The most interesting sports facts. Interesting facts and information about sports and athletes

Quotes about sports

To become a champion, you must be able to lose.

It is not the one who is stronger who will win, but the one who is ready to go to the end.

Becoming a champion is much easier than holding this title and living with it all your life.

Martial arts always begin and end with politeness.

If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, just score a goal, and after the match we'll figure out what could have been done with it - Bob Paisley

A great football player must simultaneously see the ball, 10 of his partners, opponents and the blonde or brunette on the podium in the seventh row.

Spain plays with an emphasis on beauty, Italy on passion, Germany on results, Holland on geometry, and only the English Championship mixes it all up.

Exercise can replace many medications, but no medicine in the world can replace exercise.
Alfred Musset

Gymnastics, physical exercise, and walking should become firmly established in the daily life of everyone who wants to maintain efficiency, health, and a full and joyful life.
Hippocrates

The basketball court is the place where I can forget about all my problems.
Baron Davis

Physical education should be given as much attention as mental education.

I believed then, and I still believe now, that no matter how much work a person has, he must find time for exercise, just as he finds time for food. Mahatma Gandhi. My life

If you do only what is easy...You will always be weak...

The saving force in our world is sport - the flag of optimism still flies over it, here the rules are followed and the enemy is respected, regardless of which side wins.

If you don't run while you're healthy, you'll have to run when you're sick.

How much does the lightest and heaviest ball weigh?

table tennis - 2.5g

squash - 24g

golf - 46g

tennis - 57g

tamburello - 82g

polo - 130g

cricket - 145g

baseball - 150g

field hockey - 160g

volleyball - 270g

beach volleyball - 270g

rugby - 420g

handball - 450g

football - 450g

basketball - 600g

bowling - up to 7260g

Table tennis players are the luckiest of all: every time they hit a ball with their racket, they send a sports equipment weighing no more than two and a half grams to the other half of the table. Among the most known species sports table tennis ball is the lightest.

The opposite record belongs to a bowling ball: to lift such a ball, well-developed muscles are required. Physical strength is required to make an accurate and at the same time strong throw at the pins placed at a distance of slightly less than 20 m from the player. It is worth clarifying that the mass of balls and balls corresponds to generally accepted parameters. For a soccer ball, this value ranges from 410 to 450 g.

Source: sportweek.ru

Interesting facts about the soccer ball

In 1872, the English Football Association established a standard for footballs. The ball should have a circumference of 27-28 inches (68-71 cm) and a weight of 368-425 grams. It is interesting that the size of the ball has remained the same to this day, and the weight in 1937 was increased to 410-425 grams and has remained unchanged since then.

In the final match of the 1930 World Cup, the national teams of Argentina and Uruguay could not agree on which ball to play for a long time. We decided to play with the Argentine ball in the first half, and the Uruguayan ball in the second. Interestingly, losing 1:2 after the first half, the Uruguayans were able to turn the tide of the game with “their” ball and won 4:2

In ancient times, in games somewhat reminiscent of football, the following were used as a soccer ball: animal or human skulls wrapped in skin, bladders of cattle or pigs.

Since 1970, the world championships have been played with Adidas balls. For each world championship, the company develops a new unique ball.

Naturally, the first soccer ball appeared in England, the birthplace of football. But it is curious that at present the descendants of the first manufacturer of football balls are making balls for another national sport - rugby...

Following Spain's victory at the 2010 World Cup, the ball used in the final was sold at auction for US$78,808.

In 1999, the Brazilian Rivaldo was recognized as the best football player in the world. Having received the Golden Ball prize, he sawed it into 60 pieces, attaching a silver plate with his name to each. The athlete gave these original gifts to those whom he considered involved in his success: teammates, coaches, and even the cleaning lady in the stadium locker room.

80 percent of modern footballs are made in Pakistan, with most of them in the city of Sialkot.

Scientists have created a soccer ball that can produce and store electricity when struck. The plan is to sell it in poor countries. After all, after playing such a ball for just 15 minutes, you can charge your phone from it.

An interesting fact is that the official World Cup balls often bore names related to the culture of the host country. So, for the World Cup held in 1986 in Mexico, a ball called Azteca was created - on the black panels of this ball there were decorations in the form of Aztec patterns. The matches of the World Cup, held in Italy in 1990, were played with the Etrusco Unico ball - both the name itself and the heads of the Etruscan lions remind us of ancient people Etruscans who lived in the territory of modern Italy.

The soccer ball consists of 32 panels - 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons.

Interesting facts about football goals

Interestingly, the first football goal was a rather primitive structure: two wooden posts without a crossbar. A goal was counted if the ball flew between the posts at any height, which, naturally, gave a lot of reasons for controversy.

Since 1866, it became mandatory to use a rope stretched between the rods to limit the height of the goal, this helped prevent many conflicts.

In 1875, at the initiative of the Sheffield Football Association, a rule was adopted requiring the installation of a rigid crossbar on the goal. In the same year, the size of the football goal was finally approved.

According to the rules of football, a standard goal should have a width of 7 meters 32 centimeters and a height of 2 meters 44 centimeters. It is difficult for non-English people to understand: why such precision? But for the people of Albion, it's simple: 8 yards wide and 8 feet high.

In 1890, John Brodie from Liverpool, the owner of a fishing net manufacturing company, proposed using his products not only for fish, but also for catching footballs. Having received a patent for his invention, Brodie began offering football nets to English clubs. It is a known fact that one of the strongest clubs of that time, Bolton Wanderers, paid him 6 pence. The net was used for the first time in an official match on March 23, 1891, in a match between the national teams of the North and South of England. A few years later, football nets began to be used everywhere. The English Football Association purchased them at a price of 3 pounds 6 pence 12 shillings apiece. After the death of John Brodie in 1934, one of the streets of Liverpool was named after him - Brodie Avenue. The Brody company is still manufacturing football nets. Experts note its strength and durability. Each mesh of this company consists of 25,000 nodes.

Interesting facts about football goals

Here are some interesting facts about football goals that will be of interest to real fans and not only:

An amazing game took place in 1957, when Charlton Athletic were hopelessly losing 1:5 to Huddersfield Town thirty minutes before the end of the match, with only ten men in the team. Charlton fans had already accepted defeat and were ready to go home, but luck, as usual, is a capricious lady. As a result, Charlton Athletic not only won back, but also defeated the opponent with a score of 7:6, setting a record.

According to FIFA, the fastest goal is recorded by Australian footballer Damien Morey of Adelaide City, who scored it in 1995 during a meeting between Adelaide City and Sydney United, 3 minutes 67 seconds after the start of the match.

The fastest goal in national team meetings was scored by football player David Gualtieri from the San Marino team in 1993. It took him just 8.3 seconds to score against England in a World Cup qualifying game.

The world championship record was set in 1982 and stood for 20 years. In the World Cup match between England and France, a player from the English team scored a goal in the 27th second of the match. In 2002, a player from the Turkish team named Hakan Sukur broke the old record by scoring a goal 11 seconds into the game.

In 1885, Scottish club Bon Accord set a scoring record by winning a game against Arbroath 36-0.

In European cup competitions, the Dutch Ajax set the record for scoring, winning a UEFA Cup match against a team from Luxembourg with a score of 14:0 in 1984.

The English team Liverpool won the match in the 2004/2005 Champions League final against the Italian Milan, after the team initially lost 0:3.

Most swipe in football.

The strongest kick in football belongs to Lukas Podolski, one of the best players in the German national team. Although Podolski plays for the German national team, it’s easy to guess from his name that he himself is a native of Poland. Lucas was born on July 4, 1985. former territory Upper Silesia. Lucas's parents were directly involved in sports.

In 1980, Lukas’s father played for the Szomberki football team, with which he achieved the Polish championship title, and his mother played for the country’s handball team. After Lucas was born into the Podolski family, a couple of years later the family decided to move to Germany. At first they lived in Bergheim, and then moved to Pulheim, where Lucas spent his childhood.

Podolsky’s passion for football began from childhood. Lucas showed great promise, which did not go unnoticed by the media. So, in 2003, interest in his personality increased dramatically. Podolsky was recommended to the coach of the Polish national team, Pavel Janas, but he refused to take the promising footballer into the squad. Then Lucas decided to play for the German national team, and at that time German football representatives became interested in him. Rumor has it that when the coach of the German national team, Rudi Feller, saw Podolsky’s performance, he was so impressed that he immediately invited him to join the national team.

Podolsky's first game for the German national team took place in 2004 in a match with the Hungarian national team. That year was not particularly fruitful for Lucas, but already in 2005 Podolski was among the main players of the team and, moreover, reached the top three football players in Europe. In 2006, according to FIFA, Lukas Podolski was noted as the best young football player of the World Cup. And according to the results of Euro 2008, he was among the best football players in the tournament.

World record for impact force It was set by Lukas Podolski at the 2010 World Cup, where the speed and power of the ball surpassed the previous record holder, Roberto Carlos, who was able to hit the ball at a speed of 198 km/h. For Lucas, this figure was 201 km/h.

World football:

Argentina national football player Martin Palermo in 1999 at the Cup Latin America in the match against the Colombian national team he missed 3 penalties in a row. In the end, Argentina lost with a score of 0:3.

Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?

Answer - Brazil national team (5 times).

Which football club has won the Champions League (including the Champions Cup) most often? The answer is Real (Madrid) and he did it 9 times.

Where and in what year did the first FIFA World Cup take place?

Answer - In 1930 in Uruguay.

Which team won the first FIFA World Cup?

Answer - Uruguay national team

Russian Oleg Salenko scored 5 goals in one match at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In that match, the Russian team beat Cameroon with a score of 6:1. At the moment, this record has not been broken.

The fastest goal in the history of the European Football Championships was scored by Russian Dmitry Kirichenko. This happened at Euro 2004 in a match against the Greek national team, in which our players won with a score of 2:1.

The first and only football player to date who has scored goals at the World Championships for different national teams is the Croatian Robert Prosinečki, who is currently coaching Red Star. At the 90 World Cup he scored a goal for the Yugoslavia national team, and at the 98 World Cup for the Croatian national team.

Russian football:

Viktor Onopko played the most matches for the Russian national football team. He played 109 games for our national team from 1992 to 2004.

Vladimir Beschastnykh scored the most goals in the Russian national football team (26 goals).

Dmitry Kirichenko scored the most goals from a penalty kick in a row in the Russian Football Championship. His result is 21 goals. This series has been going on for 9 years since 2000.
* This record was recorded in September 2009.

The largest score in the history of the Russian football championship (Premier League) is 9: 3. Zenit St. Petersburg beat Dynamo Moscow with this score in 1999.

The most devastating victory in the elite Russian championship was won by the capital's Lokomotiv. The railway workers defeated Uralan with a score of 9:0 in 2000.

Interesting facts and incidents of football

The largest number of ridiculous stories and incidents have probably occurred in the history of football. To tell about everyone, you will need very, very for a long time. Here are some examples.

Brazilian football defender Pinheiro holds the title of “record holder for scoring own goals.” He scored ten goals for his team in just one season.

The Englishman Melvin Sealvester was recognized as the fairest judge. During the game, the striker of one of the teams repeatedly pushed Sylvester on purpose and, in the end, seriously hurt him. The enraged referee hit and dropped the attacker onto the lawn, calmly showed himself a red card and left the field.

During one of the matches, Brazilian football player Giovane Elber was punished with a yellow card in the first half for talking to the referee. He showed up for the second half with his mouth specially sealed with red tape.

The longest match lasted 65 hours and 1 minute on August 1-3, 1981. Two teams from Ireland competed for the championship.

A few days before the start of the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, the cup was stolen from a public display. The police took part in the search, but the cup was discovered 7 days later in the bushes of a London garden by a dog walking past with its owner. The England team won and it was decided to invite the dog to the banquet; she was allowed to lick the team's plates.

What are the rules for playing three-way football?

Danish artist Asger Jorn came up with three-way football back in the early 1990s. It is played simultaneously by three teams on a hexagonal field, and the teams' goals are placed on each side of the hexagon. The winner of the match is not the team that scores the most, but the team that concedes the least. The author considered the main idea of ​​​​creating such a sport to be the destruction of traditional bipolar confrontation in football and giving the game a more philosophical approach. Today, trilateral football matches tend to be unsystematic and timed to coincide with festivals, exhibitions or major political events.

Which football player once played

in the FA Cup final with a broken neck?

In the 1956 FA Cup Final, Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann was injured after being kneed in the neck by a Birmingham striker 15 minutes before the end of the match. However, Trautmann decided to continue the game and helped his team defend the winning score. After continuing to be in pain for several days, he was x-rayed and it was revealed that he had played out that match with a broken neck.

Interesting facts about basketball

James Naismith, a teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with the invention of basketball in 1891. The first "hoops" were actually just peach baskets, and the first fasteners were made of wire.

The game became an official Olympic competition at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.

The National Basketball League (NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged after the 1948-49 seasons to become today's National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Boston Celtics have won the most NBA championships (16), including seven in a row from 1960 to 1966.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played 20 seasons in the NBA, has the most points with 38,387.

March 2, 1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against New York.

Michael Jordan, who retired in January 1999 but returned to the league in 2001, scored more points (5,987) in the playoffs than any other player.

The tallest basketball player in the world is Song Minming (China), center, height - 236 cm, and weight - 152 kg.

What were the first basketball players not allowed to do?

