Tag: London 2012
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Positive drug tests at the Summer Olympics, 1968 – 2012
The Economist has this interesting chart over positive drug tests at the Summer Games up until August 1st 2012, and adds in the article from August 2nd that until then, “two athletes, an Albanian weightlifter and an Uzbek gymnast, have so far been ejected from the London Olympics for failing drugs tests.” Makes you think,…
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The London 2012 women’s 10K Marathon Swim is tomorrow
Thursday August 9th, and Open Water Source has this great website ready for us, complete with real-time commentary on Twitter and stuff. Go Paine!
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Michael Jamieson looks back on his Olympic silver
Olympic silver medallist swimmer Michael Jamieson is convinced he has what it takes to become a record breaker.The Scot claimed a shock second place in the 200m breaststroke in London, only missing out on gold thanks to a world-record swim by Hungarian Daniel Gyurta. Read the Daily Record
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Stephanie Rice reveals she used a stripper pole to stay in shape for London
Get that image out of your head, please! Source: ComplexSports
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No no no, London 2012 drops the US flag during medal ceremony
First the total and utter blunder of mixing up North and South Korean flags, and now this Here is the other thing Via Mashable
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7 Cameroon athletes go missing in London, including a swimmer
Seven Cameroon athletes, including the entire African nation’s boxing team and half its swimming team, were reported missing earlier this week, authorities fearing “for economic reasons”. The swimmer is Paul Ekane Edingue, gone missing before he was due to compete in the men’s 50 freestyle, none of his personal belongings were later found in his…
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Michael Phelps’ 16th Olympic gold medal race recreated in Lego
Wow, if possible now even more awesome! See The Guardian