Cameron van der Burgh, one of South Africa’s Olympic stars, has admitted to using illegal dolphin kicks to gain an advantage and ultimately win the 100m breaststroke final at the Olympics in London several days ago. Despite the transgression, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) are unable to sanction him as the admission came five days after the event.
It’s no secret that the Olympics cost a metric shit ton of money. The London Organising Committee has way overblown its budget, and many people on the streets are complaining about the real benefit against the cost of such an event. Good to know then that the officials are at least eating well.
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Incredible footage has surfaced from the 1936 Olympic Games, which shows black American Jesse Owens defeating the odds against, quite literally, Adolf Hitler. Some peopple have even argued that this feat puts him ahead of Michael Phelps, in terms of being the ‘greatest Olympian’ who ever lived. It is interesting to note that this weekend in London sees […]
Dan Chung is a photojournalist for the Guardian on assignment at the Olympics. Instead of lugging around a bag full of heavy, expensive equipment like everyone else, he’s using just his iPhone 4S and a few aftermarket attachments. The results have been amazing.
With the quarterfinals in the beach volleyball kicking off this weekend, you may have been wondering what all those signals mean that the athletes keep making behind their butts. Well, fear no more, we’ve done the hard work for you. Impress your friends this weekend with your new knowledge!
Yesterday we received our third gold medal at the London Olympics, when our men’s lightweight rowing team managed to edge out Denmark and Great Britain in the rowing final at the Eton Downey rowing centre. These pictures of Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and James Thompson celebrating – a mixture of elation and exhaustion after the grueling race – makes me so proud to be from the same country as these guys!
US broadcast network NBC has received a lot of criticism for its broadcast of the Olympics so far. This has included its choice of camera work and editing, as well as delaying the coverage of events and only broadcasting them during primetime. Coverage of the women’s waterpolo between Spain and USA, which was streamed live on NBC’s website, provides a good argument for a delayed broadcast.
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South Africa received its third gold medal earlier today, when our men’s lightweight coxless four managed to edge out Denmark and Great Britain in a thrilling rowing final at the Eton Downey rowing centre.
US gymnast McKayla Maroney yesterday scored 16,233 with a beautiful vault routine at the 2012 London Olympics. And just like her performance, the judges’ reactions were absolutely perfect.
It must be tough to be a North Korean athlete at the Olympics. The hermit kingdom keeps a very close eye on their sportsmen and women in London, making sure none of them defect.
Life is not fair, we know this, but sometimes it’s just plain wrong. Take for example the Olympians featured in this post, not only were they granted with the genetic ability to advance to the highest level in their respective disciplines, but they’re also ridiculously good looking! But I digress, without further ado, enjoy this gallery of 30 of the hottest female Olympians attending the games this year.
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London Mayor Boris Johnson did some Olympic promotional work today, by whizzing down a zip line. Only problem is he didn’t make the end and ended up dangling above the general public. Please enjoy this video.
Nearly all of China’s 396 Olympians qualified for the Games under the patronage of the country’s monolithic Soviet-style sports system. Most are handpicked at an early age – as young as four – by scouts, and attend special schools to train in sports assumed to match physical attributes.
Paul McCartney, one of the last remaining Beatles, is pretty much as big as it gets when it comes to famous musicians. And accordingly, he can demand pretty much whatever he wants for stadium gigs. Surprising then, that he only earned a single pound for his stellar performance at the extravagant Olympic Opening Ceremony.
Yesterday, local boy Chad le Clos did what countless other swimmers have only dreamt of, he beat Michael Phelps in the 200m Men’s Butterfly final. As glorious as the moment was, for him and the whole of South Africa, it was his father, Bert, who stole the show in a post-race interview.
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The Olympics haven’t even been running for a week and already a second athlete has been expelled from the games following a racist tweet. This time the guilty party was Michel Morganella, a Swiss football player, and his Twitter faux pas wasn’t nearly as tame as Voula Papachristou’s last week.
With all the bad (and some good) press the Olympics, it’s great to see videos like this one surfacing. Meet Rachel Onasanwo, who volunteered to help herd fans into the Olympic stadium on Friday. Her dry humour shows a fantasticly sarcastic, yet oddly sincere appreciation for the Games that you simply have to see.
After fighting to a semi-final draw with Britta Heidemann, Shin A Lam was on the brink of progressing to the gold medal round with one second left on the clock in extra time. If the match ended in a draw the latter would have moved on, instead the timing equipment was never activated and the final second dragged on, allowing Heidemann to score the final, winning hit. Clearly upset and convinced she was cheated, Shin A Lam refused to leave the piste, for 45 minutes.
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Olympic fans wanting to share every race, event and lunch over twitter, were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage.
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Well this is embarrassing, Egypt’s Olympic Organisers has provided over 100 of its Olympians with counterfeit official kits. The news came to light after of the team’s synchronised swimmers took to Twitter to complain.
Social media has become an important part of many people’s daily lives, and it has also changed the way most marketing campaigns run. On top of this, it’s become an essential marketing tool for modern athletes.
He may not be competing in the Olympics, but based in London, you can be damn sure that street-artist Banksy will have something to say about the Games. His two latest stencils, “Hackney Welcomes the Olympics” and “Going For Mould” are unfortunately struggling to win favour with British authorities, who have not taken his artwork lightly.
“With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!” It was this racist tweet that got Greek triple jumper, Voula Papachristou, expelled from the Olympics. She was referring to reports of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in her home country.
Despite a considerably busy schedule, what with the Olympic Games coming up and all, London Mayor Boris Johnson has managed to find the time to record special message to welcome travelers and athletes to his city. It’s quite something.