The Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt and American swimmer Michael Phelps have been the stars of the Olympic Games in London, after the sprinter revalidate the triplet obtained in Beijing at 100, 200 and 4x100 meters and the swimmer add its twenty-second medal becoming the most medals Olympian in history. Bolt demonstrated in the final of the 100 meters he was ready to become an Olympic legend. The Jamaican clearly won a race in which seven of the eight sprinters down ten seconds, marking also the Olympic record and the second best in history. He hung his first gold in London but I wanted more and took the title at 200 meters. In addition, part of the Jamaica team, the athlete was leaving London beating the world record in the 4x100 (36.84) to hang his sixth gold medal.Jamaica was imposed on the United States, which also beat the world record but had to settle for silver. However, in the women did the opposite and that the Americans were beating the world record (40.82) and hung the gold. Another who was impressed the audience of the Olympic Stadium in London was the Kenyan David Rudisha, marking a record of 1:40.91 in the 800 meters to beat the world record and gold hang. However, greater expectation created the South African Oscar Pistorius, who fulfilled his dream of becoming the first athlete with a disability to participate in the Olympics, and Britain's Mo Farah, who won in 5000 and 1000 tests, the first athlete who achieved the feat. The Aquatic Center also left a large harvest of medals, especially the United States. From the start, all eyes were on whether Michael Phelps would be able to break the record for medals and far exceeded, leaving a total of 22.Phelps took four golds and two silvers to enlarge his legend before retiring from competition at age 29. The American was a big attraction of the pool but was not alone. His compatriot Ryan Lochte was done with the Olympic title in 400 styles, leaving room to a Phelps competition that began sowing doubts. But Lochte was finally a simple squire Phelps eventually became a legend. On the same road is China's Ye Shiwen, which was done with the gold medals in 200 and 400 styles. In fact, the young Asian marking the world record in the 400, with a time of 4:28.43, tying in the last 50 meters Lochte time, so that gave rise to speculation of doping.
BRITISH SUCCESS ON WHEELS
The streets of London witnessed the seventh medal of Britain's Bradley Wiggins. The cyclist had changed the velodrome for the asphalt and did so with success, as it hung in the time trial gold in the same year that imposed in the Tour de France. Furthermore, the test route, the Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov was done with the gold before announcing his retirement. The velodrome also gave joy to the British Empire, and they got seven of the ten golds fought, earning a silver and a bronze. A total of nine medals puts them in front of the medal in track cycling, thanks mainly to two golds for Chris Hoy, who added his sixth Olympic gold medal and seventh, becoming the British Olympian with more success. The North Greenwich Arena hosted the show of basketball. The new 'Dream Team' had set London 2012 on your calendar and missed the meeting with the gold. The U.S. quintet was compared before the Games with the triumph of Barcelona '92 and showed that fell short of expectations.Led by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, the Americans won gold in the final against Spain, so we get the Olympic record score in the match against Nigeria (156-73). Other Americans who have very high expectations were the Williams sisters, who showed his level at the All England Tennis Club. Serena did with gold in the individual frame and the two sisters were getting the doubles title, so it became, with four golds each in the most successful Olympic tennis players. Meanwhile, in the men's, Britain's Andy Murray was imposed at home to top seed, Roger Federer. Which failed to meet forecasts was the Brazilian national football team, seeking its first Olympic gold. The 'canarinhá came as one of the favorites, but it showed in the first games that was not the expected level and ended up losing in the final against Mexico, so had to settle for the silver and will have to keep looking for success in Rio 2016. In archery, South Korea did not miss his appointment with the gold medal and won the Olympic title for the seventh consecutive time in the women's.Also, Im Dong Hyun beat the world record with only ten percent of vision. Also women's boxing will be remembered in London in 2012 for being the first time you played. On August 5, beat Russian Elena Savelyeva the North Korean Kim Hye Song in the first fight and add his name to the history of the Games.
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