Year: 2012
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8 Olympic couples competing for a gold medal in cuteness
And 5 of them are swimmers, so proud! See Buzzfeed
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Behold, London Mayor Boris Johnson stuck on a zip line today
Without doubt the most entertaining politician ever. I love him Via Mashable, Buzzfeed and the internet in general.
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President Obama congratulates Phelps for his Olympic medal record
See Mr Coe, this is how to do it, via the Los Angeles Times: Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You’ve made your country proud. -bo — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2012
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Lord Sebastian Coe says Phelps ‘up there’ but not the greatest Olympian of all
Ahh, I remember the days when Seb Coe and Steve Cram fought for glory, Coe the born runner while Cram was more a hard working kind of guy (and therefore, naturally, my kind of guy). My childhood memories say Coe always won, but today he’s just totally WTF. Read The Washington Post
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London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records
Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a…
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Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets
With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal…
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CC photo #214: MankoÄ and Konovalov at Debrecen 2012
Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ and Russia’s Nikita Konovalov ready for the men’s 100 butterfly prelims at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Konovalov’s tribal tattoos are pretty awesome. They ended up 6th and 7th in the final, the day after.
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FINA officially rejects Ye doping ‘insinuations’
Press release from FINA: Following recent comments reported in the media, FINA would like to clearly state that there is no factual basis to support this kind of insinuations related to the performances of the Chinese swimmer, Shiwen Ye. This athlete has fulfilled all of the FINA Doping Control obligations, having been tested on four…