Olympics 2012 London Closing Ceremony Photos

 

Eduardo Paes, Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, host city of the 2016 Summer Games, waves the Olympic Flag after receiving it from IOC President Jacques Rogge during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London.  

Tintu Luka finished sixth at the London 2012 Olympic Games for 800 metres semifinal event in her heat clocking an 1:59.69 seconds

Tintu Luka failed to qualify for the 800m final at the London Olympics 2012 Athletics event.  Tintu finished sixth in the second semi-final in the women's event at the London Olympics 2012.

 

In the 2nd of the three semi-finals for 800 metres event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Tintu Luka finished sixth in her heat clocking an 1:59.69 seconds her seasons best, but could not qualify finals.  Tintu Luka is coached by legendary Indian athlete P.T.Usha at the Usha School of Athletics, Koyilandy, Kerala, India.

Tintu Luka, an athlete from India. She born on 26 April 1989 in a small village of Valathode in Kannur, Kerala, India. Tintu is the national record holder in the women's 800 metre race. She is coached by P.T. Usha at the Usha School of Athletics, Koyilandy, Kerala, and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest.

Olympic Gold Quest is a program of the Foundation of Sports And Games, founded in 2001, started by Indian sporting icons Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone to identify and support Indian athletes with a proven track record and who have the potential to win Olympic gold medals. In 2010 Leander Paes and Vishwanathan Anand also joined the Board of Directors. Viren Rasquinha, former India hockey captain, is the current COO of Olympic Gold Quest. Olympic Gold Quest supports 21 athletes in the four disciplines of Athletics, Badminton, Boxing and Shooting.

In the Continental Cup, Croatia, 2010, she timed 1:59.17, to break Shiny Wilson’s 15-year-old national record of 1:59.85 in the 800m event. This performance gave rise to expectations from her mentor P T Usha and the nation that the 21-year-old could bring home an Olympic medal.

At 2010 Commonwealth Games Luka finished in sixth place in the women's 800m with a timing of 2:01.25s. PT Usha responded to this performance, saying that Tintu Luka had not been exposed to such a large crowd before and that the crowd's applause and cheering could have made her lose concentration and run faster without prior planning.

Tintu Luka won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event of the track and field competitions at the Asian Games 2010. Tintu, who had a disappointing finish in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, led the pack right from the start, but couldn't keep pace in the last 50 metres and finished third with a timing of 2:01.36 seconds.

In 2008 she won a silver medal in the 800 metre race at the Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Jakarta.

Titinu Luka's Competition Records

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing {IND}
2008	Asian Junior Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	800 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th (sf)	800 m	2:06.51
2009	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	6th	800 m	2:07.36
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th	800 m	2:01.25
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	3rd	800 m	2:01.36
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	3rd	800 m	2:02.55
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:44.17
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	15th (sf)	800 m	2:00.95
2012	London Olympics	London, United Kingdom	11th (SF)	800 m	1:59.61

Tintu Luka qualified for the women's 800m semifinals in the Olympic Games after finishing third in one of the heats Video

Mary Kom Indian Boxer won the bronze medal in Olympics 2012 London

Mary Kom Indian Boxer  won the bronze medal in Olympics 2012 London.  Mary Kom becoming the country's first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics when she finished with a bronze in the 51kg event at the London Games Wednesday. MC Mary Kom is turning out to be the cerebral fighter at the London Olympics. Up against the tall and strapping Maroua Rahali from Tunisia, the diminutive Indian used a solid strategy to outpunch her opponent 15-6 and assured herself of a bronze medal.

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, also known as MC Mary Kom, Magnificent Mary or simply Mary Kom, is an Indian boxer. Mary Kom born on 1 March 1983 in Manipur. Mary Kom is a five-time World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51kg) category and won the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category.

Mary Kom became only the second Indian boxer after Vijender Singh to win an Olympic medal. Vijender got a bronze in Beijing fours years ago.

The first Olympic round was held on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeating Karolina Michalczuk of Poland 19-14 in the third women's boxing match ever to be fought at the Olympics. In the quarter-final, the following day, she defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a score of 15-6. She faced Nicola Adams of UK in the semi-final on August 8, 2012 and lost the bout 6 points to 11. However, she stood third in the competition and garnered her first Olympic Bronze medal.

Kom was accompanied to London by her motherand husband. Kom's coach Charles Atkinson will not join her at the Olympic Village as he doesn't possess an International Boxing Association (AIBA) 3 Star Certification, which is mandatory for accreditation.

Mary, a five-time world champion, had won several medals in the 46 and 48kg categories. She was forced to shift to this category and gain weight two years ago after the world body decided to allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories—the lowest one being 51kg.

At the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but also for a place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the first time women's boxing had featured as an Olympic sport. She was defeated in the 51 kg quarter-finals by Nicola Adams of the UK (to whom she would eventually lose in the semifinal of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well), making this the first year since the championship began that Kom did not win a medal, but did succeed in getting a place for the Olympics. She was the only Indian woman to qualify for boxing event, with Laishram Sarita Devi narrowly missing a place in the 60 kg class.

Mary Kom Achievements

Year	Place	Weight	Competition	Location
2001	Second	48	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
2002	First	45	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Antalya, Turkey
2002	First	45	Witch Cup	Pécs, Hungary
2003	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Hisar, India
2004	First	46	Women’s World Cup	Tønsberg, Norway
2005	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2005	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Podolsk, Russia
2006	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	New Delhi, India
2006	First	46	Venus Women’s Box Cup	Vejle, Denmark
2008	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Ningbo, China
2008	Second	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Guwahati, India
2009	First	46	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam
2010	First	48	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
2010	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan
2010	Third	51	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China
2011	First	48	Asian Women’s Cup	Haikou, China
2012	First	51	Asian Women's Championships	Ulan Bator, Mongolia
2012	Third	51	Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom