Olympic Games” (published in 1980), noted that if you combine everything written by Pierre de Coubertin, you get a 25-volume collection of works. Coubertin headed the IOC for almost 30 years. Baron Godefroy de Blonay was his closest confidant. This man served as president of the IOC from 1916-19 when Coubertin joined the French army during the First World War. The second IOC president died in 1937. Pierre's remains rest in Lausanne. In Olympia, at the request of Coubertin, his heart is buried.
Henri de Bayeux-Latour
This man served as president from 1925 to 1942. He was born in 1876 in Brussels. Comte de Bayeux-Latour went in for sports, graduated from university, and then served as ambassador to the Netherlands.
Henri became a member of the IOC in 1903, and in 1905 he held the Olympic Congress in Brussels. A year later, he organized an NOC in Belgium. Henri successfully held the seventh Olympic Games in Antwerp (1920). In 1925 he was elected president of the IOC. His predecessor, Coubertin, said of him that the persistent activity of de Bayeux-Latour ensured the significant success and excellent organization of the Olympic Congress. For 17 years, Henri headed the IOC, until his death (in 1942). Five Olympic Games were held under his leadership. The number of participants increased from 2594 to 3980, and the number of states represented by them - from 29 to 49. The formation of the Olympic Games under him was basically completed.
It should be noted that some analysts see in the actions of de Bayeux-Latour the extreme politicization of sports. This was expressed in the decision to hold the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin (in 1936). In addition, Henri refused to allow athletes from the USSR to participate in them. As president, Henri was a supporter of Coubertin's principles. He said that to unite good intentions and combat disorderly ideas, a single doctrine must be adopted. It is necessary to issue laws common to all participants in the Games, while respecting the freedom of everyone.
Yu. Z. Edstrem
Over the next ten years (1942-1952), the IOC was headed by J. Z. Edström. He is considered a prominent figure in the Olympic movement, both Swedish and international. Unannes Siegfried Edström is an energy engineer by profession. During his student years, Edström took part in sprint competitions and was a Swedish record holder. In 1912, on his initiative, the International Amateur Athletics Federation was created.
Edström became a member of the IOC in 1920, and in 1931 he took the post of vice-president of this organization. Further, Unannes's career developed as follows: after Bayeux-Latour died, he became acting president, and in September 1946 Edström was elected president of the IOC. He held this position for six years, until 1952. Edström's activities took place during the difficult post-war period. The President distinguished himself by his desire to develop the Olympic movement and strengthen it. He tried to use it as a tool for developing cooperation and mutual understanding between peoples. J. Z. Edström resigned as president in 1952. He gave it to Avery Brundage. Edström lived long life. He died at the age of 94, in 1964.
E. Brundage
For the next 20 years, control of the IOC was in the hands of Avery Brundage. He served as president from 1952 to 1972. This man was a civil engineer from America. He owned a large construction company. While studying at the university, Avery Brundage was seriously involved in sports. In 1912 he took part in Olympic Games, held in Stockholm. Brundage is the US champion in the sport of track and field all-around. He was also a member of the IAAF board.
On Edström's recommendation, Avery was elected a member of the IOC in 1936. Ten years later, he took the position of first vice president. In 1952, Brundage was elected president on a competitive basis (there were five candidates in total). For the next 20 years, Avery Brundage headed the IOC.
During cold war between the USSR and the USA, Avery patiently, actively and persistently advocated for the independence of sports from politics. When Soviet troops entered Hungary in 1956 to suppress the uprising against the pro-Soviet regime, a number of states decided to boycott the Games in Melbourne. Brundage responded by saying that if we stop competitions every time politicians break the law, we will simply lose them. In 1964, after American authorities refused to grant visas to East German athletes to travel to ice hockey competitions, Avery warned the United States that it would lose international ties if it decided to mix sports and politics.
Brundage did a lot in his post to preserve and strengthen international sports connections. He held idealistic views, sometimes even conservative ones. Brundage followed IOC laws and regulations dogmatically. He shared the ideals of Coubertin, which, it should be noted, were sometimes inconsistent with the processes that arose at that time in public life. Avery Brundage opposed the playing of the anthem and the raising of the flag when honoring the winners of the Olympic Games. He believed that this was a manifestation of nationalism. He also did not like the scoring system by which the places of a particular national team in the overall standings at the Olympic Games were determined. Avery believed that this was contrary to the spirit and rules of the Games, which are competitions between athletes and not between countries. The sports community, when expressing their comments, respected the efficient and talented IOC president. In 1972, Avery handed over his post to Killanin. Brundage died at the age of 98 in 1985.
