A podium (plural podia) is a that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podia can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers. Podium has also come to mean the object a speaker stands behind and sets papers or books upon even when it is at floor level, though the correct term for that item is lectern. The terms are not identical; one typically stands on a podium, but one typically stands behind a lectern. Can be used for a POS system

In sports, a type of podium is used to honor the top three competitors in events such as the Olympics. In the Olympics a three level podium is used, the highest level in the centre holds the gold medalist, to their right is a somewhat lower one for the silver medalist. To the left of the gold medalist is an even lower platform for the bronze medalist. In many sports, results in the top three of a competition are often referred to as podiums, or podium finishes. In some individual sports, "podiums" is an official statistic, referring to the number of top three results an athlete has achieved over the course of a season or career.

First use at Olympics

Professor Barney's 25-page research paper in the International Journal of Olympic Studies indicates podia were first used at the 1930 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games) in Hamilton and subsequently during the 1932 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and Winter Games in Lake Placid.

Usage in motorsport

Following the presentation of the trophies, the drivers will often spray champagne over each other and their team-members watching below, a tradition started by Dan Gurney following the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The drivers will generally refrain from spraying champagne if a fatality or major accident occurs during the event.

The term has become common parlance in the media, where a driver may be said to "be heading for a podium finish" or "just missing out on a podium" when he is heading for, or just misses out on a top three finish.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the highest level of stock car racing in the United States, does not have a three-person podium. Instead the winning driver and team celebrate in victory lane.

The IRL IndyCar Series does not use a podium at the Indianapolis 500 or the Bombardier Learjet 550. The Indy 500 has a long tradition of the winning driver and team celebrating in victory lane, while Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has stated that victory lane should be reserved for the winner of the race. However, the series does use a podium at all other races.

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Sergey Vasilyevich Parkhomenko (; Sergey Vasil'evich Parkhomenko , born 1976) is a popular Russian-Belarusian rapper and the owner of "KingRing" record label.

Career

Before his solo career Seryoga was part of "Контра да Банда" (Kontra da Banda) hip-hop group that was established in 2001 in Gomel. He also was part of ТТ-34 group for few months and later participated in ТТ-34 music video for song "Бум".

First single "Загубили Лялю" appeared in summer 2002. In 2003 record label "Монолит" (Monolit) releases CD Maxi single "Загубили Лялю" (Zagubili Lyalyu) with 5 tracks in Russia and Belarus.

When he first appeared on Ukrainian TV with music videos on "Загубили Лялю" (Zagubili Lyalyu) and "Кукла" (Kukla), he was branded the "Slavic Eminem".

In February 2004 Seryoga starts on Ukrainian music channel М-1. In April 2004 record label MFG/BMG Ukraine releases debut album "Мой двор: свадьбы & похороны" in Ukraine. Simultaneously same album is released in Belarus by record label Go Records. Few weeks later in Russia same album is released with a different title "Мой двор. Спортивные частушки".

Seryoga has gained great popularity with the release of his third single "Чёрный Бумер" (Chyorniy Bumer, Black Beemer). The "Чёрный Бумер" music video was shot in summer 2004 by Ukrainian director Vladimir Yakimenko (Pistolet Film) and was presented on September 15 2004 in Kiev. This song and video were immediately nominated for the MTV Russian Music Awards in the categories "best hip-hop project of the year" and "the best debut of the year". By the end of 2004 "Чёрный Бумер" becomes the leader of MTV charts in Russia.

In march 2005 music video for song "King Ring" was shot in Kiev. The song was written for "Shadowboxing" movie and was included on its soundtrack.

In late 2005 new music video "Дискомалярия" (Diskomalaria) is released where Seryoga changes his image from "ordinary guy" to "glamorous hip-hop king".

In the beginning of 2006 Day Watch movie is shown in theatres that features new song "Мел судьбы или Песня Тамерлана" (Mel sudby ili Pesnya Tamerlana, English: "Chalk of Destiny or Timur song") as the themesong.

In Germany Seryoga became popular by making the song "2Kaiser" together with the German rapper Azad. After this song he worked with German rapper Megaloh. He also recorded song "In Da City" with German rapper Culcha Candela.

One of his songs, King Ring, was eventually chosen by Rockstar Games to be the background music of the Third Trailer of Grand Theft Auto IV, titled Move up, Ladies and is actually used in the game on its "Vladivostok FM" radio station.

He was also contracted to compose a track for The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV (the music CD included with the special edition of GTA IV) entitled Liberty City: The Invasion, which is also featured on the in-game radio station. Seryoga provided the voice acting of Moto Moto in the Russian dubbed movie.

Discography

Studio albums

1. Govorila mama vecherom synochku (Momma told the son at night) 2. Kukla (Doll) - feat. Max Lorens 3. Ryzhy (Red-Head) 4. Pesenka o slesare shestogo razryada 5. Gimn boleyshikov FC "Spartak" 6. Suka-iuda 7. Vykhodila Manya zamuzh (Manya Got Married) 8. A na tantspole netu svobodnykh mest (There's no space on the dancefloor) 9. Chorniy Bumer (Black Beamer) 10. Deti Moskvy (Kids Of Moscow) 11. Голуби (Swans) - feat. Satsura 12. Zagubili lyalyu

1 Intro 2 2 Kaiser (feat. Azad) 3 Barbeque 4 Gangsta No More 5 Mr. Perfect (feat. Rapturous) 6 Disco Malaria (feat. Eveleena) 7 Old Schooler (feat. Sacura) 8 I'm In Love With A Russian Boy 9 Mon Beat (feat. Skuril) 10 Disco Malaria (Russian Version) 11 Superbotanic full track 12 Kukla full track 13 Gangsta Rap (feat. Eveleena) 14 Kepka (A Tribute to Kangol 504) 15 King Ring

