Tag: London 2012
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Why the London Olympics were a gigantic waste of time and money: Richard Williams
That night, and during the 16 days of competition that followed before the Spice Girls closed the show by roaring around the stadium perched on the top of London taxis, it all felt great. A friend of mine was a Games Maker and had one of the best times of his life, but he identified…
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Andrew Bree to get £25K damages over car crash that ended his London 2012 dreams
The payout to Andrew Bree forms part of a settlement reached in his compensation claim at the High Court in Belfast. The 200m breaststroke swimmer, from County Down, represented Ireland at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. He was in a road accident on Belfast’s Ravenhill Road in October 2010. Three months after sustaining head, back…
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Chad le Clos reflects on beating Michael Phelps
A total of 23 athletes at the first Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010 went on win Olympic medals in 2012. Perhaps the most memorable was South African swimmer Chad le Clos, who beat Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly. Le Clos, now 22, was far more successful at the Youth Olympics, where he won…
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Records Broken In The Pool | 90 Seconds Of The Olympics
“London 2012 saw an incredible array of talent take compete in the aquatics centre with records being set on a daily basis.”
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Ye Shiwen fought off burnout and depression after drug slurs of London 2012
Read The Independent Last summer, on the opening day of London’s Games, Ye produced a landmark swim, obliterating a four-year-old world record with a performance that defied belief. There were plenty who did not believe her achievement and innuendo was already her companion as she stepped onto the podium to collect gold for the 400m…
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Anger in Manchester as council spends £300k on hosting Australians
Read Manchester Evening News A furious row has broken out over £300,000 of taxpayers’ money being spent on bringing elite Australian swimmers to Manchester – as public baths in the city face being shut in budget cuts. The cash is being paid to Swimming Australia Ltd to cover the cost of hosting the Aussie team…
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Olympic Hopeful Feature Stories
A bit late, but really nice 0:00-2:32-A piece of former University of Arizona swimmer Marcus Titus, who is deaf. Prior to Olympic Trials, Marcus created a movement on social media which convinced USA Swimming to allow him to be aided by hand signals. 2:33-4:47-A piece on shot putter Jill Camarena-Williams, whose husband Dustin also serves…
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Ferenc Kovacshegyi (HUN) presentation on Eva Risztov (10km Open Water)
From the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic in Moscow, Russia, October 2012.
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Missy’s First Medal
“An excerpt from our film Touch The Wall, shot just after Missy returned home from the London Olympics. Unedited.” See Touch The Wall on Facebook