Olympic games 1996.
Yes, and in fact in 1996, the year (XXVI Olympic games, it was a completely different era.
The Spice Girls were just starting to “light”
Dial-up: it looked like the Internet
The US hosted the summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta
Michael Phelps was only 11 years old!
And champion Ryan lochte had no clue what to Tweet…
What to Simona Balls, so she wasn’t even born!
But despite all this, it was cool enough! The opening ceremony became a great challenge for all participants…
…a few theatrical
Mohammed Ali lit the Olympic flame!
And this is the Olympic mascot…
…the full name of this geezer was “What is it?”, which quickly was shortened to Izzy )
At the Olympics in 1996 and first played in women’s football
…and team USA took gold in the final match with Chinese team
In the same year at the Olympic games debuted softball, beach volleyball, mountain Biking and racing crews lightweights in academic rowing
Michael Johnson became the first athlete in history who managed to take gold at the two sprint distances: 200 and 400 meters
…and set new world records in both!
Deon Hemmings is going in the 400m hurdles, becoming the first representative of Jamaica, who won Olympic gold in the individual competition
American swimmer Amy van Dyken for the first time gathered four Olympic gold medals
Turkish weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu became the first representative of his sport, winning three Olympic gold medals
The American basketball team composed of NBA players called “dream team 2” has won gold of the Olympic tournament with a score of 8:0
Ukrainian gymnast Lilia Podkopayeva won two gold medals: in the individual all-around competition and floor exercise
American gymnast Kerri Strug performed in the final exercise, despite a serious ankle injury…
…and it brought the women’s gymnastic team USA’s first Olympic gold in the team competition
Ah, memories, memories…
