Tag: London 2012
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Russia’s head coach Vorontsov possibly fired after lackluster London Games
Read The Voice Of Russia: In Beijing, Russia won 23 gold medals, and in London, 24. In swimming, there was no gold at all. The swimmers’ silver count exceeded the one in Beijing by only one medal. Accordingly, head coach of the Russian swimming team Andrei Vorontsov has already been sacked. In other news, here…
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U.S. Olympic swimming post-Phelps
Despite all-time Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps saying this is his last Olympics, the future of the U.S. team looks bright. Terrell Brown speaks with Time magazine senior writer Sean Gregory for the latest from London. See CBS News
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German London Olympic coach in court on sex charges
A German London 2012 Olympic swimming coach is facing 18 counts of sexual misconduct with an underage swimmer between August, 2004 through March, 2006, see SwimmingWorld Magazine. The 40-year-old apparently defends himself with the girl having been 16 at the time of their first sexual contact, the court now having to clarify whether their relationship…
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Olympic gold no walk in the park for Ishchenko & Romashina
Nice segment here off Russia Today, featuring Russia’s gold winning synchronized swimming duet Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina, on how they trained 10 hours a day for the London 2012 Olympics. They were also part of the gold winning team, so double Olympic gold for them. London 2012 Synchronised Swimming – Synchro duet of Ishchenko,…
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Burroughs and Goudarszhi illustrating what the Olympics are all about
Or at least ‘should be all about’. Via Buzzfeed Who’s says Iran and America don’t get along? Maybe I should be president! twitter.com/alliseeisgold/… — Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) August 11, 2012
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Behold the amazing Twinscam used to show synchronized swimming at London 2012
Synchronized swimming has never looked so good thanks to the Twinscam, invented by Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2010, simultaneously showing swimmer’s torsos above water and their legs below it. A solution to a common problem in water events, that because of the way light refracts and reflects differently above and below water, heavy image processing…
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Ryan Lochte interviewed by TMZ
Warning, it goes something like this: “I’ve got a million questions for you … but, uhm, can we start with sex?”. Via K945
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‘Swim Your Own Race’ Wins NPR’s Poetry Games
As athletes have sprinted and soared their way to bronze, silver and gold in London, Morning Edition has celebrated the Olympics with the Poetry Games. With thousands of listeners voting online, Mbali Vilakazi from South Africa won for her poem “Swim Your Own Race“, inspired by fellow South African Natalie du Toit, making history as…
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World’s best swimmers are ‘poor unless they hit gold’
According to Evan Morgenstein, the PMG Sports agent who represents gold-medalist swimmers Tyler Clary and Cullen Jones, the Olympics makes athletes “indentured servants.” Read E Online In fact, he tells me, we’re talking “less than $3,100 a month for the best swimmers in the world,” before or even after the Games are over. “They’re poor…