Year: 2012
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USADA allegedly allows confessed dopers to ride in return for testimony
Confession, I used to be a cycling afficionado following the classics and the tours religiously up until the mess with first Festina and then Bjarne Riis obviously doped before confessing, me turning to Marco Pantani because he looked too tiny to be doped, just to have my newfound hero first caught doping and then dying…
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Antwerp 2012 day 2: Carli takes down Heidi Grein’s (GDR) record from 1986
After two days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia’s youngsters are dominating the event with 7 gold medals and 1 silver (out of 14 gold possible till now), ahead of Italy’s 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Most winning swimmers are…
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Sullivan and Targett pose with Moulin Rouge dancers
That is just so sweet / awesome / why-don’t-i-swim-faster. And don’t worry, it is okay! Better quality picture here on Zimbio Lucky enough to get backstage to meet all the Australian Dancers. Such a tough day! http://t.co/fNLOy8OC — Eamon Sullivan (@Eamon_Sullivan) July 3, 2012
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Australian athletes slam sleeping pill ban
Oh my, now Olympic champion shooter Russel Marks criticizes Australia’s decision to ban sleeping pills and says it will cost the country medals at the London Olympic Games. Given the long distance Australian athletes have to travel to London and the jet-lag that will go with it, Mark says it will be unfair for Olympic…
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Antwerp 2012 day 1: Russia leads the medal table
After this first day of the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia leads the medal table with 2 gold medals ahead of Germany’s 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Spain’s 1 gold and 1 silver. Italy’s Gabriele Detti won the boys’ 400 freestyle in 3:49.27, arguably the best performance of the day, while…
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CC photo #186: Magnus and Eyðbjørn at the Faroese Champs 2012
Magnus Jákupsson and Eyðbjørn Joensen during warmup at the 2012 Faroese National (Short Course) Championships. Magnus (in the TYR cap) was only 2 hundredths of a second from qualifying for the 50 butterfly final in the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships semi-final this afternoon. Eyðbjørn is Pál’s kid brother, competing at the Nordic Youth Championships…
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Oussama Mellouli on how it is to train with the Danish team
Danish swim chief Lars Sørensen interviewing Tunesia’s Olympic 1500 meter champion Oussama Mellouli by the pool in Rijeka, Croatia. Watch more videos here on svoem.dk
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Welcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games
The BBC has produced this animated title sequence for their London Olympic Games coverage. Via Neatorama