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London 2012 Paralympics open with a bang!
The London 2012 Paralympics are under way with athletes competing for 28 gold medals on Thursday’s opening day of action. Good luck team GB…
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London 2012 closes with the nations pride.
The London 2012 Olympics have ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony and the official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro. The three-hour show featured some of the biggest names of British pop from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Elbow. Games chief Lord Coe said: “When our time…
Read MoreMo Farah wins 5000m
Great Britain’s Mo Farah takes his second gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics with a thrilling sprint finish in the 5,000m. Farah is only the seventh man in history to complete a 10,000m and 5,000m Olympic double at the same Games. Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel took silver while Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya won bronze.
Read MoreJamaica 1-2-3 in mens 200m
Usain Bolt becomes the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m.
Read MoreIt’s Gold for Nicola
Adams set for a Gold or Silver…
GB’s Nicola Adams guarantees herself at least a bronze with a convincing win in her Olympic fight at the ExCeL arena. Adams outclasses Stoyka Petrova of Bulgaria 16-7 in the women’s fly (51kg) quarter-finals and will definitely walk away with a bronze having only fought once, after she received a bye in her first round
Read MoreSix for Hoy as GB gold tally leaps to 22
GB claim their best Olympics gold medal haul for 104 years, after Sir Chris Hoy’s record sixth crown with other victories in the triathlon and dressage.
Read MoreBrothers in arms
Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee wins the triathlon gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics in Hyde Park. Spain’s Javier Gomez took silver, with Brownlee’s brother Jonny winning bronze after serving a 15-second penalty for mounting his bike too early. The gold is Britain’s 19th of the London Games, equalling the total number of golds they…
Read MoreGold for GB Show-Jumpers
Nick Skelton, 54, and Peter Charles, 52, drew on all their experience in a nerve-jangling jump-off against the Netherlands to help deliver Great Britain’s first showjumping gold medal in 60 years at a euphoric Greenwich Park on Monday. But in many ways it was a miracle that they were there at all.
Read MoreWorlds fastest man stikes again
Jamaican sprinter wins in 9.63 seconds, the second fastest time ever, to defend title he won in Beijing ahead of his compatriot Yohan Blake and the USA’s Justin Gatlin…
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