"My dream has always been to stand at the top of the podium," once said the British Jessica Ennis-Hill. Her dream came true. She also stood at the highest place at the Olympic Games on her home soil, in London in 2012, and in Rio she will try to defend the Olympic title in the heptathlon. In the meantime, today the 30-year-old athlete gave birth to a baby boy, and you can read below how the Omega brand ambassador thinks before going to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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Many athletes like to decorate their enviable body with various tattoos. Even in the Slovenian Olympic team, there are some who wear tattoos. The tennis player Polona Hercog is certainly the most noticeable, and the kayaker Peter Kauzer, who has a tattoo of a lion with a crown on his shoulder, is not far behind. But those two are far from the only ones we spotted with tattoos at the Rio 2016 Olympics. We have collected only the best ones, from a little more flashy to minimalist, among which the motif of the Olympic rings clearly dominates. These are the most beautiful tattoos we spotted at the Rio Olympics.
Kate Middleton, is that you? A few days ago, we were wondering what Leonardo DiCaprio was doing at the Olympics, until we realized that the archer is actually the Slovenian son-in-law, the American Brady Ellison. But he is not the only case of the Rio 2016 Olympics having a famous doppelganger, as those watching the women's road cycling race were convinced they saw Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, cycling. As it turned out, it was not the Duchess of Cambridge, but the Dutch cyclist Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.
The Czech swimming team, which competed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, had a good time in their spare time. Boys and girls took advantage of the photogenic nature of Brazilian beaches and filmed a sexy adaptation of the opening credits of the TV series Baywatch (Baywatch, 1989) entitled CzechWatch on one of them. David Hasselhoff would be proud! We believe that these swimmers have a bright future in the world of film and fashion after their swimming career.
We present to you the 25 most "ice, ice baby" sportsmen and women at the Winter Olympics. Our small selection of what we will be watching in the next few days.
In cooperation with the Olympic Committee of Slovenia and the Brazilian Embassy of Slovenia, a series of Olympic events of various concepts will take place in the Grand Hotel Union, where they will connect Slovenian athletes with fans, present Olympic preparations and current events in Rio, and build a bridge between the two destinations - Slovenia and Brazil. The next in the series will be the cooking academy (Olympic ReUnion: We cook with the Olympians - the flavors of Brazil) with the renowned Brazilian chef Silvia dos Santos, and the Olympic "beep" will be delivered by Bojan Tokič and Benjamin Savšek.
German twins Anna and Lisa Hahner finished 81st and 82nd in the marathon and would probably have gone unnoticed if they hadn't crossed the finish line holding hands. Instead of the moment going down as one of the most moving of the Rio 2016 Olympics, the Germans became the target of criticism as the move was self-promotional, with the director of the German Athletics Federation, Thomas Kurschilgen, even saying that their performance looked like olympic match one big joke. What is your opinion?
Despite the fact that sportsmanship and healthy competition are at the fore at the Olympic Games, the promotion of the country, which sportsmen and women take care of with their results, should not be neglected. Willingly or unwittingly, they also draw attention to themselves through the appearance of the official national team uniforms that Olympians and Paralympians wear at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, during the competitive part of the Games and in their free time in the Olympic Village.
Not the injury, not the referees and not the opponents, his masculinity shattered his Olympic dreams. Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita's carrot cost him his performance in the pole vault final at the Rio 2016 Olympics! Watch the incredible bad luck that befell him in qualifying.
Who are the sexiest female athletes to compete in the Rio Summer Olympics? The countdown to the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Brazilian capital is nearing boiling point. August 7, 2016 is not far away. More than 10,500 athletes will perform at the Rio Olympics, including many female representatives who are real beauties. Check out the 15 sexiest female athletes who have a ticket to the Rio Olympics. What bodies! Did they miss a job? Which one would win if these athletes had a beauty contest? Which ones predict the greatest sporting success at the Rio 2016 Olympics?
On Saturday, July 8, 2017, Lake Bled was besieged for the eleventh time in a row by enthusiastic runners, participants of the Night 10, organized by the Knights of Good Running association under the general sponsorship of Coca-Cola. Out of 3,003 participants of the Night 10, 35 competitors earned free participation with an excellent result in the My Olympic Norm project with the support of Coca-Cola.
The Winter Olympics in Sochi are just over 24 hours away, when the opening ceremony will take place, the Olympic flame will be lit and the games will finally begin.