Michael Maurice Killanin
M. M. Killanin spent eight years as president. This Irish lord was involved in rowing and boxing, and was also an excellent horseman. He was educated at the famous Cambridge University and Killanin worked as a journalist, and also participated in the Second World War. He was an officer in the British armed forces. After the war, Michael Killanin held various administrative positions in industrial firms.
In 1950 he became president of the Irish NOC. In 1952, Killanin became a member of the IOC. Lord Michael Morris was appointed to the position of member of the Executive Committee in 1967, and a year later became Vice-President of the IOC. Killanin reached the pinnacle of his career in 1972. He held the post of IOC President until 1980.
Michael was able to find more rational types of relationships between the IOC, NOC and ISF - the three main links in the Olympic movement. His activities strengthened this movement. During Killanin's presidency there was some political tension that was related to the war Soviet Union in Afghanistan. However, the consistent line that Michael pursued prevented the breakdown of the 12s. Michael Killanin was a supporter of realistic policies that took into account the changes taking place in the world. He believed that the Olympic movement would become even more widespread over time. For his heroism during the Second World War, Michael was awarded the high title of Member of the Order of the British Empire. They even wanted to elect him to the post of president of the republic in his native Ireland. This IOC President was respected throughout the world for his humanity and honesty.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
The name of this person is probably familiar to you. Marquis served as IOC President from 1980 to 2001. He was born in Barcelona in 1920. The future IOC president began his sports activities as a sports adviser in his municipality. It became an NOC in 1962. 4 years later, H. A. Samaranch was elected a member of the IOC. From 1974 to 1978, Juan became vice president. Then Samaranch worked for 3 years in the USSR, where he was the ambassador of Spain.
At the 83rd IOC session held in Moscow in 1980, Juan Antonio was elected IOC President. In such a responsible position, he focused his efforts mainly on increasing the efficiency of the activities carried out by the IOC. Samaranch fought to strengthen the authority of the Olympic movement and to increase its stability. Faced with confrontation between the USSR and the USA from the very beginning of his presidency, Juan Antonio did everything possible to prevent a boycott of the Games in Los Angeles. The flexible and skillful policy he implemented made the Olympic movement of that time more authoritative, numerous and stable. The Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992 were great successes. Samaranch saved the Olympic movement from external shocks. He achieved its stability, significantly strengthened its financial position and authority. An important event in history was the resolution on the Olympic Truce, which was adopted at the 48th session of the UN General Assembly. 1994 was declared the year of the Olympic ideal and sport.
In Russia, Samaranch’s activities were rated very highly. On July 14, 1994, a decree of the President of the Russian Federation was signed, according to which Juan Antonio was awarded the Order of Friendship for his significant contribution to the strengthening and development of the Olympic movement throughout the world, for increasing its role in the struggle to maintain peace between states.
Jacques Rogge
From 2001 to 2013, Jacques Rogge was the President of the IOC. He was born in Belgium (Gante) on May 2, 1942. Rogge is a doctor of medical sciences, an orthopedic surgeon. He worked in the field of sports medicine. Count Jacques Rogge speaks French, Dutch, Spanish, German and English languages. He participated in the Olympic Games three times - in 1968, 1972 and 1976. Jacques Rogge represented his country in sailing. He is a World Championship winner and a two-time silver medalist. Rogge became the Belgian champion 16 times in sailing. He is also the Belgian rugby champion. Jacques played ten matches for his country's national team.
Since 1991 he became a member of the IOC, and since 1998 - a member of the Executive Committee. Rogge was elected President of the IOC on July 16, 2001 in Moscow. The IOC, under his leadership, sought to create maximum opportunities for developing countries to participate in nominating their cities as candidates to host the Games. In 2008, the Games were held in China for the first time.