The first rules of basketball allowed only passing or throwing the ball into the basket, and dribbling did not appear until a few years later. Also, in the beginning, basketball players threw the ball into peach baskets that had a bottom, and each time it was necessary to climb a ladder to pull the ball out.

Interesting facts about volleyball

Volleyball is the only sport game, where the main task of the team is to throw the ball so that it touches the floor of the court on the opponent’s side. When playing volleyball, teams do not compete against time, the result is important. On the playing field, each team member has his own specialization.

There are many varieties of volleyball that branch off from the main sport. These are mini-volleyball, beach volleyball, park volleyball, curlball, pioneerball. In kartball, unlike regular volleyball, the net is replaced by solid fabric, which reduces the visibility of the opponent.

It is believed that volleyball was first played at the YMCA college. February 9, 1895 teacher physical education, William J. Morgan, challenged his students to compete in throwing a basketball camera over a tennis net. The net was installed at a height of 197 cm. Morgan did not limit the number of his players in each team. Thus, William Morgan is the founder of volleyball.

The Russian debut of volleyball took place on June 28, 1923. It was a friendly match between students of the Moscow Cinematography College and students of the Higher Art and Technical Workshops.

In 1983, more than one hundred thousand spectators attended a friendly match between the national teams of the USSR and Brazil. This was a real record for attendance at volleyball competitions. The game took place at the Maracana football stadium (Rio de Janeiro).

On Olympic Games In 1894, Brazilian volleyball players used the jump serve very effectively. Thanks to this technique, the Brazilian men's team then took second place. Since then, the jump serve has become very popular and has thoroughly taken root in volleyball.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded in Paris on April 20, 1947. Today it is the world's largest sports organization, uniting more than two hundred countries.

Interesting fact about badminton

Badminton is the most popular sport after football.
The highest racket speed is 300 km. at one o'clock.
Since 1992, Asian players have won 42 of the 46 Olympic medals.
1.1 billion people watched the first Olympic badminton tournament on television.

During the game, the ball is bounced approximately 400 times.
The shortest match lasted 4 minutes, and the longest match lasted 124 minutes.
International Federation Badminton was organized in 1934 and now has 148 member states including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Chinese originally played their version of badminton called Ti Zien Zhi. They didn't use rackets, but their feet.

The Duke of Beaufort hosted parties at his Badminton estate in 1873. His guests were invited to play a game with badmintons - and thus, the game of badminton was born.
The Kansas City Museum is home to the world's largest badminton - 48 times larger than normal.

Interesting facts about running

Running strengthens the body and stimulates the functioning of the heart and lungs. Running is one of the most effective means of maintaining health in old age. If you run, then there is a special device - a pedometer, it will not only count the number of steps and speed of movement, but will even show the number of calories burned. Here are some interesting facts about running:

1. A rhinoceros runs slower than a person who will be overtaken by a kangaroo, and in turn will be overtaken by a zebra. The gazelle is faster than the zebra, but the champion, the cheetah, will catch up with it. These are just average speed estimates.

2. Once, Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who wrote “The Book of Sports Medicine,” asked one hundred leading runners if they would agree to try on themselves the effect of a magic pill that would provide them with Olympic gold, but at the same time kill them in a year. Imagine that more than 50% of respondents agreed.

3. In the 17th and 18th centuries. “Weird races” were held in England. Sometimes the king watched these entertainments; in one of these races two people took part, each of them had one wooden leg. Another race included a man on stilts and a regular runner. Once a runner was given the task of running an 11-kilometer route in one hour, but at the same time he was carrying a 25-kilogram basket filled with fish on his head.

4. In 1984, Haitian runner Dieudonne Lamothe, who participated in the Los Angeles Marathon, finished 78th, that is, last. Lamothe said that this was a wonderful result for him, since the henchmen of the dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier promised to kill him if he did not reach the finish line.

5. Two of the greatest American athletes at one time had serious illnesses. Hurdler Gail Deavers suffered from Graves' disease and nearly lost both feet. However, the disease subsided and she received Olympic gold in 1992. In 1960, at the Olympics in Rome, Wilma Rudolph, who specialized in short distances, received three gold medals in athletics. Please note that as a child she suffered from polio and was a very sick child for whom doctors predicted disability. However, her mother and self-belief worked wonders.

6. Bill Bowerman, the track coach at Oregon State University, wanted to develop new running shoes. To create a suitable relief on the sole, he tried to melt polyurethane in a regular waffle iron. Bowerman later founded a company with Phil Knight called BlueRibbonSports, where he applied this idea to production. A little later, this company was renamed NIKE. Currently on the University campus you can see a bronze statue of Bowerman, which stands on the work surface of a waffle iron.

This incident happened several years ago at an annual track and field meet in the United States called the Penn Relays.
Student Alicia Follmer ran for the Stanford University team. And then, on one of the laps, Alice fell at full speed with her whole body on the treadmill. By the way, the treadmill was not made of fluff, and the speed was very high.
After this fall, Alicia was far behind her rivals, but, according to her, the pain triggered her adrenaline and she finished among the medalists.

Interesting facts about skiing

The oldest skis on earth are kept in the Swedish Ski Museum. Their age is about four thousand years. By appearance These are ordinary narrow boards with ends bent upward.

Skis have been used in Russia for sporting purposes since 1895, when the Moscow Ski Club was organized.

Sports skis reached 3 meters or more, ski poles were longer than the height of the skier.

Interesting facts about figure skating

There are many interesting facts known about the sport of figure skating.
The oldest skates, made from horse bone, were found near Odessa, on the banks of the Southern Bug.
The name “skates” comes from the fact that the front part of modern blades was traditionally decorated with a horse’s head.
Skates appeared in Russia thanks to Peter I. He also came up with an original way of attaching blades to boots.
The German poet Wolfgang Goethe admired the beauty of figure skating.
Figure skating was the hobby of the English writer Walter Scott. It was he who organized amateur competitions among speed skating fans.
On the pages of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina” there are often scenes describing figure skating. The writer often visited skating rinks, and then transferred his impressions to the pages of the novel.
Artillery Lieutenant Robert Jones is the author of A Treatise on Skating, which describes all the figures known at that time. The treatise is the first set of rules for figure skating.
Short skirts in figure skater costumes appeared in the 19th century. based on Princess Mary's idea.
In the era of black and white television, commentators described the colors of the skaters' costumes on air.

Interesting facts about curling

Curling, that's enough the new kind sports in our country. That is why our team, out of ignorance, made mistakes at first, but this is just at the beginning. One of our athletes says that after the first competition we realized that we didn’t know a lot. Of course, they gave us the base. But maybe we misunderstood something. It helped that we were welcomed with open arms at the tournament. The rivals turned out to be good-natured. The girls in the locker room explained to us how best to do what, and even helped us directly at competitions. So, our rivals came up to us and told us what was possible and what was not. It happened that you set some task, but according to the rules it was prohibited. For example, the first four stones in the end are the so-called defenders (“guards”). Teams place them near the house as barriers to enemy stones. And you stand in the house and see that there are stones nearby that are bothering you. So at first we tried to knock them out, but this cannot be done according to the rules. For this, your stone is removed from the game. Then, of course, they understood the essence of the claims and began to first place defenders and then advance them into the house.

