There were 3 big stars at this Olympics , The first guy is Usain Bolt (aka Lightning Bolt) (now the worlds fastest ever man) as he powered his way to gold medals in the mens 100m, 200m and in the 4x100m relay, breaking the world record for all three in the process.
the next is American swimmer Michael Phelps, he broke the record for the most gold medals won in 1 Olympics, he took gold in all 8 events that he entered, the final man has now become a well known face in Great Britain , winning 3 gold medals, its Chris hoy, the track cyclist won the individual and the team sprint, along with the mens Kerrin.
The Olympic torch. This is a burning flame that before each Olympics is carried from where the games will take place and goes all around the world being carried by various sports stars and famous people and eventually arrives back where it started and it is then used to light the Olympic flame which burns for the duration of the games
This year the flame encountered many problems with “free Tibet” protesters attacking the flame carriers and attempting to put out the flame. Luckily nobody was successful. Even the main event was threatened to be interrupted by protesters, but the only protest made was 3 ppl climbing flag poles and waving Free Tibet banners.
Despite the games going well,
china played a big part in that, part of the opening ceremony that was only shown on TV which showed fireworks being let off in the shape of footprints leading up to the main stadium.... these turned out to be computer generated, a little girl about 6 years old who was singing at the opening ceremony was revealed not to be singing at all, the voice that every1 heard came from another girl, but she had crooked teeth and they didn't want people to see her, and finally whenever a stadium wasn't 100% full the Chinese government forced people onto buses that were going to the stadiums so they would always look full.
The next Olympic games are being held in London in 2012.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Singer Leona lewis and football star David beckham represented London at beijings closing ceremony.
Lots of preparation is being done for london 2012 and hopefully the games will be a huge success.
The ancient Olympics.
According to legend, the Olympics were founded by Hercules, the son of Zeus.
The first records we have of the Olympics date back to 776BC where a man called Coroebus won the only event there was which was called the stade, it was a race of about 200m, this made him the first Olympic champion ever!
The Olympics grew and were held every 4 years for about 1200 years until a roman emperor banned them because of their violent nature. This was the end of the ancient Olympic games.
Modern Olympics
About 1500 years after the ancient Olympics ended, a Frenchman called Pierre called for the Olympics to be restarted to try and get France interested in sport. At first nobody was interested in his idea, but he persisted and eventually a panel of representatives of many nations voted to revive the games, The official international Olympic committee was formed. Since then the games have been held every four years and only stopped for world war 1 and 2.