01. Сиди и слушай 02. Skit от Хабы Казанского 03. Парнишка с улицы 04. Добавь скорость 05. Моё поколение feat. Сацура 06. Мне с тобою хорошо 07. Шоу должно продолжаться (саундтрек к шоу «Король Ринга») 08. Quasimodo Skit 09. Квазимодо feat. Сацура 10. Корабли 11. Mon Ami feat. Макс Лоренс 12. Вторжение (саундтрек к игре GTA 4) 13. Выше неба только небо (Sky is the limit) feat. Александр Маршал 14. Игра 15. Чики 16. Оля и СПИД feat. Жириновский 17. Чайна-таун (трек-фантом)

01. Sidi i slushay (Sit And Listen) 02. Skit ot Khaby Kazanskogo (Skit from Haba Kazansky) 03. Parnishka s ulitsy (Guy From Streets) 04. Dobav' skorost' (Add The Speed) 05. Moyo pokoleniye (My Generation) - feat. Satsura 06. Mne s toboyu khorosho (It's Good With You) 07. Show dolzhno prodolzat'sya (The Show Must Go On) 08. Quasimodo Skit 09. Quasimodo - feat. Satsura 10. Korabli (Ships) 11. Mon Ami - feat. Max Lorens 12. Vtorzheniye (The Invansion) (GTA IV Soundtrack) 13. Vyshe neba tol'ko nebo (Sky is the limit) - feat. Aleksandr Marshal 14. Igra (Game) 15. Chiki (Chicks) 16. Olya i SPID (Olya & AIDS) - feat. Vladimir Zhirinovsky / China-town (hidden track)

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Ryan Villopoto (born August 13, 1988 in Fortuna, California, resident in Poulsbo, Washington) is a motocross and supercross racer who currently competes in the AMA Supercross series and the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross series. He currently resides in Murrieta California and races for the Monster Energy Kawasaki team.

Professional 450cc career

Ryan captured the premiere round of the 2011 season in Anaheim,California.

2010 Villopoto returned with the Monster Energy Kawasaki Team in the Supercross class and has been battling consistently with Ryan Dungey for the overall points lead.

Round 14 Injury Whilst in the lead during the final at St Louis, Villopoto came up short on a triple jump and leaped from his bike landing hard. His bike dived into the face of the 3rd jump and flipped over several times. Medical workers arrived on the scene and cut Villopoto's racing boot off his foot. Villopoto had to be carried off the track. Further examination revealed a broken right tibia and fibula and surgery was performed to stabilize it. Due to the extent of his injury, he will not return to complete the season.

2009 Villopoto's beginning year in the AMA Supercross Series, racing a Team Kawasaki Factory KX450. Ryan Villopoto's first win in the 450 class took place on his "hometown" track at Qwest Field, Seattle, on April 18, 2009. He dominated the field and won convincingly over Chad Reed (2008 Supercross Series Champion) and James Stewart (who won 11 races and was the 2009 Series winner). Villopoto wrapped up the AMA Supercross series of 2009 with his second win in Las Vegas, NV, on May 2, 2009.

Lites 250cc career

2007 Villopoto started the season with a dominating performance in the AMA West Supercross Lites Series, where he won seven of the eight races. He carried his momentum into motocross, winning his second-straight AMA Motocross Lites Championship. To cap off a perfect season, Villopoto became the first rider in history to win the overalls in both motos on KX250F against larger 450cc motorcycles at the Motocross of Nations.

2006 Villopoto began his professional career in the AMA West Supercross Lites Series at Angel Stadium for Anaheim I, where he finished second-place overall. He won his first race later in the season at Texas Stadium in Dallas and ended the Supercross Lites season third overall. Then Ryan headed to the AMA Motocross Lites Series with a little more experience stemming from his amateur days. With eight podium finishes and six first-place finishes, Villopoto proved to be unstoppable during his rookie season and became the AMA Motocross Lites Champion. That momentum was carried over into the post-season where Villopoto was selected as a member of Team USA at the Motocross of Nations in England and helped Team USA claim first place. Ryan was also named the 2006 AMA Supercross/Motocross Rookie of the Year.

Amateur career

2004 Competing in numerous amateur motocross races for Team Green and winning an impressive 12 titles. He won three races at Lake Whitney Spring National, three at the GNC Finals, two at Mammoth Motocross, and four at the NMA Ponca City Grand Nationals. Alessi did give Villopoto a hard time, but Sean Bohannon gave him an even harder time. Bohannon was dominating in the stock class until he unfortunately broke his femur at Ponca City.

2003 Villopoto won 12 titles for Team Green. He won two Kawasaki Race of Champions races, four Winter Olympic SX races, four Winter Olympic MX races, and two Winter Olympics Olympiad titles.

2002 Ryan won the NMA 85cc Open, and placed second in both the 85cc Stock and Modified classes at the AMA Amateur National Championships as a Team Green Rider.

Notable moments

Ryan Villopoto has been involved in some "on track incidents" with several different riders.

Villopoto and Mike Alessi battled each other in their amateur days. In the summer of 2006, RV collided with Mike Alessi at the Budds Creek Outdoor National and caused Alessi to crash. Villopoto called the incident "payback" for what Alessi had done to him throughout their amateur days.

In 2007, Jason Lawrence began racing dangerously and aggressively with Villopoto. The rivalry reached new heights at the opening round of the Outdoor Motocross season when Lawrence followed Villopoto around the track during practice and began putting block passes on him. Eventually Lawrence stopped in front of Ryan out of anger but an outraged Villopoto stopped and launched his motorcycle into Lawrence. Both racers began fighting in the middle of the racetrack, but AMA officials broke the fight up before it got too serious. Both racers were fined, and Lawrence was placed on probation.

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