circus acrobats
Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya is a legendary ballerina whose grace is still fascinating. Her main secret of success is self-discipline and daily hard work.
Maya grew up in a creative environment (was born on November 20, 1925 in Moscow) – my mother worked as an actress of a silent movie, an aunt and an uncle – ballet dancers. Perhaps this is why she was never afraid of displaying her talent in public — for the first time, those around her were able to “appreciate the talent” of a future great ballerina when she was only 3 years old. Continue reading
Kerling
Curling is the only Olympic sport in which athletes wear different shoes – the sole of the left shoe is made of nylon gliding on ice, and the right shoe is made of rubber (on the left-handed side, vice versa). Also included is a rubber overshoe.
Scotland is considered to be the birthplace of curling, because of the discovery of a stone with the engraving “Sterling 1511” there. This game has many other names – “Playing Roaring Stones”, “Rocks on Ice”, etc. Continue reading
Horse polo
Equestrian polo is one of the most ancient sports. “Sport of Kings” – this is how many participants in the games call it. Firstly, thanks to the history of this sport, and secondly, only very wealthy people can afford to become a professional polo horse (after all, horses of the breed used cost between 5 and 50 thousand dollars).
This sport originated before our era – about 2500 years ago, Persian courtiers (in the territory of modern Iran) could enjoy playing directly from the windows of the Shah’s palace. Continue reading
