Tag: London 2012
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CC photo #215: A smug looking president at Roma09
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, at the Rome 2009 World Aquatic Championships. Tomorrow he’ll be at the London Aquatics Centre, watching Pál Joensen try to qualify for the men’s 1500 freestyle final.
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London 2012 day 6 finals: Phelps beats the curse of the three-peat
At last it went, after both Phelps and Kitajima had tried twice, and others before that, Phelps tonight became first male swimmer ever to win the same individual event at three Olympic Games. Gold to Phelps and the US in the men’s 200 IM, 1:54.27 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh (HUN)…
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play.…
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“Shocked NBC viewers watch as Olympic water polo player’s breast is exposed”
“It may have arguably been the first time in this summer’s Olympics a tape delay would have been useful. On Wednesday NBC’s underwater camera captured a women’s water polo player briefly exposing another player’s breast to shocked reaction from viewers watching live at home.” Read MailOnline Oh my god, it almost turned into a Danish beach…
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China says West being ‘petty’ over Ye doping allegations
The controversy over the dual Olympic gold performances by Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen has been decried by China as a case of Western pettiness. Read and watch CNN.
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Seebohm blames social media fixation for failing to win gold in the 100 back
A world’s first, when Aussie swimmer Emily Seebohm failed to take gold in the Olympic 100 backstroke, Monday, she gave an excuse few had expected. Read The Sydney Morning Herald via Digital Trends “I guess when you swim that fast in the heat, then people put pressure and more pressure on you, saying, ‘Oh, you’re…
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Behold, London Mayor Boris Johnson stuck on a zip line today
Without doubt the most entertaining politician ever. I love him Via Mashable, Buzzfeed and the internet in general.
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London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records
Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a…
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Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets
With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal…