The unique Mister Bin (Rowan Atkinson) in its own way "tortured" the London Symphony Orchestra, the evening presented the culture (primarily musical) and humor of Great Britain in the most beautiful way during the four hours of the program, and Queen Elizabeth II immediately before the opening "jumped" out of a helicopter with James Bond (Daniel Craig) ...
It was a spectacle that will be remembered, a masterpiece that officially opened the Olympic Games in London - Games that will be written in golden letters in the history of Montenegrin sports.
Our country appeared independently for the second time at the biggest sports spectacle, and thanks to the handball players, it entered the ranks of the immortal Olympic nations.
BOW FOR "LIONS"
The golden generation of Montenegrin handball players made their debut at the Olympic Games with the first medal for our country in history - silver, which would have been possible if it were not for the biased judging of the sisters. Bonaventura was probably golden.
Chosen women Dragan Adžić they didn't find the right form in the group stage, they finished fourth, but then the world got to know their handball class...
Bojana Popović i Maja Savic were real leaders at their farewell tournament, Katarina Bulatović "bombarded" the opponent's goalkeepers, all the others were at the top level - France and Spain fell, and in the final, with the help of the referee, the Norwegians "bite" the gold.
They wrote their names in golden letters that unforgettable summer by the Thames Marina Vukcevic (now Rajcic), Radmila Miljanic (now Petrovic), Jovanka Radicevic, Ana Djokic, Marija Jovanovic, Ana Radovic, Andjela Bulatović, Sonja Barjaktarovic, Maja Savić, Bojana Popović, Suzana Lazović, Katarina Bulatović, Majda Mehmedović i Milena Knezevic (now Raicevic).
"SHARKS" AWARDED THE BRONZE
And while Montenegro was rejoicing with the "lionesses", it once again mourned the painful end of the Games for water polo players. The "Sharks" played a fantastic tournament back then, and how they lost the match for the bronze medal this time too is probably not clear to anyone from that team even today. They had players Ranko Perović six and a half minutes to the end of the match with Serbia by a huge 11:8, and they lost the match 12:11.
They wore the cap of Montenegro at those Games Denis Shefik, Drasko Brguljan, Vjekoslav Pasković, Antonio Petrovic, Dragan Draskovic, Aleksandar Radovic, Mladjan Janović, Nikola Janović, Aleksandar Ivović, Boris Zlokovic, Vladimir Gojkovic, Predrag Jokic i Miloš Šćepanović.
DON'T MISS IT
The sailor made his debut then Milivoj Dukić, who will perform in Paris this summer at the fourth Games in a row, and besides him, the "shark" and "lioness" our country was also represented by a judoka Srdjan Mrvaljević (carried the flag at the opening ceremony), then Sladjana Perunović, Daniel Furtula (athletics), Bosko Draskovic (boxing) i Nikola Šaranović (archery).
LEGEND FELPS I BOLT
The absolute heroes of the London Games were the fastest man of all time Usain Bolt and a swimmer Michael Phelps, and with them Missy Franklin, He is Shivan, David Rudisha...
"Lightning from Jamaica" entered the history of athletics by defending the Olympic gold medals in 100, 200 and 4x100 meters.
On the other hand, the "bullet from Baltimore" became the most decorated Olympian of all time, as he won a total of 22 medals, 18 of which were gold. After eight golds in Beijing, Phelps won six medals in London - four gold and two silver.
Standing by his shoulder was the teenage sensation and friend from the swimming team, 17-year-old Misi Frenkin with four gold and one bronze medal. The sensation was a year younger girl from China, Je Šiven, who won gold medals in the 200 and 400 meter medley, with a world record in the longer distance.
The legendary Kenyan David Rudisha broke the world record in the 800 meters race (1:40,91), USA basketball players led Lebron James they won a new gold, Serena Williams and a local hero Andy Murray marked the tennis tournament, and the Games in London will be remembered for the first appearance of female athletes from Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar.
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