In Australia, unknown thieves stole a refrigerator containing granite curling stones. At the time of the theft, the car was in a guarded parking lot near the ice arena in Melbourne, the BBC reports. As the police assume, the attackers, who were planning to steal a truck of alcohol, mixed up the cars. In the back were 58 expensive curling stones - more than a third of Australia's total stock of curling stones. As a result of the disappearance, the training of many Australian curlers was disrupted. It is estimated that there are about 150 granite curling stones in Australia today, each weighing approximately 20kg and costing around $400. To find a replacement for them, it will take at least $23 thousand, authorities say. According to the athletes themselves, the stolen stones, despite their value, Everyday life They're practically useless except to prop up a door or display them as a coffee table in the living room. "They could sell them to the Canadians, but they have their own stones," suggested Australian curler Paul Meissner. Australian authorities have called on thieves to be conscious and return stolen sports equipment to athletes.

Interesting facts about muscles

Classes in the gym will teach us to work on our body. By correctly distributing the load on the muscles, we achieve the desired result. Don't forget about your hands and wrists. Carpal expanders are designed to train the muscles of the hands and wrists, which do an excellent job of their duties.

Below are some interesting information about muscles that may not yet be known to you.

• ·The human body consists of more than four hundred muscles. They all perform their strictly defined functions. On muscle tissue accounts for up to 40% of a person’s total weight, i.e. this is on average 20-30 kg.

  ·For their work, muscles use chemical energy released by cells when they break down molecules. Muscle function requires 20% to 40% of all chemical energy produced.

  ·In the human body, muscles or muscle groups are separated from each other by fascia, i.e. film. Fascia is a connective tissue membrane that protects muscles from unnecessary friction between themselves and limits the movement of muscle groups to the sides. The gluteus maximus muscle is the largest. Its length is 20 cm. The stapedius muscle is the smallest, its length is 1.27 mm. The tongue is the strongest muscle, but the fastest are the muscles that perform blinking. The jaw muscles located on the molars can develop a force of up to 72 kg. Those over 40 lose up to 2% of their muscle mass annually.

  ·Up to 25% of all muscles are concentrated on a person’s face and neck, which is why our facial expressions are so diverse and eloquent.

  ·According to French neurologists, a crying person moves 43 facial muscles, while a laughing person moves only 17 muscles. Just by talking to each other, we engage up to 100 muscles in the chest, neck, tongue, jaws and lips.

  ·You will be interested to know that after a muscle load, the triceps recover faster than other muscle groups, unlike the lower back muscles, which recover the slowest. Exhaustive exercise can increase body temperature by up to 40˚C. Please note that after training it will take about two days for complete muscle recovery. Abdominal muscles after childbirth can recover within two three years.

How to properly pump muscles at home or in gym Before you start classes, you need to learn a number of rules, build an action plan and set certain goals. Let's try to consider the main questions that each of us may have. Working out at home or in the gym? Those who decide to take care of themselves often have a question: where is the best place to work out? Is it worth spending money on gym classes or can you just as successfully train at home? Let's try to consider all the pros and cons of working out at home and in the gym, let's figure out where it is better and how to properly pump up muscles. Let's start with homework. The bulk of home exercises are usually simple, basic movements. It all depends on the availability of different exercise machines and dumbbells. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to equip their “home” gym well, so many useful, isolated exercises are eliminated due to lack of equipment and space. The advantage is that you don’t have to travel or go somewhere. Roughly speaking, wake up and study, any day, any time. It's definitely convenient. But there is another problem - lack of motivation to study. Usually, over time, interest fades away, and forcing yourself to study becomes a real problem. Then the simulators will simply stand idle...

Major muscle groups IN human body There are over six hundred individual muscles, but when learning the basics of bodybuilding, we only need to know a few of them. Typically bodybuilders divide the body into the following main categories or muscle groups: shoulder girdle rib cage biceps and triceps forearms (arms from elbow to hand) thighs and buttocks calf muscles But for the true formation and development of all important areas of the body, you need to subdivide these muscle groups in even more detail: back - length and width of the latissimus dorsi (latissimus dorsi), power and musculature of the mid-back, development of the spinal extensor muscles in the lower back; shoulder girdle - size and fullness, development of all three processes of the deltoid muscle (anterior, posterior and lateral), trapezius muscles; chest - pectoralis major and minor, chest volume, relief of the lateral muscles of the body, serratus anterior, intercostal muscles; biceps - upper and lower biceps; total length, height and power of the muscle; triceps - development of all three processes of the triceps muscle, relief and isolation, density and massiveness; forearms - development of flexor and extensor muscles of the forearm, muscle ligaments at the elbow; quadriceps femoris and gluteal muscles- development of all four elements of the quadriceps, clarity of their separation; thigh circumference; adductor muscles of the inner thigh; hamstring muscles - fullness and range of the biceps femoris muscle; development of the adductor muscles of the thigh; isolation between the biceps muscle and the processes of the quadriceps muscle; abdominals - upper and lower rectus abdominis, external obliques; muscles of the lower leg - gastrocnemius (gastrocnemius) and soleus (soleus)...

The most big number push-ups

Meet: this is Andrey Kostash, a 7-year-old student at one of the Kyiv schools. Andrey is the author of the national record, having done push-ups from the floor in one approach the maximum number of times ever recorded.

Guess how many times this boy managed to do push-ups on the floor in 2 and a half hours?

According to the Ukrainian news agency UNN, the number of push-ups is 4 thousand! And after Andrei was awarded the corresponding diploma from the expert of the national register, the record holder said that he was a little tired and would not mind eating.

Throughout the history of world sports, funny, strange and completely unique cases, we present to you the ten most unusual sports facts.

Male athlete

Polish athlete Stanislawa Walasiewicz won the 100-meter race at the 1932 Olympics, setting a world record. Only after her death in 1980, during an autopsy, it was discovered that she was a man, although she possessed both male and female pairs of chromosomes.

Absurd sports

At the first Olympics there were many sports that were strange by today's standards. For example, throwing a javelin with both hands and pushing a cobblestone. At the 1900 Games in Paris, there was a 200-meter steeplechase event where swimmers had to wade among submerged logs and dive under anchored boats.

Unusual climber

Eric Weihenmayer conquered Everest in 2001, and in 2002 completed the Seven Summits program - conquering the highest peaks in all parts of the world. Among all the other climbers who have achieved the same results, Weihenmayer is distinguished by the fact that he is blind. In addition to mountaineering, Eric engages in diving, skiing, and runs marathons.

