Requirements to be chosen for the Olympics
To be in the Olympics, the age requirement is 16 years of age. In order to be entered in the Olympics competition, an athlete would have to achieve the appropriate Qualification Standard in the event in which they are entered in. The Qualification Standards and relevant criteria shall be established by the IAAF in April 2011 for all events. The IAAF is the International Association of Athletes Federations. There are qualifying events before the Olympic Games
Different requirements
There are different requirements for different events, these are the requirements to be in swimming:To make the USA Olympic Swimming Team, a swimmer must finish first or second at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials Swim Meet and they must be a US citizen. FINA rules allow a maximum team size of 52 swimmers (26 men and 26 women). Each country has a maximum of two entries in each of 26 individual events (13 men and 13 women) and one entry in each of the six relays (3 men and 3 women).Besides individual country's possible Olympic Trials qualifying standards, there are A and B level minimum Olympic Swimming Qualifying standards for swimmers to take part in the Olympic Games.
Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9 pm on 27 July 2012. The Opening Ceremony reflected the key themes of the London 2012 Games, based on sport, inspiration, youth and urban transformation. It was a Ceremony for people, and livelihood and celebrated contributions the UK has made to the world through innovation and revolution, as well as the creativity and "happiness" of people. There were 205 copper petals representing the competing nations, coming together.
Closing ceremony of the 2012 olympics
In the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, many well known British artists preformed, such as:
Eric Idle
Paul McCartney
Annie Lennox
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
Take That
Royal Ballet
Brian May with Jessie J
"Freddy Mercury"
Matthew Bellamy In the closing ceremony, all the athletes were gathered on the floor. The crowd was very excited. It was a very energetic ceremony.
Paul McCartney
Annie Lennox
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
Take That
Royal Ballet
Brian May with Jessie J
"Freddy Mercury"
Matthew Bellamy In the closing ceremony, all the athletes were gathered on the floor. The crowd was very excited. It was a very energetic ceremony.