The athletics competition at the Olympic Stadium in London couldn’t finish better: with a new world record in men’s 4×100 meters relay race set by Jamaica, thus Usain Bolt and his colleagues retaining the Olympic title won four years ago in Beijing (scroll down for link to video). Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and [READ MORE...]
Romania’s Sandra Izbasa won the gold medal in women’s vault gymnastics at the Olympic Games in London! (scroll down for link to video) Starting as a gold favorite along with Russian and U.S. representatives, Izbasa did not disappoint and managed the best performance in the competition, winning the Olympic title on vault apparatus. With an [READ MORE...]
Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberghe is just one tinny step away from claiming the gold medal at London 2012. The 23-year-old windsurfer of Texel won the Olympic men’s sailing RS-X race 9. That was already his sixth victory in Weymouth (scroll down for results Race 9 and Overall). Because of the points advantage, Van Rijsselberghe [READ MORE...]
Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo won the Olympic gold in women’s 100m freestyle swimming at London Olympics. The 21-year-old from Groningen finished the final in 53.00 seconds thus breaking the Olympic record, which had been set by her on Wednesday in the semifinals at 53.05. The silver was taken by Belarusian Aljaksandra Gerasimenja with 53.38 and [READ MORE...]
The final of the 200-meter backstroke swimming race delivered a new Olympic champion: Tyler Clary of the United States. The title was disputed on the last 50 meter heat between Americans Tyler and Lochte and the Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie. 200 m backstroke Olympic record broken!!! Tyler Clary swam the 200m distance in 1:53.41, not [READ MORE...]
This is probably the most embarrassing moment that occured at the 2012 London Olympics so far! What happened to a weightlifting athlete when she wanted to lift too much weight? Maria Alexandra Escobar Guerrero, a 32-year-old female weightlifter from Ecuador, was confronted with a very embarrassing moment during the competition. Guerrero participated in the 58-kg [READ MORE...]
Romanian Razvan Martin claimed on Tuesday the bronze medal in weightlifting contest -69 kg category, at the 2012 Olympics in London. The athlete was able to snatch 152 kilograms at the first attempt and 180 kg in the second try, but he missed the third lift. Therefore the Romanian succeeded an overall lift of 332 [READ MORE...]
Ryan Lochte failed again, but now the situation turned more dramatic for him (and the U.S.) as he missed the podium, therefore…no medal (scroll down for video). During men’s 200-meter freestyle final Lochte fell unexplicably short in the last 50 meters of the swimming contest. Compared to his 4×100 freestyle relay race, which brought a [READ MORE...]
British music legend Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed that he will be part of the show to open the Olympics in London on July 27. For all British people, the Olympic Games in London and Paul McCartney were two inter-related elements. Whether it was the opening ceremony, lighting the Olympic torch, the closing ceremony of [READ MORE...]
The Olympic Flame was handed over to Princess Anne who is part of the British Organizing Committee of the 2012 London Olympics. The handover took place in Athens on Thursday (17 May 2012) during an official ceremony and in the presence of David Beckham, informs AFP. Dressed in a white suit, Princess Anne, the daughter [READ MORE...]