Tag: London 2012
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Swimming: an instant expert’s guide to the Olympic sport
Olympic 100m and 200m breaststroke hopeful Michael Jamieson explains the rules of Olympic competition, courtesy of The Guardian.
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London residents lose bid to challenge Olympic missiles
Residents of a 17-story tower block near the Olympic Park have no right to challenge an unprecedented decision by the army to deploy high-velocity missiles in a residential area, a high court judge has ruled. Read more here on the Guardian.
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NBC, Google Plan Summer Olympic Cyberattack Battle
NBC and Google are conducting “war games” in at least three countries to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online streaming of the Summer Olympics. Also, water on my mill, online broadcast turns out to be actually boosting TV viewership. For example, some feared that an online broadcast would…
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Turkey to seek Guinness recognition for Derya Büyükuncu’s 6th Games
The Turkish Swimming Federation will seek Guinness recognition for swimmer Derya Büyükuncu, who will compete at the Olympics for a record sixth time in London this year. “Very few athletes have the privilege of competing six times in Olympics, and Derya will be the first swimmer ever to accomplish it,†Federation chair Ahmet Mazhar BozdoÄŸan…
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India’s Olympic berth goes to Gagan under strange rules
Get this, India’s single Olympic berth in swimming has been granted to Gagan AP Ulalmath despite of him not being among the four that have made the Olympic invitation time, nor having qualified in the actual event. The thing is, when the four that had made the invitation cut weren’t invited by FINA, India reverted…
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Technical problems at Bristol Olympic training pool
The mechanism has failed that controls the bulkheads in the less than 5 months old pool at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre in Bristol, where Kenya’s Jason and David Dunford arrived to train this weekend. Divers are for now lifting them manually, so that the pool can be used both as a 50m pool as well…
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Korotyshkin ready to cope with Olympic pressure
Russia’s top swimmer, Evgeny Korotyshkin, talked to RT about how he nearly quit the sport and what he expects from himself at London 2012. Read and watch RT
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Welcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games
The BBC has produced this animated title sequence for their London Olympic Games coverage. Via Neatorama
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Sun Yang talks thunder in Shanghai
Uh oh, read here on Reuters “I feel like a tough warrior, with shield in hand, I am about to go all out,” Sun thundered in a speech in front of the national swimming team last week. “I am ready, London. We are coming. Chinese men are coming!”