Wow, John Leonard needs to write an official apology real fast, see ESPN
The attack on the little Chinese girl was just hateful.
Some of the Chinese athletes lack a bit of emotion and for that they appear to be easy game for rumours and suggestions. I hope the fella from USA swimming has no ghosts in his closet. Hang your head in shame.
Here’s IOC medical commission chairman, Arne Ljungqvist
NBC is apparently really making a mess out of the Olympics, opting for tape delay instead of live coverage while still tweeting spoilers live. And then they pissed of Jon Stewart / The Daily Show, deciding ‘to edit a moving tribute to the victims of the 7/7 London bombings out of the opening ceremony, only to replace it with Ryan Seacrest’s singularly pointless interview with swimming champ Michael Phelps.’ See Los Angeles Times
Lots of swimming featured, Steve Porter is awesome !
Wow, just wow … visit the BBC and see how you measure up.
Read the International Business Times (I kid you not)
It’s been an old wives tale for Olympic athletes that engaging in sexual activity before competitions can inhibit sports ability ever since ancient Greeks as far back as 776 BC said abstinence, on the other hand, is key for performance enhancement.
The myth, however, has been debunked by experts, according to Reuters, just in time for some athletes competing in the 2012 London Olympics, like Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini.
The talk of the Australian team at the Olympics has been all about ‘The Missile’ that failed to fire, with James Magnussen shattered after his poor start. This video unfortunately posted a bit late, so that they are looking forward to Seebohm’s gold.
Leading Chinese TV sports commentator, Dong Yang hints at double standards as swimmer Ye Shiwen comes under the spotlight after a performance that led to unsupported allegations of doping.
On this fourth day of London 2012 Olympic swimming preliminaries, James “the Missile” Magnussen found form again, placing 4th and 48.38 in the men’s 100 freestyle with USA swimmer Nathan Adrian fastest in 48.19, South Africa’s Gideon Louw in 48.28 and the Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren 3rd in 48.37, James “The Rocket” Roberts also qualifying for the semis in 48.93 and 12th, notable omission Italy’s Filippo Magnini in 49.18 and 19th. Kathleen Hersey of USA was fastest in the women’s 200 butterfly, China’s Liuyang Jiao second in 2:07.15 and Great Britain’s Jemma Lowe third in 2:07.64. Dani Gyurta of Hungary was fastest in the men’s 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:08.98, the British duo Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis following in 2:08.98 and 2:09.33. And in the men’s 4×200 prelims, USA cruised to an impressive 7:06.75 lead ahead of France in 7:09.18 and Germany in 7:09.23.
