Tag: London 2012
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The Daily Show looks back at NBC’s tape delayed London 2012 Olympics
News channels try to avoid spoiling tape-delayed London Olympics results, but only Brian Williams can pull off a news vault with such a high degree of difficulty. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
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Brent Hayden Swimming Psychology
“How would you like to get inside the mind of an Olympic medalist? 2012 London summer Olympic bronze medalist Brent Hayden accomplished one of the rarest feats in sport. He stood on the Olympic podium. Brent’s swimming resume includes both an Olympic bronze medal and world championship gold medal. His mindset is world class. In…
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Beneath360, A Short Film About High Divers Shot in 360°
Beneath360 is a 4 minute short film by British director Amanda Bluglass which shows a 360° panoramic view of Olympic high board medalist Tom Daley, Olympiad Brooke Graddon and under 12 champion Victoria Vincent as they each dive into the water from a 10m board. It was viewed on a 360° projected screen during the…
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Seb Coe talks about FIRST, the official London 2012 film
Seb Coe talks to us about First, the official film of the London 2012 Olympic Games, which is out now on DVD, featuring Missy Franklin and Chad Le Clos http://youtu.be/WYEEN0_WAf4
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Michael Phelps’ career is Best Sports Moment of the Year
Michael Phelps capping off his legendary swimming career has been voted Sports Illustrated’s Best Sports Moment of the Year for 2012. Read 11 Alive
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James Magnussen: ‘I’m pretty over it.
James Magnussen: ‘I’m pretty over it. James Magnussen on the Stilnox controversy, depression and switching off.
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Mark Spitz questions doping in swimming
Swimming legend Mark Spitz on a question regarding Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen and her record breaking performance in the Women’s 400 metre individual medley at the 2012 Olympic Games: “Certainly the performance stands on its own merits. World record swims and she drops her time by seconds from one year to the next. Obviously that…
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Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky & Heather O’Reilly: The future of sports
Olympians Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Heather O’Reilly talk about the future of sports with USA TODAY Sports columnist Christine Brennan and USOC Chairman Scott Blackmun at the USA TODAY relaunch event on Sept. 13, 2012, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
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British Swimming statement – UK Sport Funding
“British Swimming is committed to implementing a streamlined Swimming World Class Programme with minimal impact on the Rio 2016 Olympic cycle following today’s UK Sport funding announcement. The sport of swimming has seen a reduction of around 15% from the £25m it received in the London 2012 Olympiad to a figure of £21.3m for the…