Thomas Bach
This person has served as IOC President from 2013 to the present. He was born in Würzburg on December 29, 1953. Bach has higher education in the field of jurisprudence, is a Doctor of Law. From the age of five, Thomas practiced foil fencing. In 1971, he won the World Junior Championship in this sport. In 1973, Bach won a silver medal as part of the foil team representing his country at the World Championships.
Thomas Bach, like other IOC presidents, achieved great heights in sports. He participated in many foil fencing competitions. In 1976, he became the Olympic champion in the team event at the Games in Montreal. Bach won the European Cup in 1978. In 1977-78 he became the German individual champion.
In 1982-91 Bach was a member of the German NOC. He became a member of the IOC in 1991, and five years later he was elected to the IOC Executive Committee. Thomas Bach served as Vice-President of the IOC three times: 2000-04, 2006-10 and 2010-13. In 2013, at the age of 59, Thomas was elected president of the IOC. He became the first German, as well as the first Olympic champion, to hold this post.
The 2016 Olympics in Rio collects a lot of news every day. We follow the performances of our athletes with anxiety and special pride, rejoice with them and accept defeats with everyone. But our history contains a lot of stories, which then become an example of perseverance, perseverance and zeal for many generations to come. And every new day of the current Olympiad adds new ones. We want to remember the most incredible athletes in our country who brought home a record number of gold medals and still remain the undisputed leaders in this championship.
Latynina Larisa, artistic gymnastics
Larina Latynina is one of the most famous Russian figures in the history of the Olympic Games. To date, she maintains her position as the only gymnast to have won at three Olympics in a row: Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964). She is a unique athlete who has 18 Olympic medals, among which the largest number of gold medals is 9. Sports career Larisa began in 1950. While still a schoolgirl, Larisa completed her first category as part of the Ukrainian national team, after which she went to the All-Union Championship in Kazan. Thanks to subsequent intensive training, Latynina fulfilled the standard of a master of sports in the 9th grade. After graduating from school, Larisa was sent a call to the all-Union training camp in Bratsevo, where the USSR national team was preparing for the World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest. The young athlete passed the qualifying competitions with dignity and then received a woolen suit with a white “Olympic” stripe on the neck and the letters “USSR”.
Your first gold medals international scale Larisa Latynina received it in Romania. And on December 3, 1956, Larisa went to the Olympics in a team with P. Astakhova, L. Kalinina, T. Manina, S. Muratova, L. Egorova. It is worth noting that all members of the cast made their debut at the Olympics. And there, in Melbourne, Larisa became the absolute Olympic champion. And already in 1964, Larisa Latynina went down in history as the winner of 18 Olympic awards.
Tokyo, 1964
Egorova Lyubov, cross-country skiing
Lyubov Egorova - six-time Olympic champion in ski racing(1992 – at distances of 10 and 15 km and as a member of the national team, 1994 – at distances of 5 and 10 km and as a member of the national team), multiple world champion, winner of the 1993 World Cup. The athlete was recognized as the best athlete in Russia in 1994.
While still at school, Lyubov discovered a passion for skiing. Already in the 6th grade she studied under the guidance of coach Nikolai Kharitonov. She took part in a variety of city competitions many times. At the age of 20, Lyubov joined the USSR national team. In 1991, at the World Championships in Cavales, the skier had her first success. Lyubov became the world champion as part of the relay, and then showed the best time in the 30-kilometer race. Despite the fact that the skier came eleventh in the 15-kilometer race, already in the relay Egorova overtook all her rivals, and at a distance of 30 km she became the best (time - 1 hour 20 minutes 26.8 s) and received gold medal.
In 1992, Lyubov took part in the Olympic Games in France, where she managed to get a gold medal in the 15-kilometer race. She also won gold in both the 10-kilometer race and the relay. In 1994, in Norway, at the Winter Olympics, Egorova came first in the 5 km distance. In the 10 km race, the Russian athlete fought against a strong rival from Italy, who only gave up closer to the finish line, allowing Egorova to get the gold. And in the 4x5 km relay race, Russian girls again showed themselves and took first place. As a result, in Norwegian winter games Lyubov Egorova again becomes a three-time Olympic champion. Upon returning to St. Petersburg, the six-time Olympic champion was greeted with all honors: Anatoly Sobchak presented the winner with the keys to a new apartment, and by Decree of the President of Russia, the famous racer was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
Lillehammer, 1994
Skoblikova Lidiya, speed skating
Lidia Pavlovna Skoblikova - legendary Soviet speed skater, the only six-time Olympic champion in the history of speed skating, absolute champion 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck. Even at school, Lida was seriously involved in skiing, participating in the section from the third grade. But after several years of training and hard work, skiing seemed to Skoblikova to be too slow a sport. The athlete came to skating accidentally. One day, her friend, who skates, asked her to participate in city competitions with her. Skoblikova had neither experience nor serious training, but participation in those competitions turned out to be successful for her, and she took first place.
