Tag: London 2012
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Stephanie Rice plays rupture roulette with her injured shoulder
With only 4 weeks to go before the Olympic trials, Stephanie Rice reveals that her shoulder is basically sore at every session, never really healed after the arthroscopy in December. “They can’t repair the tendon, it’s a six-month rehab, so I obviously didn’t have time for that,” Rice said. “They just basically went in and cleaned…
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D’Arcy assured London place if he makes the team
The controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy says he has been told his bankruptcy last year will not hinder his selection in the team for the London Olympics. “At this stage it looks like there won’t be any sort of inhibitions, going into trials,” D’Arcy said. “If I do the time and make the team, then I’ll…
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Magnussen targets 3 medals in London, skips high-carb food
According to The Daily Telegraph, James Magnussen is predicting not only gold-medal success for himself in the 100 meter freestyle, but also for Australia in the men’s 4×100 relay, and then a medal in the medley relay as icing on the cake. To realize this, he has restructured his diet and increased his weight-training, gained…
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Missy Franklin gets ready for Olympic trials
Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps says Missy Franklin is the one to watch heading to the London Games. “I love being competitive,” Missy said. “I love racing. I love the water, it is in my veins and in my heart.” Her eyes sparkle as she talks about the thing that has always been a…
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James Magnussen hot favorite to win the London Olympics 100 freestyle
Last weekend in Adelaide, Magnussen produced a 100 meter freestyle time of 48.05 that would have see him win gold at every Olympics except the last (super-suited) one. While in heavy training. This makes him such a sure win at the London 2012 Olympics, that TAB Sportsbet has him installed as a $1.65 favorite to…
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Tom Vangeneugden calls it quits
Belgian long distance swimmer Tom Vangeneugden has decided to stop as a professional swimmer, saying here on his blog that ‘There comes a time when you no longer meet your expectations, the goals become unrealistic.’ He is happy with having completed the goals he set as a young swimmer, to compete in the Olympics and…
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London 2012 – The Official Video Game (work in progress)
Good to see that they’ve got the OMEGA OSB11 starting blocks in the game, but … what’s with those briefs, and where are the ‘racing systems’ ? :-P
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The Olympics is a toy event to this 5-year-old
Funny, she’ll probably grow up and dream of having a tattoo with that.