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About the author

Beksultan Usenaliev

Beksultan Usenaliev is a sports journalist from Bishkek City, Kyrgyz Republic. He has a Bachelor Degree from Bishkek Humanitarian University in State and Municipal Administration. Since 2015, he is commentator and editor at the National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Credits

Videoclips from 00:00 to 00:01, from 00:11 to 00:24, and from 01:22 to 01:28 – Courtesy and authorised usage by the National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

*Photo 1: 1980 Moscow Olympics – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10671896 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Photo 2: 1980 Moscow Olympics – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10485351 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / British Olympic Association – All rights reserved

*Photo 3: 1980 Moscow Olympics – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10026351 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Photo 4: Aleksandr Blinov – IOC Platform, Photo PHO11078276 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 1: Tatyana Kolpakova – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA30000329 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 5: Alexandr Mileentev – Courtesy of RIA Novosti archive, image #578013 / Alexey Fedoseev / CC-BY-SA 3.0

*Photo 6: Nikolai Cherneckyi – IOC Platform, Photo PHO11078204 – Copyright notice: © 1980 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 7: Kanybek Osmolaiev – IOC Platform, Photo PHO10519397 – Copyright notice: © 1992 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) / STRAHM, Jean-Jacques – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 2: Aidyn Smagulov – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA30012777 – Copyright notice: © 2000 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 3: Bazar Bazarguruev – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA40230404 – Copyright notice: © 2008 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

Photo 8: Kanatbek Begaliev – Getty Images, Photo 82284042 – Photo by Clive Rose

Photo 9: Kanatbek Begaliev – Getty Images, Photo 82283715 – Photo by Clive Rose

*Videoclip 4: Aisuluu Tynybekova – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA42821179 – Copyright notice: © 2021 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 5: Akzhol Makhmudov – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA42819320 – Copyright notice: © 2021 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

*Videoclip 6: Meerim Zhumanazarova – IOC Platform, Sequence MDA42821196 – Copyright notice: © 2021 / International Olympic Committee (IOC) – All rights reserved

 

*All Olympic Footage / Images / Audio available in this production is copyright of and reproduced only with the consent of the International Olympic Committee. All Olympic Logos / Poster available in this production is copyright of and reproduced only with the consent of the International Olympic Committee