Football end of the world

Argentine goalkeeper Carlos Roa, who played for the Spanish Mallorca, announced his retirement at the peak of his career, although Chelsea and Manchester United were interested in him. He explained his decision by saying that he was waiting for the end of the world, which was supposed to come with the third millennium. Afterwards he returned to football, but played only in lower division teams.

Sport of Eskimo Ears

The program of the World Eskimo Olympic Games includes unusual look sport - tugging with ears. Two competitors sit opposite each other, and a loop of one rope is placed over each ear. After this, the opponents must pull the cord until it comes off or one of them gives up in pain.

Deadly game

In 1998, lightning struck the field during a soccer match in the Democratic Republic of Congo. All 11 visiting team players died on the spot * , another 30 spectators received burns, but all the home team players remained unharmed.

*I haven’t found confirmation of this anywhere (reposts don’t count). The video also does not show the death of 11 players.

Double punch

At a baseball game in 1957, player Richie Ashburn unsuccessfully hit a ball that hit a spectator and broke her nose.

When play resumed, Ashburn made another bad shot, hitting the same spectator who was already leaving the stadium on a stretcher.

The first Olympic lie

The very first famous case Olympic fraud occurred at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, America. The marathon runner, having run a short part of the distance, got into the car that was waiting for him. Having covered almost the entire distance, 1.5 kilometers before the finish he again entered the race course and, naturally, won. The deception was revealed only later.

Square washers

Incredibly, the first hockey pucks were square. The washer was made of wood; even a triangular washer is known! Modern rubber washers are kept match-first in the refrigerator so that it flies smoothly and does not spoil the ice.

Fatal number

In the license plates of cars taking part in Formula races, one number is missing, after 12 comes 14. In the entire long history of the Royal Races, only six people decided to use number 13.

Olympic competitions are watched with excitement not only by savvy fans, but also by people far from sports.

If you are one of these people, you probably have a lot of questions about the mysterious behavior of athletes, their mysterious rituals and many other details of competitions that seem strange or outlandish to an unprepared person.

We invite you to lift the veil of sports secrets.

What is this white powder that gymnasts smear on their hands?

This is magnesia powder. It removes the slightest traces of moisture from the hands, which can lead to the apparatus falling off, and facilitates sliding, making it easier for gymnasts to spin on the uneven bars or horizontal bar.

How is the distance over which an athlete has long jumped measured? He flops his whole body, so from what point does the countdown begin?

It's simple: the landing point is considered to be the point of contact closest to the push bar. That is why jumpers try to stretch their arms and legs forward - so as not to accidentally scratch their limbs on the sand before the final landing, because in any case, only the first touch will be counted.

Do synchronized swimmers hear the music they perform to?

Yes. For this purpose, special speakers are built into the underwater pool. French synchronized swimmer Margot Chretien claims: “The sound, of course, is not like in headphones, but everything is heard normally.”

Why do swimmers pat themselves on the back before starting?

For many athletes, this tapping is a familiar ritual that reduces nervous tension. Some, however, argue that these clapping speeds up blood circulation, which is not superfluous before the start.

Why do some swimmers wear two rubber caps at once?

The second cap presses the elastic band of the swimming goggles, making them fit tighter and not at risk of slipping.
What kind of bruises are visible on Michael Phelps' body? What, the coach beats him?
And not only Phelps, but also other American athletes. Only these are not bruises, but marks from medical cups - the same ones that our mothers and grandmothers used to treat colds in childhood. Now there is a new fashionable trend in the sports world: it is believed that cupping increases blood circulation and helps relax muscles.

What is the water temperature in Olympic swimming pools?

According to International Olympic Committee standards, the water temperature in Olympic pools should be between 27 and 28 degrees Celsius.

Why are the Olympic field hockey fields blue?

Field hockey fields are covered with artificial grass. The color blue was first used at the London Olympics in 2012 because the blue surface contrasts best with the yellow ball, which is convenient for spectators, judges and the athletes themselves. At the Beijing Games 2008 and earlier, athletes played on a green field with a white ball.

Why does the score go so strange in tennis - 15, 30, 40, game?

Initially, the scoring system was associated with the position of the hands on the clock, which counted points in quarters - 15 minutes, 30, 45 and finally 60. However, later, in France in the 19th century, with the development of tennis, the number 45 was replaced by 40 - presumably to It was easier to announce the score. Several attempts were made to change the number system to a simpler one - from 1 to 4 - but they were not successful.

Why did American football never become an Olympic sport?

American football is popular mainly in the USA. Therefore, the IOC decided that it makes no sense to include in the Olympic program a sport that is interesting only to residents of one country.

What is freestyle swimming?

Exactly what the name says: the athlete is allowed to swim in any style, even doggy style. Restrictions apply only in the medley relay: here an athlete swimming freestyle is allowed to swim as he pleases, but not breaststroke, butterfly or backstroke. However, the vast majority of athletes consider one or another type of crawl to be freestyle.

What do the five Olympic rings symbolize?

They symbolize the unity of the five continents, although none of them are a symbol of any specific continent. The colors of the rings - blue, red, yellow, green, black - were chosen as the most common colors found on the flags of countries around the world.

Where did the tradition of lighting the cup with the Olympic flame come from for the entire duration of the Games?

This is an ancient Greek tradition - however, many people know about it. Few people, however, are aware that the ancient Greek Olympic flame was not just a torch, but an altar on which sacrifices were made to the gods. Fortunately, this part of the tradition has not reached us.

What sports are included in modern pentathlon?

Modern pentathlon is a sport that dates back to military training in the 19th century. In fact, it recreates the situations that an officer had to face when delivering a report to the commander through the enemy's ranks. It includes horse racing, shooting, fencing, swimming and running.

Why are all gymnasts so short?

There are many explanations for this. One of them says that it is not natural data that is to blame for this, but the training regimen. At the ends of human bones there are cartilage pads, the so-called “growth plates”. If these gaskets are constantly exposed excessive loads, they become thinner and bone growth slows down. Since gymnastics at the level of elite sports is very traumatic for the musculoskeletal system, these very “growth plates” wear out very quickly, and growth practically stops.

Why are two bronze medals awarded at judo competitions?

This is the scheme of competitions in judo. According to it, athletes who lose in the quarterfinals meet each other in elimination bouts, and the winner of this “battle of four” receives a bronze medal. The same competitions are held between the losers in the semi-finals - in the bout between them the second bronze medalist is determined. The same system operates, by the way, in boxing and classical wrestling.

Can judo be used for self-defense?

Yes. Judo is a real martial art that originated in Japan in the 16th century and was modernized in the 19th century by the master Jigoro Kano. It became an Olympic sport only in 1964.