The first victory of the young speed skater happened in January 1957, in the Russian championship among girls. After this victory, Lydia began to train even harder. And in 1960, in Squaw Valley, at the Winter Olympic Games, Lydia was able to leave behind all the strong athletes, moreover, she won with a world record. At the same Olympics, the speed skater managed to get another gold for a distance of three kilometers. And at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck (1964, Austria), Skoblikova showed an incredible result in the history of speed skating, winning all four distances, and at the same time established in three (500, 1000 and 1500 m) olympic records. Also in 1964, Skoblikova convincingly won the World Speed Skating Championships (Sweden), again winning in all four distances. Such an achievement (8 gold medals out of 8) cannot be surpassed, it can only be repeated. In 1964 she was awarded the second Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
Innsbruck, 1964
Davydova Anastasia, synchronized swimming
Anastasia Davydova is the only athlete in history to win 5 gold medals Olympic medals, performing under the Russian flag, and the only five-time Olympic champion in the history of synchronized swimming. Initially, Anastasia was involved in rhythmic gymnastics, but later, with the help of her mother, Davydova began attending synchronized swimming training. And already in 2000, at the age of 17, Anastasia immediately won the highest award in the group program at the European Championships in Helsinki.
And Anastasia won all her Olympic duet awards in pairs with another famous synchronized swimmer, Anastasia Ermakova. At her first Olympic Games, held in Athens, Davydova won two gold medals. At the Beijing Olympics, held in 2008, synchronized swimmers repeated their triumph and won two more golds. In 2010 international federation aquatic species Sports recognized Anastasia as the best synchronized swimmer of the decade. The 2012 Olympic Games, which took place in London, made Anastasia Davydova a record holder - she became the only five-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming in history. At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, she was entrusted with carrying the flag of the Russian team.
Beijing, 2008
Popov Alexander, swimming
Alexander Popov - Soviet and Russian swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, six-time world champion, 21-time European champion, legend of the Soviet and Russian sports. IN sports section Alexander got there by accident: his parents took their son swimming just for the sake of his health. And this event turned into incredible victories for Popov in the future. Training fascinated the future champion more and more, taking away everything free time, which had a negative impact on learning young athlete. But quitting sports for the sake of grades school disciplines It was too late. At the age of 20, Popov won his first victories; they turned out to be 4 gold medals. This happened at the European Championships in 1991, which took place in Athens. He managed to win at distances of 50 and 100 meters in two relay races. This year brought the first victory in a series of brilliant achievements by the Soviet swimmer.
The 1996 Olympics, held in Atlanta, brought the swimmer worldwide fame. Alexander won two gold medals for 50 and 100 meters. This victory turned out to be especially bright because it was promised to the American swimmer Gary Hall, who was then in his best shape and beat Alexander in the preliminary competitions. The Americans were confident of victory, they openly announced this in the press, even Bill Clinton and his family came to support their athlete! But the “gold” ended up in the hands not of Hall, but of Popov. The disappointment of the Americans, who had savored their victory in advance, was enormous. And then Alexander became a legend.
Atlanta, 1996
Pozdnyakov Stanislav, fencing
Stanislav Alekseevich Pozdnyakov is a Soviet and Russian saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion, 10-time world champion, 13-time European champion, five-time World Cup winner, five-time Russian champion (in individual competitions) in saber fencing. As a child, Stanislav was very active - he played football, swam, skated in winter, and played hockey. For some time, the young athlete continued to do everything at once, rushing from one sport to another. But one day his mother took Pozdnyakov to the Spartak stadium, where the Olympic reserve fencing school for children and youth was located. The phrase " Olympic reserve” bribed his parents, and Stanislav began studying there. Under the guidance of mentor Boris Leonidovich Pisetsky, Stanislav began to learn the fencing alphabet. The young fencer showed character in fights and always tried to win.
