Category: Competition
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When Lia Neal’s jazz dad finally got to tell on stage that she was an Olympian
A really nice article here on the The New York Times, via SCAQ Blog: Rome Neal walked up to the microphone last week at the Paris Blues in Harlem and was just about to sing “I Worry About You†when he decided to share some great news with his audience. In his 12 years of…
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Britain’s biggest warship the HMS Ocean now guards London
The Royal Navy’s largest warship, the carrier and assault ship HMS Ocean, has returned to London to provide helicopter support and sniper teams for the duration of the Olympics. RAF Typhoon fast jets and RAF Puma helicopters with snipers armed with hi-tech rifles will be among the military aircraft patrolling the restricted zone, air security…
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London is now officially a militarized no-fly zone
The Aviationist reports that as of this weekend, the usual civilian control of London’s skies is (temporarily) over, and the Royal Air Force is in charge. A new task force called “Atlas Control” will monitor London’s airspace in the weeks leading up to and during the Olympics, with most traffic over the city banned or…
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Brenton Rickard’s mother threatened by Swimming Australia
The mother of an Australian Olympian is being threatened with legal action by Swimming Australia after lobbying too hard for swimmers with disabilities. Also, Melanie Schlanger’s parents are angered that they are not sure whether they will get to see their daughter swim in the finals, having applied for ticket in the public ballot but…
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CC photo #197: Our president greeting Magnus at FM 2012
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, congratulating young Magnus Jákupsson (1994) at the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Swimming Championships. The occasion that Magnus had won our highest-ranked ‘starred golden pin’ for his Faroese record of 55.94 in the 100 IM. Magnus has been a busy man these past 12 days, setting 7 Faroese…
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Team USA recap of the U.S. Olympic Trials
Visit teamusa.org Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte lead the Men’s U.S. Swimming Squad to London from Jonathan Solin on Vimeo.
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London Olympic committee says link only if you’re nice
Another LOCOG internet policing criticism this time on boingboing, pointing to this chapter in the Terms of Use for the London 2012 website: “a. Links to the Site. You may create your own link to the Site, provided that your link is in a text-only format. You may not use any link to the Site…
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Lawmakers want ‘made in China’ U.S. Olympic uniforms burned
Nice one via ABC News, the U.S. Olympic committee now promise American made uniforms by 2014. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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Buzzfeed Sports interviewing Natalie Coughlin
Read Buzzfeed Sports The Olympics are one of the most exhausting, overwhelming, exciting, crazy experiences you could possibly imagine. There’s a reason I took over a year off after the last one [laughs] — they are draining. There’s so much pressure, so much excitement, and you’re physically exhausted from competition, but there’s just all this…