How much does a gold medal weigh?

At the 2016 Rio Games, gold medals weighed 500 grams. They consisted of 92.5% silver, 6.16% copper and only 1.34% gold, which was used only for coating. Thus, each Rio gold medalist received 6.7 grams of 24-karat gold.

And how much does an Olympic gold medal cost?

Somewhere between $560 and $590. But this is the official price; on the collectibles market the price is many times higher. Thus, the gold medal won by black athlete Jesse Owens in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics was auctioned in 2013 for $1.5 million.

Do Olympiad winners receive extra cash?

Depends on what country they represent. Brazilian athletes pay, in terms of calculation, about 30 thousand US dollars for “gold”, 15 thousand for “silver” and slightly less than 10 thousand for “bronze”. In Argentina, each medal costs about 20 thousand dollars, in Russia - about 60 thousand. But in Italy, bonuses for an athlete can reach 185 thousand dollars. But in the United States itself, only gold medalists are awarded, giving each a relatively modest amount of $25 thousand.

1. Badminton is the fastest racquet sport: the shuttlecock's flight speed can reach 270 km/h.

2. If you are bowling, don't try to knock down the pins as hard as possible. For a bowling pin to fall, a deflection of 7.5 degrees is enough.

3. Boxing was only legalized as a sport in 1900. Before this, he was considered too cruel and not suitable for public presence. In the 20th century, boxing became the most popular sport in cinema.

4. Ancient Greek Olympic athletes competed completely naked. All Olympic competitions included complete nudity for athletes. The very name of the modern word “gymnastics” comes from the ancient Greek “gymos”, that is, “naked”, “naked”. Somehow they tried to dress the athletes, but this innovation did not catch on.

5. It is noteworthy that the first hockey puck was square! For a certain period, hockey was played with round wooden pucks. A modern hockey puck is made of vulcanized rubber and weighs 200 grams. Before the game starts, it is frozen so that it does not spring back.

6. The first products of the Dassler family, the founders of the Adidas company, were sleeping slippers.

7. The fastest man in the world is Usain Bolt (Jamaica). Three-time Olympic champion of the 2008 Beijing Olympics - in the sprint at distances of 100 and 200, he set a record, running these distances in 9.69 and 19.30 seconds, respectively.

8. In the Spanish second league match between San Isidro and Olimpico Carrante, a few minutes before the end of the game, the players of the two teams, dissatisfied with the refereeing, surrounded the referee to explain to him how to referee. And not only with words and gestures. In this critical situation, the referee, remaining completely calm, took out a red card and showed it to all twenty-two participants in the match.

9. Ski jumping athletes should not wish for a fair wind - it only harms them. Much better is a headwind, thanks to which an air cushion is created in front of the skier in flight, and he flies further. To start the jump, athletes are given a certain time, during which the coaches try to choose the optimal starting moment, taking into account the wind. Changes in the wind during the competition can make the conditions unequal for the participants: if a skier only gets a tailwind, his chances of winning medals, even with the best technique, are sharply reduced.

10. The rules of horse racing state that the name of a racing horse must not exceed eighteen letters. Names that are too long are cumbersome to record.

11. There are 336 dimples in a standard golf ball.

12. In the football championship of the Vatican State, teams such as “Telemail”, “Guardsmen”, “Bank”, “Library”, “Museum Team” play.

13. FIVB rules prohibit holding competitions in classic volleyball at temperatures in the hall above +25 and below +16, but for beach volleyball there are no temperature restrictions.

14. People began playing bowling as early as 3200 BC, as evidenced by a collection of objects resembling primitive bowling implements found in an Egyptian tomb.

15. The billiard game snooker declined in the mid-20th century. However, interest in it increased greatly again after the BBC chose it to demonstrate the advantages of color television and began broadcasting all championships. The green table and multi-colored snooker balls were perfect for this purpose.

16. Holland is considered the birthplace of figure skating. It was there, in the 13-14th centuries, that the first iron skates appeared. The appearance of a new type of skates gave a powerful impetus to the development of figure skating, which at that time consisted of the ability to draw intricate figures on the ice and at the same time maintain a beautiful pose.

17. In 1912, at the Stockholm Olympics, Japanese marathon runner Shitso Kanaguri felt unbearably thirsty at the thirty kilometer. He ran to the nearest house and asked the owner to pour water. The Swedish peasant escorted the runner into the room, but when he returned, he saw the guest fast asleep. Kanaguri slept for more than a day. In 1967, the 76-year-old runner was given the opportunity to run the rest of the distance - the total time was 54 years 8 months 6 days 8 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds.

18. In classical wrestling there is no draw; a winner must always be determined.

19.On average, a football player runs 11 kilometers per game, and over the course of his entire playing career, the mileage can reach 300,000 km.

20. A billiard ball that has been hit accelerates from 0 to 30 km/h in a split second, and due to friction between the ball and the table covering, the temperature can reach 250 degrees!

21. In the Formula 1 peloton there is no car number 13; after 12th there is 14th. In total, only five people used number 13 in the World Championship. It is noteworthy that Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado is currently driving number 13. Alas, just as unsuccessful as his non-superstitious predecessors

22. In the 19th century, the game of 9-pin balls appeared in the USA and gained such popularity that spectators began to place bets. The authorities of some states banned the game, then the players, to circumvent the ban, added a tenth pin and gave the game a new name - bowling.

23. At the 1904 III Olympics in St. Louis, American marathon runner Fred Lortz ran about 14 km and got into a waiting car. 2 km before the finish, the athlete returned to the treadmill and finished first. The fraud was discovered only after Lorz received the gold medal.

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Sport is not only about health, but also about the desire to be better and move forward. Sport also does not stand still; it develops and progresses along with humanity. New heroes appear, new records are set - both personal and team. The most interesting, fantastic and curious facts remain in the history of sports, in the memory of all fans, in our memory. We bring to your attention several interesting facts and statistics in sports.

1.The best karateka. Would you like to know which karateka is the best today? Yes, exactly “the best” and no other. Are you familiar with the name Hirokazu Kanazawa, this man is the most respected karateka in the world. Kanazawa was born in 1931 on the island of Honshu in the family of a fisherman. Until the age of eleven, the boy did nothing and was like others, but then everything changed. One day, a fight took place between Kanazawa and his classmate, in which, naturally, our future sensei won. Everything would be fine, but after this fight, Kanazawa received a slap on the wrist from the father of his enemy - a 100-kilogram sumo wrestler, the boy fell into the mud and could not do anything. It all started from that moment - the boy became very offended, and he decided to take revenge. Making incredible efforts, training day and night, cherishing a plan of revenge in his heart, the boy developed spiritually. When Kanazawa graduated from school, he was already so strong not only physically, but also mentally that he forgave the old offender, and he died 2 years later. Today, Hirokazu Kanazawa is already over 80 years old, but being the owner of a black belt and 10-dan, he remains the best karateka of our time and age is not a hindrance to him.

