Tag Archives: London Olympics 2012

It’s been a memorable couple of weeks, hasn’t it? Sweet shot of the iron-forged rings from the opening ceremony Ridiculous save from the American Women’s volleyball team Hipster Korean archers are pretty gud Corgis Awesome Independent Athletes from the Opening Ceremony being awesome Shin A Lam’s sit-in protest Kim Un Guk salutes the crowd after winning gold in weightlifting Saving ...

For some events at the Olympics, its interesting to see how old records stand the test of time.  Jesse Owen’s gold medal winning jump at the 1936 Olympics would still have netted him a bronze at the London games. On the other hand, consider the difference in the gold medal winning vault for the Melbourne Olympics of 1956 to what’s ...

It’s Day 12 of the Olympics now.  I fully intended to have written twelve days worth of content at this stage.  Good intentions and all that.  But like a squillion other viewers around the world, I haven’t had a spare minute to write about the event since I’ve enjoyed so much time watching the damn thing. It’s been a brilliant ...