Tag: London 2012
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Anthony Ervin attempting comeback after mysterious layoff
It’s been reported he took up rock music in New York, rode motorcycles and started smoking. He auctioned the Olympic gold medal on eBay for $17,100 and gave it all to 2004 Asian tsunami relief. He simply lost the silver medal. Ervin said he hasn’t lived in the same place for longer than nine months…
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Japan’s swimmers defy altitude fears
Japan’s Olympic swimmers will prepare for this year’s London Games by undergoing altitude training as planned, despite the death of Alexander Dale Oen. Read Reuters. “We feel great sorrow at what happened (to Dale Oen),” JSF executive director Masafumi Izumi said. “But the autopsy results did not immediately link his sudden death to the altitude.…
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The London 2012 Olympic Games flame now lit in Greece
The Olympic Torch has now been lit in ancient Olympia, with British-born Greek 10 kilometre open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis being the first runner on the Torch’s 78 day journey, as it passes through Greece before being flown to Britain, the host of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sorry if you (like…
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Gianniotis first to carry the Olympic torch, follow it live on Ustream
Greece’s British-born open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis will tomorrow become the first Olympic Torchbearer of London 2012, describing it as a “very, very big honor”. Via Inside The Games “Tomorrow is a really important day and for my whole career,” he said, “It is my last Olympics, it is something unique for me.”…
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Michael Phelps on ’60 Minutes’
Ready for the Olympics, and retiring afterwards: “I’m retiring. I’m done. I’ve been able to go to all these amazing cities in my travels and I haven’t been able to see them at all. I see the hotel and I see the pool, that’s it. I just want to go and do whatever I want…
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Breathtaking bird’s-eye view of London
Beautiful London flyover footage taken by aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. Via PetaPixel.
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British military testing their missile systems in London
A chilling site for London residents, the British military rolling out Rapier surface-to-air missile systems on a field in London. Via Geekosystem. Speaking to the Associated Press, retired Dutch Navy captain and director of the Wiser defense consulting firm Jan Wind had this to say about the Rapier system: “When you launch a Rapier missile…
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Team USA Road to London: Janet Evans
At the age of 40, 4-time Olympic medalist, Janet Evans makes a comeback for the 2012 London Olympic Games. With seven World records and 45 National titles, Evans is considered one of the greatest swimmers in U.S. history. Following only behind Tracy Caulkins and Michael Phelps. Team USA via the17thman.
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Canadian Paralympic ad is awe-inspiring (and shot in one go)
Absolutely fantastic 2010 Paralympic Games video ad made by BBDO Toronto for the Canadian Paralympic Committee, featuring an athlete with a prosthetic leg running on a track littered by elements of his story of recovery – a car crash, a hospital and physical training. Via Mashable. The video itself is also a major feat, shot…