2.Where did the surname of football player Jan Vennegaard of Hesselink come from? In modern European football, the longest surname belongs to former Dutch national team player Jan Vennegaard of Hesselink, who has now retired. This surname appeared in the 17th century, when representatives of two farming families - the Vennegors and the Hesselinks - became related. Since the families were equal in social status and income, it was decided to combine the two surnames into one. And not through a hyphen, but through the conjunction “of,” which in Dutch means “or.”

3. Back in 1932, the 100-meter race was conquered by an athlete from Poland, Stanislava Walasiewicz. Then she set a world record. And only in 1980, after her death, during an autopsy it was discovered that Stanislava Valasevich was a man. This was revealed by the genitals, although the chromosome set of this person was both female and male.

4. Four-time alpine skiing World Cup winner and two-time Austrian Olympic champion Hermann Mayer has an interesting nickname in the Slavic interpretation - "Herminator".

5. Representative of China Song Minmin – tallest basketball player worldwide. His height is 236 centimeters and his weight is 152 kilograms.

6. March 20, 1976 was remembered for the unusual match of Aston Villa against Leicester City. Then Chris Nicholl, first team player, scored two goals each against the enemy and his own. The match ended with a score of 2:2.

7.The longest parachute jump. The longest parachute jump was made by Joseph Kittinger, a US Army captain. On August 16, 1960, the stratospheric balloon lifted the record holder to a height of 31,332 meters, from where the parachutist jumped. The movement towards the ground lasted 13 minutes and 45 seconds - a third of this time the captain was in free fall, the parachutist's maximum speed was 1149 km/h. It must be said that this jump is considered the most dangerous, since it is impossible to make it without equipment. Kittinger himself lost consciousness during the fall, and was saved by his parachute, which opened at an altitude of five and a half kilometers. After landing, the captain fell into the caring hands of doctors, who quickly got him back on his feet.

8. Which athlete overtook the world record holder by running the distance in a nearby stadium? At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi won every race in which he competed. He took first in the individual and team cross-country, in the 3000 m team run, as well as in the 1500 and 5000 m distances, the finals of which took place just an hour apart. Nurmi was very upset that the Finnish delegation nominated not him, but Ville Ritola, to run the ten-kilometer race. He won with a world record, but at the nearby warm-up stadium Nurmi started at the same time as the participants and finished earlier.

9. The greatest jump on a skateboard. Are you interested in who is the best skateboarder, and who set, well, just a record jump on a skateboard? Danny Way became a legend when, in 2004, he set a world record for skateboard jumping while competing at the Skateboarding Big Air competition in Los Angeles. Climbing onto a high ramp, Danny rode off it, accelerating his skateboard to a speed of 88 km/h, then he jumped a distance of 24 meters. This jump became the greatest in history. A year later, Danny Way decided to cement his name in people's memories by jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard. With his achievements, Way demonstrated to everyone his willpower and true courage.

10. Which famous football player was named after an American president? Cristiano Ronaldo is not a first and last name, but a double name. Moreover, the name Ronaldo is quite rare for Portugal, and the boy got it because his father was a fan of the then US President Ronald Reagan.

11. Alexander Medved, a Soviet athlete, won ten world championships in freestyle wrestling - more than anyone else.

12. Haile Gebrselassie, Olympic champion in the 10 thousand meters from Ethiopia, has a special running style. He presses left hand to the body, more than the right one, and bends it unusually. The athlete explains this posture during competitions by the fact that as a child he had to run 10 kilometers to school in the morning and back in the evening, holding textbooks in his left hand.

13. The most fast man Usain Bolt from Jamaica is recognized. In 2009, he set world records: he ran the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds, and the 200-meter race in 19.19 seconds.

14. Most heavy weight, raised in the bench press exercise. Everyone knows, and some know firsthand, that lifting barbells is quite difficult. Only a trained person can lift heavy weights without harm to health. I would like to inform everyone that a new world record has been set for the bench press exercise. This record was set by Ryan Keneally. The athlete managed to bench press no less or more than 486 kilograms. The record set by Ryan is absolute and no one has yet been able to break it. Even though Keneally was unable to perform the exercise cleanly - he was unable to straighten his arms completely, but still, the judges decided to count the result. One cannot help but give credit to the champion, because that barbell weighed 486 kilograms – almost half a ton.

15. Why did the Inter player draw a plus sign between the digits of his player number? Having moved to Inter in 1998, Roberto Baggio asked for his favorite number 10. Ronaldo gave it up, but demanded the jersey with number 9, which was worn by Chilean Ivan Zamorano. He took number 18, but drew a plus sign on the shirts between one and eight.

16. Which athlete became the best on the continent by learning from YouTube videos? Kenyan Julius Yego learned to throw a javelin using Youtube videos of Olympic champions as a textbook. Only after winning the All-African Games, the athlete began to train with a coach, although he continues to improve on his own for most of the year. In 2015, Yego won the World Championships and won a silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

17. "Throwing" dwarfs. In France, such a crude “sport” as long-throwing dwarfs was rightly banned. But the dwarf Manuel Weikenheim (height 1.20 m) very strongly protested against this. He went on a hunger strike and then appealed to the International European Court. He stated that this ban means a loss of monthly income for him, and in addition, he has the right to be scammed. This is tradition, and he insists on it.

18.One-legged skydiver. Not far from the city of Pau, in southwestern France, a 70-year-old pensioner landed after his first parachute jump. When he landed, he only had one leg. At an altitude of 1,500 meters, his prosthesis came unfastened. But despite this, the strong pensioner landed confidently on one leg.

19. Which football player wore the number 0 jersey? When the Scottish football club Aberdeen signed the Moroccan Hicham Zerouali, the fans immediately gave him the nickname “Zero” based on the first letters of his last name. That is why Zerouali started playing in the number 0 jersey, something that had never happened before. The following season, the football federations of Scotland and England imposed a ban on performing with this number.

20. Guinness Book Record for inversion lifting. The famous Russian athlete Denis Zalodny entered his name into the famous Guinness Book of Records, having made the largest number of inversion lifts on the crossbar. During the exercise, the guy lost 1 kg, and his hands were worn out, because he worked without gloves. By the way, it took 208 minutes to set a record of 1333 coups. The most remarkable thing is that the athlete was only 21 years old. Coach Sergei Rachinsky said that in 2008, on April 28, his student set another record - he squatted a hundred kilogram barbell 210 times.

21. Which gymnast brought his team Olympic gold with a broken knee? At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Japanese Sun Fujimoto broke his knee during the team gymnastics competition. Without saying a word, he continued performing on the pommel horse and on the rings, landing perfectly in the final on both feet, and only then fell, writhing in pain. Thanks to his scores, Japan beat the Soviet gymnasts and took first place.

