Tag Archives: london 2012
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Reporter to Olympic Gold Medalist Mo Farah: “Haven’t You Run Before?” (Video)
You’d think that most people would recognize Mo Farah’s name after the British long distance runner captured gold on home soil in the 5000 and 10,000 meter competitions at the 2012 London Games. And even if you didn’t recognize his name, you’d think anyone would be smart enough to assume that a man who not [...]
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25 Best GIFs From The 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics may be gone forever, but their greatest (and worst…not to mention their most hilarious) moments will live on forever. In what form will these moments live on forever? Well, it won’t be in video, that’s for sure. The IOC has already begun scouring the world wide web, looking for illicitly uploaded [...]
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Hilarious Faces of Synchronized Swimming from London 2012 (Gallery)
Synchronized swimming probably doesn’t sounds like the most interesting Olympic sport to watch, but it may very well provide the most interesting range of facial expressions at the Summer Games. For proof, look no further than the following gallery of funny synchronized swimming facial expressions.
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The 15 Best Stories From The 2012 Summer Olympics
The Olympics always give us a wide variety of stories to tell—stories about legendary performances, human perseverance, or athletes overcoming adversity. And the 2012 Summer Olympics were no different. We saw athletes playing through injuries, inspiring nations, making entire stadiums laugh, and, of course, making entire stadiums erupt with deafening cheers. So today we take [...]
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Jamaican Fan Attacks Usain Bolt (With Kisses) After His Victory In 4x100m (Video)
I imagine quite a few ladies had their hearts broken after Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates won gold in the men’s 4x100m at the Olympics on Saturday, setting a new world record in the process. Why? Because after the race they would have seen Bolt get greeted by an extremely joyful and affectionate woman [...]
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Cash 4 Gold: What Countries Pay for Gold Medal Winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Well, the 2012 Summer Olympics are finally over. It was all a lot of fun but, unfortunately, now it’s time to pay the bill. What bill, you ask? Well, I’m not talking about the bill the taxpayers of London are going to be paying off for the next 20 years—the bill for the games themselves. [...]
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Olympics BMX Crash Wipes Out The Competition (Video)
New Zealand BMX racer Marc Willers will probably never win an easier race in his life. During the opening quarterfinal run in the third heat of yesterday’s men’s cycling BMX race, Willers took a lead heading into the second-last turn of the race, and that small lead payed incredibly large dividends, as he was able [...]
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11 Sexiest Countries at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Well, after two solid weeks, the 2012 Summer Olympics are starting to wind down, with just a couple more days of action before the closing ceremonies on Sunday. And I don’t know about you, but I always find it a little sad when the Olympics are over. After all, they give us so many interesting [...]
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Olympic Celebration Fail: Water Polo Coach Jumps Into Pool, On Player’s Head (Video)
Unlike other team sports, such as soccer and basketball, women’s water polo is relatively new to the Summer Olympics, having been added only 12 years ago for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. And unlike those other sports, the USA has not completely dominated women’s water polo. Coming into London 2012, the Americans had medaled [...]
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Google’s Homepage Has A Cool Kayak Game
As if Google hasn’t already provided us all with enough through their incredibly efficient and extensive search engine, throughout these Olympics Games they have decided to give us even more, via their series of addictive Google Doodle Olympic Games, which allow you to play a different Olympic sport each day before you get on with [...]
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New Zealand Female Field Hockey Player Whacked In The Head By Dutch Player’s Stick (GIF)
For those who enjoy watching all of the reckless slashing and hitting of the NHL, but also enjoy watching sexy women running around in short dresses, we have the perfect sport for you… Women’s field hockey! In case you haven’t noticed, women’s field hockey has been taking place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, [...]
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France’s Nicolas Batum Punches Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro In The Groin (Video)
France was eliminated from the 2012 Olympic men’s basketball tournament earlier today after losing their quarterfinal game to Spain by a score of 66-59. And while this may have been the last that we will see of this French team in London, they certainly left their mark… Unfortunately for Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro, that so-called [...]
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Here’s The Worst Olympic Dive You Will Ever See (GIF)
If this were a “who can make the biggest splash” competition, Stephan Feck of Germany would have easily earned a perfect score. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t a “biggest splash” competition. It was a 3-meter springboard diving event at the 2012 London Olympics, and it earned him a last place finish in the competition and [...]
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German Weightlifter Matthias Steiner Drops 432 Pounds On His Head At Olympics (GIF)
Weightlifting is supposed to be one of the many non-contact sports taking place at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but today it was anything but a non-contact sport for German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. You see, Steiner entered the men’s over 105kg weightlifting event as the defending Olympic champion, but during his second lift of [...]
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40 Funny Names from the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics feature 10,500 athletes from 204 nations competing in 302 events in 26 sports. With that kind of diversity, you’re bound to come across some really interesting characters. But today we’re not looking at Olympic athletes with fascinating personal lives, hobbies, or appearances. We’ve done that already. Today we’re looking at Olympians [...]