Pozdnyakov made his first successes at the All-Russian and All-Union levels in Novosibirsk, in youth tournaments. Then he made it to the United Independent States team and went to Barcelona for his first Olympic Games. And in 1996 in Atlanta he achieved absolute success, winning gold in both individual and team tournaments.
Atlanta, 1996
Tikhonov Alexander, biathlon
Alexander Tikhonov is the pride of world and domestic sports, a biathlon star, winner of four Olympics, an outstanding champion. Diagnosed with congenital heart disease, Alexander became an outstanding athlete in our country. skiing was present in the life of the future Olympic champion since childhood. Their parents set an example for their four sons: mother Nina Evlampievna, who worked as an accountant, and father Ivan Grigorievich, who taught physical education at school. Repeatedly participating in regional ski competitions held among teachers, he became a winner. At the age of 19, Alexander won the junior ski competitions Union scale at a distance of 10 and 15 km. The year 1966 became very significant in the fate of the athlete, because... this year Tikhonov suffered a leg injury and switched to a biathlete career.
Alexander's debut happened in 1968 in Grenoble, where the Olympic Games were held. A young athlete, unknown to anyone, wins a silver medal in the 20 km race, losing in shooting to the Norwegian Magna Solberg by some half a millimeter - the price of two penalty minutes and a gold medal. After this performance, Alexander was entrusted with the first stage of the relay, which the Olympic champion, the famous Vladimir Melanin, was supposed to run. Thanks to his confident shooting and daring running, Tikhonov receives the title of Olympic champion! The Olympic Games in Lake Placid in 1980 were Tikhonov's fourth and last. At the opening ceremony, Alexander carried the banner of his country. It was this Olympics that became the golden crown of his long journey in sports. Then Tikhonov became the first four-time winner of the Olympic Games in the history of domestic sports, after which, at the age of 33, he was forced to decide to end his sports career.
The Olympics are important sport's event, which has an interesting centuries-old history. Recently, this event has become popular all over the world, affecting various spheres of human activity - cultural, recreational, educational, political and, of course, sports.
The Olympic movement did not bypass our homeland either. IN Russian Federation Much attention is paid not only to the beauty and health of the population, but also to its physical culture, as well as international and multinational connections and relationships.
When did the Olympic movements first appear in Russia? What is the history of their origin and development? What is the modern Olympic movement doing in Russia today? This article will be devoted to these issues. We will also get acquainted with Russian Olympic champions and their achievements.
A Brief History of the Olympics
Originated in Ancient Greece. It was in this country, at the foot of the famous Mount Kronos, that the Hellenes competed for the right to be considered the strongest and most enduring. It is still traditionally lit in this place olympic flame as a symbol of international competitions.
The first Olympic Games took place back in 776 BC. BC, over the years they became less and less popular and less visited, until they were finally abolished in 394 AD. e.
Almost sixteen centuries later, the tradition was revived by the French figure de Coubertin. Thanks to his assistance, the first International Olympic Games were held in 1896, which the world community liked so much that they became regular and systematic.
Since then, every four years, different countries around the world are honored to host the Olympics and Olympic guests. In the entire history, such a cyclicity was interrupted only three times, and then due to world wars.
How did the development of the international Olympic movement affect Russia? Let's find out.
Period before the October Revolution
How did this period of time affect the Olympic movement in Russia? At a time when the entire world community was fired up with the idea of a new sports competition, The Russian Empire was going through difficult times. Serfdom was abolished, and the factory and manufacturing industry only began to gain momentum. The general population paid little attention to sports and exercise.
However, this did not mean that the state lagged behind the international community. According to the history of the Olympic movement in Russia, there were progressive people in the country striving for an international sports community.
One of these people turned out to be Army General Alexei Butovsky. He was one of the co-founders of the International Olympic Committee, created under the leadership of de Coubertin. Thanks to the efforts of Butovsky, already in 1908 our country had its representatives at the Olympics held in London. Moreover, Russian athletes not only attended a new competition for them, but also won prizes.