22. A child who can do more push-ups than you. The boy named Ronak Atul Vitha is already 5 years old. At the age of 2.5, he seriously decided to develop his body. According to Ronaka's mother, her son was able to easily perform various stunts, even those that were shown to the audience in the popular blockbuster Ghajini. It was this film that became the starting point of the future record holder. Ronak decided to try his hand at push-ups. Every day he did 10 push-ups. The child’s body began to quickly get used to physical activity and after a week the boy was already doing 50 push-ups a day. After a little more time, 100 push-ups became a routine warm-up for Ronaka. Today, in the Guinness Book of Records, in the column “master of push-ups” there is the name of a small athlete - Ronak mastered the “height” of 1482 push-ups, and it took about 40 minutes. The boy was born in 2005. At 2.5 years old Ronak Atul Vitha wondered life goal- become the strongest child on Earth. The boy is helped in achieving his goal by his loving family and his personal trainer named Satyajit Chaurasya, who comes to the child 3 times a week to conduct training.

23. What hockey player survived after an opponent cut his throat with a skate? In 1989, Buffalo Sabers goaltender Clint Malarchuk was accidentally hit in the throat by an opposing forward while falling with a skate blade, cutting his jugular vein. Blood immediately poured onto the ice, but Malarchuk was saved thanks to the skillful actions of physiotherapist Jim Pizzatelli, who grabbed the goalkeeper by the neck, compressed the vein and took him to the locker room. There, Pizzatelli, before the arrival of intensive care, in addition to blocking the vein, pressed his knees on Malarchuk’s collarbone. The goalkeeper lost one and a half liters of blood, but survived and returned to the ice a week later.

24. Which Olympic champion trained while lying on an anthill? Norwegian biathlete Magnar Solberg trained in summer time shooting while lying on an anthill. According to the coach's idea, this exercise was supposed to teach the athlete to concentrate on the target and not be distracted by external factors and fatigue. Solberg, who had never even won a medal at the World Championships before, became Olympic champion 1968 in Grenoble and repeated the success four years later in Sapporo.

25. Oscar Swan, who took 2nd place in the shooting competition, is the oldest man to win an Olympic medal.

26. Who was killed for an own goal at the World Cup? Colombian national football team defender Andres Escobar scored an own goal in the 1994 World Cup in a match against the United States. Having lost this match, the Colombians were unable to leave the group and flew home. A few days later, Escobar was shot while in his car. The killer accompanied each shot with a cry: “Goal!”

27. The richest athlete in all history. Are you wondering which athlete has earned the most money in his career? The London Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Peter Strack, a professor at the University of Chicago, calculated and found the richest athlete in all history. This man was Gaius Appuleius Diocles, who lived in ancient Rome in the second century AD. Guy was involved in a popular sport at that time - chariot riding. According to conservative estimates, during his sports career, Guy Appuleius Diocles earned about 15 billion dollars in modern currency!

28. Which disabled person with a prosthesis won six Olympic medals?, competing with ordinary athletes? American athlete George Acer at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis won six medals in one day: three gold (on parallel bars, vault and rope climbing), two silver (in the championship on seven apparatus and on pommel horse) , as well as bronze on the crossbar. Despite all this, Eiser was disabled - instead of his left leg he had a wooden prosthesis. It is worth noting that no more than five athletes competed in each of the listed disciplines, and all of them represented the USA.

29. The heaviest fighter. What sport do you think the heaviest athlete in the whole world should choose? Of course, it can only be a sumo wrestler. The way it is. The heaviest sumo wrestler in the world today is Emanuel Yabrauch. The weight of this giant is as much as 402 kilograms with a height of 203 centimeters. Of course, Emanuel’s build is largely due to the specifics of the sport in which he plays. Emanuel Yabrauch is a recognized seven-time world champion in sumo. Was born famous athlete in 1964. Today, Emanuel Yabrauch is a member of the board of the Foundation dedicated to the development of children's sumo. The champion is trying in every possible way to support young beginner sumo wrestlers.

30. Racer and tester Mauro Calo set a record for the longest drift (controlled drift) in a Mercedes car - he skidded 2308 meters, after which further movement was impossible due to damage to the tire.

31. Maria Sharapova's first coach was Yuri Yudkin. At the beginning of 2004, she was already among the top 20 tennis players in the world.

32. Why wasn’t the skeet shooting champion allowed to defend her title at the next Olympics? Skeet shooting competitions at the Olympic Games have been held since 1968, and women have taken part in them on an equal basis with men. However, none of them could win a medal, so even before the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​the IOC decided to limit women's participation in this discipline at the 1996 Olympics. But it was in Barcelona that the Chinese Zhang Shan took gold. Despite the uproar, the decision was not changed, so Zhang was unable to defend her title four years later. Only since 2000 have women returned to Olympic skeet shooting, but now separately from men.

33. Olympic champion Stanislava Valaskevich was both a woman and a man at the same time.

34. Who ran more than 5,000 km with an amputated leg to help cancer patients? Canadian Terry Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 19 and had his leg amputated above the knee. Then he conceived a project to help all cancer patients, the “Marathon of Hope,” intending to cross the entire country and collect at least a dollar from every Canadian. After three years of training, Terry, wearing a prosthesis, started from Atlantic Ocean and ran an average of 42 km per day. However, after 143 days of running and covering 5,373 km, he stopped as his illness progressed, and soon died. Before reaching Pacific Ocean, Terry achieved another goal: his campaign attracted more than $24 million in donations, and the population of Canada was then exactly 24 million people.

35. The youngest hockey player in the history of the NHL, who was recognized as the “most valuable player of the league” at the age of 19 is Wayne Gretzky.

36. Founder of judo Dhigaro Kano. Of the 51 games Mike Tyson fought in his first professional fight, he finished with 21 first-round knockouts (40.8%).

37. The athlete who is considered the youngest, managed to win the national championship, was a resident of Jamaica, his name was Jay Foster. This event took place in 1958. At that time he was only 8 years old.

38. The heaviest sumo wrestler– world champion in this sport discipline Emanuel Yabrauch. His height exceeds two meters, weight - over 400 kilograms.

39. Bicycle acrobatics are very dangerous to health. However, cyclists sometimes perform tricks so difficult that they are recorded as records. At the age of 24, cyclist Jed Mildon performed a triple backflip (triple backflip) on a bicycle at a BMX show. The athlete prepared the trick for three months.

40. The longest jump with a skateboard was made in 2004 Danny Wayne at the Los Angeles Skateboarding Competition. Having driven off a high ramp, Danny reached a speed of 88 kilometers per hour, flying 24 meters during the subsequent jump. The following year, the athlete turned his jump into a real show, flying over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.