The Olympics through the eyes of a non -lane. The last day

At the Marakana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Monday night, the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games took place. The terrible wind and heavy rain could not spoil the colorful show, about which everyone who was lucky enough to be at that moment in the stands of the main stadium of Brazil enthusiastically respond. Of course, organizational and technical linings have surfaced here and there over the past two weeks, but thanks to the optimism and sincerity of the Brazilians, the impressions of these games in the space of the Olympic village and stadiums will remain, without a doubt, positive. At the same time, the shortcomings showed how athletes they can be arrogant and arrogant, inhabited in the rays of their own glory. From the point of view of the organization, the games in Brazil were one of the most difficult, and, having arrived in the country stunned by the recession, the athletes endlessly complained about bad kitchen and construction garbage. Today they will all return home, and Brazil will remain with the same problems, and there is no guarantee that even relatively budget games will pay off in monetary and social expressions.

According to public opinion polls, the majority of Brazilians believe that the costs of OI outweigh potential benefits. Having originated seven years ago during the economic boom, the Olympic project eventually encountered serious obstacles in the form of recession and versatile criticism, ranging from security problems and social sphere, ending with studies about the slight influence of sports megasials on the national economy.

Speech against the growth of tariffs for public transport. San Paulo, January 14, 2016. Photo: DFACTORY

Nevertheless, many experts prove that the games have already served as a powerful catalyst for healing the urban environment and improving infrastructure, which will be available to everyone. Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodlon Wilson International Center in Washington, is sure that these games gave Brazil hope not only from economic, but also from the political crisis.

During preparation for competitions in Rio, tens of kilometers of new roads were built, the high -speed tram system, a new metro line was opened. Local authorities claim that the construction of more than 400 schools and clinics in poor areas was accelerated. According to Mayor Rio Eduardo Paes, during preparation for the Olympics in the city, 75 thousand units of affordable housing were built, although it would be worth reminding him that at the same time thousands of families, mostly poor, lost their housing for the construction of objects for games.

Cleaning the site for the construction of Olympic facilities in Rio de Janeiro. 2011. Photo: BBC World Service

But back to sports achievements and summarize the results of the Olympics. The competition ended with the victory of the US team, which took first place in an unofficial team event. The account of American athletes has 121 medal, of which 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze. The second place is occupied by the UK team (67: 27-23-17), closes the three leaders of China (70: 26-18-26). The Russian team took fourth place in the team standings. In total, Russian athletes won 56 medals: 19 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze. With this, we will begin the last selection of the main, in our opinion, events of the past Olympic Day.

1. Russian medalists

On Sunday, the 17th day of the Olympics, the Russian team won the last three medals, thanks to which the team confidently entrenched in fourth place, overtaking Germany. The gold of the Russian team was brought by gymnasts who won the team all -around. Vera Biryukova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasia Tatareva and Maria Tolkacheva received 36, 233 points in two types. A day earlier, they went through the qualification in second place and in the final after the first part of the all -around were inferior to the Spanks. Only in the second part in the exercises with three pairs of mounds and two hoops, Russian gymnasts showed the best result, which allowed them to take first place.

Sent Ramonov. Source: Politikus.ru

The final gold medal of the Russian national team was brought by a free -style fighter exiled to the weight category up to 65 kg. In the final, he defeated the representative of Azerbaijan Togrula Askerov with a score of 11: 0. Ramonov dedicated the victory to his teammate Besika Kudukhov, who died several years ago in a car accident.

The last medal in the piggy bank of the Russian national team at the 2016 Games was laid by the boxer Mikhail Aloyan, who performs in the weight category up to 52 kg. In the final match, the judges gave the advantage to his opponent Shahobiddin Zoirov, so that the Russians were content with a silver medal. Volleyball players could win bronze, but in the match for third place they lost the US team with a score of 2: 3.

In Rio, Russian athletes won medals in 19 sports: boxing, cycling, water polo, free and Greco-Roman wrestling, handball, sports and rhythmic gymnastics, kayaking and canoeing, judo, sailing, swimming, synchronous swimming, modern five-table shooting, and bullet shooting, shooting from shooting from shooting. Luke, tennis, taekwondo and fencing. Only 56 awards, of which 19 are gold. The list of champions can be seen here or here . The most medals of the Russian team in sports gymnastics (8), fencing (7) and freestyle wrestling (6).

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev : “Our Olympians are well done. The Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro was not the most easy in the history of Russian sports. But, despite the fact that many of our athletes did not take part in the competition, the athletes showed an excellent result. Congratulations to everyone! See you in Moscow! ”

Russian President Vladimir Putin : “I am sure that all wrestlers will show real skill, endurance, courage and will, perseverance in achieving the goals. It was these qualities that fully demonstrated the Russian Olympians in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympics. ”

2. Triumph of the Americans

The US national team, in the team event, was far from the rest of the national teams, both in terms of medals and gold medals separately, in the team event. The last gold medal of the United States was brought by the men's basketball team, Dream-Sim and the absolute favorite of the entire tournament. In the final match, they did not leave a single chance to the Serbs, defeating them with a score of 96:66. Thus, the US national team won the command offset, winning 121 medal. This is 54 medals more than that of the British and 65 more than that of the Russian team.

According to the total number of medals won at the same Olympics, for the United States this is the third result and the eighth among all nations. In addition, the Americans set a new record for the number of awards won not at home games. The previous record was set in Beijing 2008-110 medals.

Players of the US Male Basketball team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Andy Miah

3. Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony of the Olympiad, held at the Marakana stadium, was accompanied by a strong wind and rain. Here's how the Sport Express correspondent describes the weather on this day, Vladimir Raush: “In the morning, lead clouds rose above Rio de Janeiro, a hurricane rose in the middle of the day. The mighty wind dropped the fences and cabinets, pulled the palm trees on the beach of Kopakaban with the root. By evening, the hurricane went into a squalling rain. The jets of rain watered the famous Marakana stadium, where the closure took place, for most of the ceremony. "

In terms of organizing the holidays, the Brazilians have no equal. The closing ceremony was worked as a professor of scenography, Rosa Mahales, who is considered one of the best designers of the famous carnival, which every year runs along the streets of Rio. After the performance of the Brazilian musicians, a parade of athletes began. This time the flag of Russia was carried out at once by two banners - five -time Olympic champions in synchronized swimming Natalya Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashin. For this, a special resolution of the IOC was even requested.

In addition, the audience presented newly elected members of the Commission of athletes of the Olympic Committee, including Russian Elena Isinbaeva, who was not allowed to participate in the competition. Together with her, Britt Haideman (Germany), the son of Ming (South Korea) and Daniel Duurt (Hungary) appeared in the arena.

Under the Olympic anthem, the flag of the games was transferred by the organizer of the following competitions that will be held in Tokyo in 2020. The Japanese with humor approached the presentation of the following Olympic Games, and at some point, Prime Minister of the country of Sindho Abe appeared from a decorative pipe in a costume of the Hero of the video game Mario. This appearance completed the video from the presentations of the future Olympics. According to the plot, ABE does not have time in Rio, so he changes into the costume of the hero of the video game Mario and jumps into the water pipe leading to Brazil.

The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach in the final speech thanked the organizers of the games for the successful holding of the competition. “Brazilians, thank you for your warm welcome, despite your difficult times, you have proved that you have something to be proud of. These Olympic Games were a symbol of unity. We arrived in Brazil like guests, and we leave as friends. You will remain in my heart forever, ”said Bach.

After that, the fire of the XXXI Olympic Games was extinguished, and a carnival began on the Marakan.