The first Russian Olympic champions were figure skater Panin-Kolomenkin (gold), lightweight wrestler Nikolai Orlov and heavyweight wrestler Andrey Petrov (both silver medalists of the competition). Thus, the Russian Empire attracted the attention of the world sports community and loudly declared itself as a strong competitor.
Thanks to the first triumph, the Olympic movement in Russia reached the state level. A domestic Olympic committee was created, led by Vyacheslav Sreznevsky. The emperor himself patronized athletes.
However, the games of 1912 were not as successful for the Russian Empire as the previous ones. Our athletes won only two silver and two bronze. From that moment on, it was decided to prepare more carefully for the competition, attracting new athletes and holding state competitions.
However, these plans were not destined to come true in the coming decades.
Due to revolutionary events, the development of the Olympic movement in Russia was suspended. For political reasons, the newly formed USSR also did not take part in international sports competitions.
Only in 1951 was it decided to take part in the next Olympics in Helsinki. For this purpose, the Soviet Olympic Committee was established. That Olympics became gold-bearing for the USSR. Soviet athletes won 22 gold, thirty silver medals and nineteen bronze medals.
Among the most strong athletes From that competition, it is necessary to mention discus thrower Nina Ponomareva, gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya and gymnast Viktor Chukarin. You should tell us a little more about this person.
Athlete in spite of
Viktor Chukarin participated in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Olympic Games, winning gold medals seven times, silver three times, and bronze once. And this despite the fact that at the time of the Helsinki Olympics the athlete was already over thirty and had gone through seventeen concentration camps, having survived Buchenwald, physical and emotional abuse.
At the 1952 Olympics, Chukarin showed the most top scores in all-around, vault, rings and pommel horse.
Melbourne and Winter Olympics
This competition, held in 1956 in Australia, also brought incredible popularity to the USSR. took first place in the number of prizes won. How many Olympic medals did Russia win in this Olympics? Almost forty gold, about thirty silver and 32 bronze!
Among outstanding athletes that competition should be mentioned tenfold Olympic champion Larisa Latynina (gymnastics) and world record holder Vladimir Kuts (athletics).
The first Winter Olympic Games, held in the same year, also did not pass without leaving a mark on the international authority of the USSR. Soviet athletes won sixteen prizes. Especially distinguished were Evgeniy Grishin (skater), Lyubov Baranova (skier), Vsevolod Bobrov (hockey, national team).
Olympics in Russia
Within the framework of this article, we will not analyze all the victories of our homeland in international competitions. However, it is necessary to mention such an important political, economic and cultural event as the Olympics in Russia.
This event took place in Moscow in 1980. And although some countries refused to participate in Russian Olympics(in connection with the introduction of the Soviet military into the territory of Afghanistan), nevertheless, athletes from eighty countries were present at the Moscow Games. Our team has won almost two hundred prizes!
Among the most striking performances, the gymnast Alexander Dityatin (eight medals) and the record-breaking swimmer (three golds) especially distinguished themselves.
Sports Russian Federation
As you can see, we can distinguish three main stages of the Olympic movement in Russia. Starting from the earliest, these are the pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods, as well as the era after the so-called perestroika.
Since 1994, Russian athletes have competed under the flag of the Russian Federation, which in no way affected their victories. In January of this year, the Winter Olympic Games took place, which brought eleven prizes. Athletes Egorova Lyubov (skier) and figure skaters Gordeeva and Grinko ( pair skating), Grischuk and Platov (dancing) and Urmanov (singles skating).
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
The 2016 Olympics also pleased the Russians. Our athletes (286 people in total) took part in 23 of the accepted 28 sports and brought with them 55 prizes (nineteen gold and bronze medals, seventeen silver). Our volleyball player became the standard bearer at the event in honor of the opening of the Olympics, and swimmers Ishchenko and Romashina were honored to close the sporting event with a banner in their hands.
At the Olympics in Rio, athletes from such disciplines as wrestling and fencing (four first prizes each), as well as judo, especially stood out, synchronized swimming And gymnastics(two silver awards each).
2018 Winter Olympics
It is planned that these competitions will be held from February 9 to 25, 2018 in the Republic of Korea (Pyeongchang). There will be 84 participating countries in total. 98 medals will be competed in seven sports.
