2012 London Olympics Equestrian: Schedule & Dates

Competition between men and women is really amazing and entertaining. Equestrian is the single Olympic event in which genders (women and men) compete against each other as well as humans bond with the members of animal kingdom. All over the world, equestrian is known as riding, horse riding or horseback riding, but Olympic equestrian is totally different. It is not weekend horseback riding and expert horse racing where speed is everything but it is test of performance skills and the intelligence of both man and animal in three separate events including dressage, jumping and eventing. The 2012 London Olympics Equestrian will be conducted from 28th July to 9th August 2012 at Greenwich Park. The whole schedule is followed by three disciplines such as Dressage, Eventing and Jumping and each discipline requires diverse mastership from the riders and horses contending.

2012 London Olympics Fencing: Schedule & Dates

The sports lovers must be eagerly waiting for the 2012 Olympic to begin. As the days are passing by, the Olympic Games are about to begin. Fencing is one of the exciting sports of 2012 London Olympics. Fencing first started in the modern Olympic Games at Paris in the year 1896. Three types of weapons are used in fencing - Foil, Epée and Sabre. During 1896, Fencing consisted of men’s Foil and Sabre events and Epée was introduced later on in 1900. As the years passed by, women also participated in Fencing. The first Women’s Foil was featured in the year 1924 at Paris. Later, Epee and Sabre started in the year 1996 and 2004 respectively for women.

2012 London Olympics Diving: Schedule & Dates

The much awaited sports event ‘Olympics’ is too close now. Everyone is thrilled to welcome the event. 2012 London Olympics will be started from 28th July to 7th August. Diving is also included in one of the four Aquatics disciplines at the Games. Other aquatics include Water Polo, Swimming and Synchronized Swimming. Diving has been scheduled to be held from 29 July to 11 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre.

2012 London Olympics Trampoline: Schedule & Dates

2012 London Olympics is just a month away and sports fans are eagerly waiting for the great sports event to start. At 2012 London Olympics, 3 different gymnastics disciplines will be included. These are rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics and trampoline. The trampoline events will be held at the North Greenwich Arena on August 3 and 4. Trampoline is the newest one of the 3 Gymnastics disciplines on the Olympic programme.

2012 London Olympics Triathlon: Schedule & Dates

Triathlon is one of the major sporting events of the London Olympics 2012. London is expecting a huge enthusiastic crowd for this exciting event. Triathlon is a very popular multi-sport event that includes swimming, cycling and running in immediate sequence. For London Olympics 2012, the triathlon competitions are scheduled to take place in the Hyde Park, which is one of the largest and royal parks of London. The competition will be held separately for men and women. The men’s competition is programmed for 7th August 2012 whereas women’s competition will be held on 4th August 2012.

2012 London Olympics Weightlifting: Schedule & Dates

The king of all sports events, Olympics, is just around the corner and nobody wants to miss it. Weightlifting is among the 26 sports categories that are going to be played at 2012 London Olympics. Weightlifting competition in this biggest athletics and sporting event is scheduled to take place between 28th July and 7th August at ExCeL. Total 260 weightlifters will participate in this sport category in order to test their strength. From 260 competitors: 156 are men and 104 are women. All countries are able to send athletes (6 men and 4 women) throughout the events but maximum 2 athletes in one event.

2012 London Olympics Water Polo: Schedule & Dates

The entire world is very thrilled for the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Water Polo is one of the exciting sports events of the 2012 London Olympics. Water Polo was started back in the nineteenth century. It is a water version of rugby that is usually played in rivers and lakes. This very demanding sport has been featured on each and every Olympics programme ever since the Paris 1900 Games. For London Olympics 2012, the Water Polo is scheduled from 29th July to 12th August 2012. The venue for Water Polo game is the Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park.