Saturday, August 4, 2012
Shame on America : Is this Olympic Spirit??????????
The 20-year-old had won 13-11 over
Errol Spence in a thrilling contest on Friday night but following an appeal by
his rival's team management, the AIBA awarded the bout 15-13 to the
American.
"There were a total of nine (9)
holding fouls committed by the Indian boxer in the third round alone. However
the Referee only gave one caution," the AIBA said in a statement after a review
by its Competition Jury.
"In the second round, at the time02:38 , the boxer from
India spitted out his gumshield
intentionally. However the Referee didn't give any warning," it added.
"In the second round, at the time
Based on these "findings", the
jury members "unanimously" decided to award Spence four points, thereby making
him the winner.
"Based on the AIBA Technical &
Competition Rules 12.1.9, the Referee should have given at least two (2)
warnings to the Indian boxer.”
“Although the boxer from
India intentionally spitted out his
gumshield, the Referee's view was blocked by the boxer from the
USA and was not able to see the
action," it international body said.
"...at least four points should
have been awarded to the boxer from the
USA . Therefore the final score should
be 13:15 in favour of the
USA . The protest is accepted and the
winner of Bout 142 is Errol Spence (USA)," the AIBA statement added.
Vikas, only the second Indian
boxer after Vijender to fetch a bronze medal in the World Championship, was
among the biggest medal prospects for the country.
Earlier,
India were at the wrong end of the AIBA
review system when the country's appeal against the close opening-round loss of
Sumit Sangwan (81kg) was rejected by the world body's competition jury.
Boxing at the ongoing Olympics has
been marred by several controversies with AIBA's scoring system coming under
severe criticism.
Two judges have been suspended so
far after protests by participating teams.
Meanwhile, Spence has moved into
the quarterfinals to face Russia 's Andrey Zamkovoy on Tuesday.
Vijay Kumar Wins Silver Medal in London 2012
Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia, the Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian, and German Christian Reitz in the 40-shot final to finish runner-up behind Cuba’s Leuris Pupo, who shot his way to the gold with a world record equalling score of 34.
The 26-year-old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times out of 40 attempts in the series comprising eight rounds of five shots each.
This is India’s second medal in the current Olympics after fellow marksman Gagan Narang’s bronze in the 10m air rifle event on 30 July. This was also the country’s fourth medal in shooting in Olympic history.
The other medal winners are Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (silver in 2004 Athens) and Abhinav Bindra (gold in 2008 Beijing).
Kumar started with a bang, hitting the target all five times, and kept himself in the hunt for a medal by consistently finding the target.
After a perfect five out of five at the start, Kumar, a double gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, found the target four times in the second and third series, but missed it twice in the fourth.
He came back strongly by finding the target four times in the next three rounds and assured himself of a silver. In the last round, after Pupo shot four to clinch the gold, Kumar seemed to relax a bit and missed three targets.
The bronze medal was won by Feng with a tally of 27.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Online Catalogue for 2012 London Olympic Commemorative Stamps
Online Catalogue for 2012 London Olympic Commemorative Stamps
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
London 2012 Olympic gold medal
London
2012 Olympic gold medal
Designed especially for each Games, the medals are what every athlete
strives to win.
The medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games will be awarded during a total of 302 Victory Ceremonies, taking places at venues across the UK.
The medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games will be awarded during a total of 302 Victory Ceremonies, taking places at venues across the UK.
The medals have been designed by David Watkins, an established artist in
the field of decorative art, and are in production at the Royal Mint
headquarters in Llantrisant, South Wales.
The story behind
the medal
The Olympic medals’ circular form is a metaphor for the world. The front of
the medal always depicts the same imagery at the Summer Games – the Greek
Goddess of Victory, Nike, stepping out of the depiction of the Parthenon to
arrive in the Host City.
The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements:
The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements:
- The curved background implies a bowl similar to the design of an
amphitheatre.
- The core emblem is an architectural expression, a metaphor for the modern city, and is deliberately jewel-like.
- The grid suggests both a pulling together and a sense of outreach – an image of radiating energy that represents the athletes’ efforts.
- The River Thames in the background is a symbol for London and also suggests a fluttering baroque ribbon, adding a sense of celebration.
- The square is the final balancing motif of the design, opposing the overall circularity of the design, emphasising its focus on the centre and reinforcing the sense of ‘place’ as in a map inset.
- The core emblem is an architectural expression, a metaphor for the modern city, and is deliberately jewel-like.
- The grid suggests both a pulling together and a sense of outreach – an image of radiating energy that represents the athletes’ efforts.
- The River Thames in the background is a symbol for London and also suggests a fluttering baroque ribbon, adding a sense of celebration.
- The square is the final balancing motif of the design, opposing the overall circularity of the design, emphasising its focus on the centre and reinforcing the sense of ‘place’ as in a map inset.
Medal
specification
- The London 2012 Olympic medals weigh 375-400g, are 85mm in diameter and
7mm thick.
