2012 Texas Swimming Women's 50 meters freestyle, the 45-year-old old legend Dara - Torres score 43 to 25 seconds with gold, if the U.S. swimming trials in June, she can achieve success, she will continue to 1984 , 1988, 1992, 2000, 2008, sixth in the Olympics, the 12 Olympic medalists will seek to compensate for a single individual Olympic gold regret.

Dara - Torres is the world's most famous swimmer evergreen, she was born in 1967, aged 45, Torres early as in 1984, won the Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles, his career to win a total of 12 Olympic medals, respectively, 4 gold 4 silver and 4 bronze.Torres Olympic four gold, three from the women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, one from the Women's 4 x 100 medley relay, had not yet won individual events, the Olympic champion is the only regret.

Torres to participate in the women's 50 meters freestyle compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 41 years old, when she broke the American record 07 medals of 24 seconds, but Stephen, Germany win the advantages of a fingertip to 24 seconds and 06 with gold to break Olympic record. Torres gap of 0.01 seconds was runner-up, but in the minds of sports fans, she has interpretation are not old legend, the results are no longer important.

Torres stable performance in the 2012 Texas Swimming, preliminaries to swim 25 seconds 78 results in the women's 50 meters freestyle race, the final titles and captured 43 to 25 seconds to score. Elena, 0.05 seconds behind runner-up. Torres this year, the best score of 25 seconds 36 24 seconds with the Beijing Olympic Games 07 larger than the gap, although this is the FINA ban on high-tech swimsuit, but Torres state less than four years ago, is an indisputable fact.

Torres the best score of 25 seconds and 36 this year, ranked only 55 in the world, not even 25 seconds of the Chinese player Yi Tang 30, this year's top-ranked Dutch player Kromowid JoJo Ranomi results are 24 seconds 10, this result is basically the level of the Beijing Olympic Games, Torres. Torres only to return four years ago, the state, have a chance to round Olympic individual gold medal dream.

Of course, the swimming selection mechanism is different from China, no matter how famous the players go through ruthless selection of the nation's trials, Torres must for success in the National Trials in June, can be career sixth expedition Olympic Games.

London Olympic torch lit in Olympia on May 10, and began a week-long torch relay in Greece. Normally, the relay will be subject to the attention of the media of the Olympic host country. However, the past few days almost no British media tracking reports, the torch relay in Greece, living in London, feeling torch is lit, instead of being passed, but to be "sealed".

Do the British do not care about the torch relay? Quite the contrary. For the torch relay to be in the country on May 19, the British already fully prepared to conduct a rehearsal last month. Almost all of the media are reported in detail the route of the torch relay in the UK, BBC also produced a dedicated web page, then click on the specific date, Internet users can see live screen of the torch relay. LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe attended the lighting ceremony in Greece on the 10th, ran the first leg of a British-born Greek swimmer, reflecting the British element.

Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic once said, hope that the Olympic torch through history, and enhance understanding among nations, so that mankind is more passionate, more courageous and more pure. In this sense, no matter where passed the torch relay is a sacred thing. In 2005, as the Olympic Committee, President of the Branch in the bid, said London's goal is to fully contact with young people around the world, making them understand the charm of the Olympic Games.

However, the British media Why the territory of Greece, the torch relay was so dull? Even the official website of the London Organizing Committee in addition to make fire ceremony coverage, there is no message of any pass the torch in Greece.

Which can be both practical reasons, there are historical factors. Caught in a debt crisis in Europe, Greece, cabinet failure, facing parliamentary elections once again. The British media are most concerned about the problem is that Greece will not exit from the euro. Olympic-related topics, sucked Greece's economic crisis in the last two years due to host the 2004 Olympic Games. How much of this reflects a trace of worry in the British public opinion.

Modern Olympic Games with the British roots. Northern England town of Wenlock Games held in 1850, it is inspired Coubertin to create one of the inspiration of the modern Olympic Games, London Olympics mascot named Wenlock. Some British media, the United Kingdom, and even closer relations between Greece and the modern Olympic Games.

Anyway, with the torch will be passed in the United Kingdom, the Olympic atmosphere will heat up, and wishes are in debt crisis in Europe affect the people, by the infection of the Olympic spirit, unity, and enhance confidence in the future.

May 14, five days after the first is the London 2012 Olympic torch is lit in the Greek ancient city of Olympia, hostile countries on Greece and Turkey, two history on the border between the two countries held a sacred torch handover ceremony.

Personally lit the Olympic flame, Olympic Torch Relay Committee ChairmanSkippy Ross tie Nias said, "For me, this is a very special moment my father lost his sight in World War II, know how cruel war is peace and how important it is today, we brought the Olympic flame here, not what people on this planet can separate all of us must be a lesson to the value of the Olympic Movement and its conveyed the message of peace. "

During his stay in the hope - soil border, four soldiers of the Greek border, a Romanian police officer, as well as symbolic of the EU Border Guard members participated in the torch relay. The torchbearers they enthusiastically hope that the world is everywhere full of peace, friendship and hope.

The torch relay of the first five days, starting from the Greek cities, Kavala, May 14 in several northern cities and towns along the way by the warm welcome of the people, and finally arrived in Dazi Rama. May 15, the convoy continued south destined for Athens, the famous marble stadium in Athens on May 17, 1986 the first modern Olympic Games main stadium, with representatives from LOCOG held in conjunction with a torch handover ceremony. At this point, the torch relay of the territory of Greece will come to an end, and followed them into the last paragraph of the London Olympic Games countdown.

Before the London Olympics opening ceremony on July 27 this year, the Olympic Torch Relay in the UK, after 8,000 miles, and finally to the London Olympics main venue for the Olympic Stadium by 8,000 torchbearers around the relay