Presumably, 220 Russian athletes will go to Korea.
Based on the qualification results, the Russian Federation received eleven quotas each for participation in biathlon and figure skating.
Athletes have not yet been selected for some disciplines. The decision will be made after the December finals. However, it is already known that, most likely, Russia will be represented in curling competitions by Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Alexandra Raeva (women's team) and Alexander Krushelnitsky, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Vasily Gudin (mixed pairs).
The Russian women's and men's ice hockey teams will also compete for first place.
However, with the participation of the Russian Federation in the 2018 Winter Olympics, not everything is so simple.
Will Russia go to Pyeongchang?
On October 20, 2017, at an official interview in Sochi, the President of the Russian Federation stated that Russia would not be allowed to participate in competitions in the Republic of Korea. The fact is that there is enormous pressure on the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes compete at the Olympics. According to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, not only the political forces of Western countries insist on this, but also important sponsors, international television channels and popular advertisers.
According to the President, domestic athletes they want to impose a performance not under their own flag, but under the banner of the IOC. Such categoricalness is fundamentally impossible for a strong and prosperous state.
As Putin said, this state of affairs will not harm Russia, but, on the contrary, will strengthen its sovereignty.
As for the Olympic Committee, it is a pity that it is influenced by international political organizations, since sports (and the Olympics as well) should be far from social and political conflicts.
A few words in conclusion
From history and the current state of affairs it is clear that the Russian Olympic movement occupies an important place in sports life not only the state, but also individual citizens. For more than a hundred years, Russia has been taking part in the Olympic Games, and its victories have become simply legendary and historical.
Refusal of Russian television broadcasts will cost the International Olympic Committee hundreds of millions. It turns out that the topic of showing the Games in Pyeongchang is still relevant for many. At the very least, Western media are still trying to figure out how much the IOC will lose if Russia refuses to broadcast the Olympics to its fans. In reality, the issue has already been resolved, Business FM sports columnist Ivan Shvets is sure.
The key point was the words of Vladimir Putin that we are going, we are definitely going, no boycotts, and whether the athletes have a corporate identity with national colors is not important. Russia is not in symbols and flags, but in the hearts of fans and athletes, the Russian leader emphasized.
And then a chain reaction of “refuseniks” began, that is, those who initially said: no, we won’t go, we won’t humiliate ourselves, we don’t need such an Olympics, and so on... The most eloquent statement was the statement of hockey player Alexander Ovechkin: they say, they misunderstood me .
At the same time, they developed a unified scheme for television workers. As a result, all those who were already planned in advance are coming from Channel One - two dozen technical specialists and almost as many creative ones.
VGTRK, which also has the right to the “first television night” in terms of broadcasts, will send a more modest team, but this time they promise decent daily allowances for journalists. And worthy ones, as far as I remember my trips, are at least 100 dollars. A large team will fly to Korea from Match TV.
The unified position of the Russian state is this: we definitely participate, we fight for ourselves and for that disqualified guy, and also for our self-esteem, because no one disputes the issue of the injustice of the IOC verdict.
Therefore, broadcasts are also needed. First of all, hockey and figure skating, where everyone expects not just medals, but “gold”. And also skating, skiing, where we have a lot of talent among our youth, plus skeleton, snowboarding and short track.
Typically, agreements between the International Olympic Committee and sponsors are concluded for the so-called Olympic cycle, that is, for four years. Today's contracts are at least 70-80 million dollars for such a period of time. The official sponsors of the IOC are Samsung, Visa, Toyota, Panasonic, Coca-Cola, Bridgestone, General Electric, Alibaba Group and the global brand Omega.
On Friday, the issue of the Russian national team's Olympic equipment was finally resolved. The delay occurred due to hockey team, whose form the international federation managed to approve, but vigilant IOC officials intervened with further bans. It turned out that we are not allowed to use even an innocent figurine of a hockey player with a puck on the players’ sweaters - this is the FHR emblem. The reason for the ban was the tricolor on the emblem. On January 5, the leadership of the national team agreed on the final, corrected version. Only the name Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) will remain on the game uniform, under which everyone will compete in South Korea Russian Olympians. And representatives of Oleg Znark’s team use two color sets in their matches - red and white.