- The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold).
- The silver medal is made up of 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper.
- The bronze medal is made up of 97.0% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.
- The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold).
- The silver medal is made up of 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper.
- The bronze medal is made up of 97.0% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.
The precious ore for the medals has been supplied by London 2012 sponsor
Rio Tinto and was mined at Kennecott Utah Copper Mine near Salt Lake City in
America, as well as from the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. For the small
amount of non-precious elements that make up the bronze medals, the zinc was
sourced from a mine in Australia as well as from recycled stock, while the tin
originates from a mine in Cornwall.
How the designs
were chosen
When creating the brief, the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG)
Victory Ceremonies team worked closely with the British Museum’s Keeper of
Coins and Medals, Philip Attwood, to look at the symbolic history of medals in
Europe in the last century.
An independent panel of Sir John Sorrel (chair), Sir Mark Jones, Catherine
Johnson, Ade Adepitan (deputy chair), Iwona Blazwick OBE, Niccy Hallifax and
Martin Green was set up to look at the designs submitted by over 100 artists.
The LOCOG Athletes’ Committee, chaired by Jonathan Edwards, and the British
Olympic Association (BOA) were also involved throughout the process.
The medals can be
seen at the British Museum throughout the Games.
Poland : 2012 London Olympic Stamps and FDC
author: Agata Tobolczyknumber of stamps: 4
denomination: PLN 1,55, PLN 1,95, PLN 2,40, PLN 3
print run: 240.000 of each stamp
printing tech nique: offset
stamp size: 43 x 31,25 mm
paper: fluorescent
selling sheets: 4 stamps
circulation date: 27 July 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Gagan Narang wins India’s first medal at 2012 Olympics
Ace marksman Gagan Narang on Monday opened India’s account in the London Olympic Games by clinching the bronze medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event here.
Narang shot 103.1 in a gripping ten-shot finals for an aggregate of 701.1 after scoring 598 in the qualifying round in which also he stood third.
The gold was won by Romania’s Moldoveanu Alin George who tallied 702.1, that included 103.1 in the final, to upset world number 1 Niccolo Campriani of Italy who stood second with 701.5 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
After a good start when he shot 10.7, Narang was off target with his second shot that fetched him 9.7. But he gathered his wits and steadied his aim to collect 10.6 10.7 10.4 and 10.6 in the following four shots to at one stage remain on course for bagging even a silver.
However, he slipped a bit and had to fight for the bronze medal with China’s Wang Tao who finished fourth with 700.4.
After returning poor scores of 9.9 and 9.5 in the seventh and eighth attempts, Narang pulled up his socks to seal the bronze with impressive scores of 10.3 and 10.7.
Narang’s compatriot and defending champion Abhinav Bindra had, however, suffered a shocking exit with his dismal show in the preliminaries in which he stood 16th out of 47 contestants with a score of 594 out of 600.
Narang’s bronze medal is only the third in shooting on the planet’s biggest sporting event after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s silver in double trap in Athens 2004 and Bindra’s gold in the last Games at Beijing.
This was also India’s eighth individual medal in the Olympic Games.
With Alin George and Campriani able to maintain their grip on the top two positions, the competition for the bronze medal had boiled down to a tense contest between the Indian and his Chinese rival over the last few shots in which Narang prevailed.
There was stage when Campriani’s poor efforts of 9.9 and 9.4 in the eighth and the penultimate series gave Narang a whiff of chance of winning the silver, but the Italian fired a 10.4 in his last shot to dash the Indian’s hope of finishing second.
Earlier, Narang had kept alive India’s hopes by advancing to the medal round after Bindra crashed out.
Bindra, who scripted history four years ago by becoming the country’s first—ever individual gold medallist in the Olympics, shot 594 out of 600 to finish a shocking 16th out of 47 competitors and lost the golden chance of becoming the world’s first shooter to win two successive gold medals at the mega event.
However, Narang kept India in the hunt by finishing third with 598, a point behind Campriani and Alin George who both shot an Olympic record—equalling 599 to stand first and second in the qualifying round.
President congratulates Narang
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated shooter Gagan Narang for winning a bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle event of the London Olympics.
Narang shot 103.1 in a gripping ten-shot finals for an aggregate of 701.1 after scoring 598 in the qualifying round in which also he stood third.
Beijing Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra could not make the final in the same event.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Russia : 2012 London Olympic Stamps
Russia issued new
postage stamp in circulation dedicated to the Olympic Games in London. The
Olympics stamp will only cost 50 rubles and have a circulation of 110,000
copies.
On the face of the stamp there is a map of the city with the
Olympic marathon route highlighted and the silhouettes of running athletes.
The symbol of the games is visible on the stamp and is formed by
shapes which form the year of the games "2012".
In another corner of the stamp there is the word "London" and in
another the image of Olympic rings.
The stamp is available in four colors: blue, green, orange and
yellow.
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