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Leeds Golden Girl Nicola wins Olympic medal

Aug 09, 2012 Comments Off by

Nicola is the champ Nichola Adams, the Leeds boxer beat Chinese champion in the Olympic boxing women’s final to take the gold medal and write her name in the history books. Team GB’s Nicola Adams beat her ‘Nemesis’, China’s Ren Cancan to becomes the first woman, ever, to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, in [...]

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Bolt of lightning

Aug 09, 2012 Comments Off

Bolt wins 200 meter race Usain Bolt beat Yohan Blake and Warren Wier and a field of 200 metre athletes to win gold. The time was just 2/100 second off the world record. Jamaican runners took all three medals with Bolt adding another gold medal to his tally. Wallace Spearmon of the United States came [...]

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2012 London Olympics Stage two

Aug 03, 2012 Comments Off

The Olympic Games gets into gear with the start of the track and field events. So far the games have been a resounding success with the Chinese and Americans winning most of the medals but the other nations will now get a chance to fight back just using arms and limbs. Team GB is now [...]

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2012 Olympics opening ceremony rocks

Jul 28, 2012 Comments Off

The Olympic ceremony was a spectacle to behold! It enacted a story about Britain’s past and present, full of pomp and ceremony. It was well received by many but confused some. However, as a precursor to ‘the greatest show on Earth’, it served it’s purpose well. 2012 London Olympics – Opening ceremony Isles of Wonder [...]

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Olympics 2012 London – The games begin!

Jul 27, 2012 Comments Off

2012 London Olympic Stadium The Stadium A monument of glass and steel Towering out of the ground A shiny place with mass appeal With seating all around Miles of fibre optic cable Buried under floor unseen Carrying packets of binary data To servers and flat screens Smiles beamed around the world For everyone to see [...]

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