Inside the Aquatic Centre

The image below is the Aquatic Centre for the upcoming London Olympic. During the event, the Centre will be the venue for Swimming, Paralympic Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and the Aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon. These Centre is located at the South-east park of the olympic. It has 17,500 for Swimming and Diving events; 5,000 for Water Polo. During the game, the majority of spectators will be seated in two temporary wings that will be taken down after the Games.

A new riverside environment alongside the Aquatics Centre has been created for visitors by widening a 550m stretch of the river to the south-west of the venue by 8m.

The venue was designed by acclaimed international architect Zaha Hadid. It features a spectacular wave-like roof that is 160m long and up to 80m wide, giving it a longer single span than Heathrow Terminal 5. The Aquatics Centre will be the ‘gateway’ to the Olympic Park, with more than two-thirds of spectators expected to enter the Olympic Park over a vast bridge that runs over the top of part of the venue.

Aquatic Game: Swimming

Another spectacular Aquatic game is Swimming. Every other Olympic game, many proud swimmers from different countries face their moment and show what they've got. Way back to its origin, swimming was learned by the prehistoric people in Egypt in order to cross the lake or river. These are depicting by some cave painting found by the scientist. Until now, many countries organized swimming society in order to develop potential future swimmers and learn the standard, style, stroke, discipline and rules.

These are the rules and things that must be observed about this sports
Traditional Swimming races take place over distances ranging from 50m to 1500m. Unless it is a Freestyle event, competitors have to use a particular swimming stroke: Breaststroke, Butterfly or Backstroke. There are also Medley events which combine all four strokes.

Olympic races take place in a 50m long pool divided into 10 lanes, with only the middle eight lanes used by swimmers. The swimmer who touches the pool wall first at the end of the race is the winner. The Olympic programme includes both individual and team men’s and women’s events.

The Marathon Swimming races are swum outside in areas of open water such as the sea, a lake or a river, and competitors usually swim circuits around buoys positioned in the water.

Aquatic Game: Diving

One of the most awaiting games to witness these upcoming 2012 London Olympic are the Aquatic sports especially Diving. Diving is another form of discipline which is originated and perform by gymnast from Sweden and Germany in the 18th century. Making a new routine by performing a tumbling in to the water. From its history, diving is added new features, rules and style for the past olympic games such as Synchronised Platform Diving and Synchronised Springboard Diving which is newly added last Olympic 2000 held at Sydney.

These are the best shots to point out in order to lead in these kind sports.
Competitors perform a series of dives from either a springboard or a fixed platform, at a height of either three or 10 metres.

Judges award points up to 10 depending upon their elegance and skill. Points are adjusted for the degree of difficulty, based on the number and types of manoeuvres attempted, such as somersaults, pikes, tucks and twists.

In the Synchronised Diving events, pairs of athletes dive in tandem and receive an additional mark for their level of ‘synchronisation’.