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12. maj 2012

Afstemning: Hvem bliver dansk fanebærer ved OL 2012 i London?



Den olympiske landsby, hvor atleterne skal bo under OL 2012.
Foto: www.london2012.com

OL i London nærmer sig hastigt og mere end 100 danske atleter ventes at deltage.

Der bliver dog kun omkring 30 til 40 danske sportsfolk til åbningshøjtideligheden. Årsagen er, at atleterne har forbud mod at deltage, hvis de skal i konkurrence dagen efter, og det går ud over mange af deltagerne. Det er sportsgrene som badminton, svømning, bordtennis, skydning og mange tennisspillere, der bl.a. kan blive ramt af den problemstilling. 

Åbningsceremonien har udviklet sig til et mere og mere imponerende show, og en særlig ærefuld opgave er det at være fanebærer ved indmarchen.

Se de danske atleter ved indmarchen til OL 2008 i videoen her: http://youtu.be/C_NgVOcgcGc
Starter ved 6.01 min.

De danske fanebærere ved OL gennem tiden har været:

1908 London Svømmer Aage Vilhelm Holm
1912 Sockholm Kapgænger Arne Højme
1920 Antwerpen Gymnast Robert Johnsen
1924 Paris Fægter Peter Ryefelt
1928 Amsterdam Atletikudøver Marius Jørgensen
1932 Los Angeles Fægter Axel Bloch
1936 Berlin Fægter Erik Hammer Sørensen
1948 London Hockeyspiller Vagn Loft
1952 Helsinki Fægter Erik Swane Lund
1956 Melbourne Skytte Ole Hviid Jensen
1960 Rom Femkæmper Benny Schmidt
1964 Tokyo Finnjollesejler Henning Wind
1968 Mexico City Kajakroer Erik Hansen
1972 München Cykelrytter Peder Pedersen
1976 Montreal Roer Judith Andersen
1980 Moskva Jollesejler Jørgen Lindhardtsen
1984 Los Angeles Cykelrytter Michael Marcussen
1988 Seoul Dressurrytter Anne Grethe Törnblad
1992 Barcelona Sejlsportsvand Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
1996 Atlanta Badmintonspiller Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
2000 Sydney Sejler/Skytte Jesper Bank - indmarch Torben Grimmel - udmarch
2004 Athen Roer Eskild Ebbesen
2008 Beijing Kuglestøder Joachim B. Olsen

Hvem tror du, der bliver dansk fanebærer ved OL 2012 i London?

Deltag i afstemningen her:


  • Det bliver en helt anden!
  • Nathalie Zu Sayn Wittgenstein, ridning
  • Caroline Wozniacki, tennis
  • Lars Christiansen, håndbold
  • Michael Maze, bordtennis
  • Mikkel Hansen, håndbold
  • Anne Lolk Thomsen, roning
  • Henriette Engel Hansen, kajak
  • Peter Gade, badminton



 

11. februar 2012

Olympic Games: Dorney Lake is almost ready


These danish national kayakers are expected to participate at the Olympic Games 2012.
Photos: http://www.ol.dk/
With just over six months to go until the Olympic Games, Dorney Lake is almost ready to host the canoe sprint competitions.

The 2,200m course, which belongs to Eton College, will see 248 athletes take part in events between August 6 and August 11. The Canoe Sprint 200m race will make its Olympic debut at London 2012.

The venue has had to undergo major alterations to make it suitable for the London Olympics.

The enhancements include the creation of a separate return lane and cut-throughs between the main lake and the return lake for competitors to move between the two and the installation of a 50m bridge over a widened entrance to the return lake for vehicles and pedestrians and a new bridge over one of the cut-throughs.

The construction of the spectator grandstands will begin in March.

One of the biggest challenges facing the organisers is getting 30,000 spectators on and off the site. The lake, which is 40 km. from London and 25 km. from Henley, is in an isolated setting near a number of small villages.

Ivor Lloyd, managing director of Dorney Lake Services, said there was "no way" the crowds could access the lake by road, adding: "It’s absolutely rural."

There will be no public transport to the site. All spectators will travel to Windsor racecourse on buses from a number of park-and-ride centres.

The majority of competitors will stay at an Olympic village set up at Royal Holloway College in Egham.

German kayaking icon Birgit Fischer, who has won eight Olympic gold medals and an astonishing 28 World Championship titles could be one of the competitors. She has recently targeted a comeback at London 2012 when she will be 50-years-old!

Fischer holds the remarkable distinction of being both the youngest and oldest-ever Olympic kayaking champion after claiming her first gold medal at Moscow 1980 at 18-years-old and her last gold at Athens 2004 at 42-years-old.

Should Fischer take part at London 2012, she would become the first German sportsperson to take part in seven Olympic Games. She twice represented East Germany in 1980 and 1988 but missed the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics after the country boycotted the event.

Eight danish paddlers are targeting the Olympic Games in London 2012: Casper Nielsen, Emil Stær, Henriette Engel Hansen, Jimmy Bøjelsen, Kasper Bleibach, Kim Wraae, Lasse Nielsen and René Poulsen.

Sources: ICF-HUB / The Henley Standard

Olympic competition schedule:

Date / timeSportVenue
6 August
09:30 - 11:50
Canoe SprintEton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 1000m: heats, semi-finals
Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000m: heats, semi-finals
Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m: heats, semi-final
Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m: heats, semi-final
7 August
09:30 - 11:30

Canoe Sprint

Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Double (C2) 1000m: heats, semi-final
Men's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m: heats, semi-final
Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m: heats, semi-finals
Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m: heats, semi-final
8 August
09:30 - 11:15

Canoe Sprint

Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 1000m: final, victory ceremony
Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000m: final, victory ceremony
Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m: final, victory ceremony
Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m: final, victory ceremony
9 August
09:30 - 11:15

Canoe Sprint

Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Double (C2) 1000m: final, victory ceremony
Men's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m: final, victory ceremony
Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m: final, victory ceremony
Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m: final, victory ceremony
10 August
09:30 - 11:55

Canoe Sprint

Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 200m: heats, semi-finals
Men's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: heats, semi-finals
Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m: heats, semi-final
Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: heats, semi-finals
11 August
09:30 - 11:20

Canoe Sprint

Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 200m: final, victory ceremony
Men's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: final, victory ceremony
Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m: final, victory ceremony
Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: final, victory ceremony

 


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