Olympics 2012
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Windsurf glory for Van Rijsselberge
Dorian van Rijsselberge (picture) capped a dominant performance with a victory in the medal race yesterday as he won wind surfing gold in the event’s last Olympic appearance. Weymouth resident Nick Dempsey finished second in the medal race to claim...
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Cyprus hails its first Olympic hero
Cyprus basked in Olympic glory yesterday after its first ever medal winner Pavlos Kontides sailed his Laser to silver and can expect a hero’s welcome when he returns home to the east Mediterranean island. Starved of international sporting success,...
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Pearson nets hurdles title
Australian Sally Pearson held her nerve to win the women’s 100m hurdles with a powerful dipping finish last night and give her country a welcome boost in the medals table. The reigning world champion clocked an Olympic record of 12.35sec, edging...
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Liu ruptures Achilles in hurdle fall
Liu Xiang suffered a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon as he crashed out of the Olympics yesterday, a team official confirmed, plunging the Chinese hurdler’s future into doubt. Liu, 29, exited the Olympics after smashing into the first obstacle of...
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Olympics round-up
Table tennis gold for China: China moved within one step of a second successive clean sweep of Olympic table tennis golds when their women marched to victory over Japan’s young team yesterday. Red-hot favourites China beat Japan 3-0, having not lost...
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Heartbroken Liu crashes out
HChinese icon Liu Xiang suffered fresh Olympic Games heartbreak today when he crashed out of the 110m hurdles while double 100m champion Usain Bolt cruised casually through his 200m heat. Former Olympic champion and world record holder Liu, 29, had...
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Emotional Sanchez turns tragic loss into gold
Felix Sanchez stormed to an emotion-fuelled victory in the Olympic men’s 400m hurdles on Monday as he finally made good on a promise to win a medal for his adored late grandmother. The 34-year-old from the Dominican Republic cut a forlorn figure at...
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Bolt, Liu set to light up track
Chinese track idol Liu Xiang returns to Olympic duty today, four years after his Beijing dream was shattered, while 100m champion Usain Bolt begins the defence of his 200m title. Liu, 29, didn’t tackle one hurdle in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium in...
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Zanetti stuns Chen in rings
Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti stunned Chinese defending champion Chen Yibing to claim victory in the men’s Olympic still rings final yesterday. Chen looked set for gold after posting a score of 15.800 points, but Zanetti upset the odds with a final...
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Italy’s Campriani strikes gold in rifle
Italian Niccolo Campriani struck gold in the men’s 50-metre rifle three positions yesterday as US marksman Matt Emmons’s last-shot curse struck yet again. Engineering student Camp-riani won silver in the 10m air rifle last week and went one better...
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Australia to review London swim shame
Australia will review the disappointing performance of its much-heralded swimming team at the London Olympics, officials said yesterday, as they acknowledged the world had “lifted the bar”. Australia won one gold medal, six silver and three bronze...
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Human fountain
Mexico’s Isabel Delgado Plancarte and Nuria Diosdado Garcia spitting water during their performance in the synchronised swimming duets free routine qualification round during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre, yesterday.
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China’s Xu Lijia sails to Laser glory
China’s Xu Lijia (picture) won the Olympic Games women’s Laser sailing gold medal yesterday with Dutchwoman Marit Bouwmeester taking silver and Evi Van Acker of Belgium winning bronze. Also yesterday, Tom Slingsby secured gold for Australia as he...
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GB seal gold after jump-off
Great Britain claimed team show jumping gold at the London Olympics yesterday in a gripping jump-off against the Netherlands at Greenwich Park. The head-to-head showdown was required to split the two teams after they had finished the competition...
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King Kenny beats Bauge to sprint gold
Britain’s Jason Kenny claimed his first individual gold medal yesterday when he stunned Frenchman Gregory Bauge 2-0 to win track cycling’s Olympic sprint title. Kenny, 24, was given the nod over defending champion Chris Hoy to defend Britain’s...
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Japan into final as France downed
Japan edged closer to their dream of a rare footballing double yesterday after holding off a late onslaught from France to reach the final of the Olympic women’s football tournament following a 2-1 victory. Japan, bidding to become only the second...
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James romps to historic gold
Teenager Kirani James powered to gold in the men’s 400m last night to win Grenada’s first Olympic medal of any colour and become the first non-American winner of the event since 1980. James, 19, the reigning world champion, dominated the field,...
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Olympics round-up
Mustafina takes bars gold: Russia’s Aliya Mustafina (picture) made up for the disappointment of missing out on the individual all-around gold medal by claiming victory in the women’s Olympic uneven bars final yesterday. The 2010 world champion...
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Richards-Ross says 400m impossible to describe
American Sanya Richards-Ross won the women’s 400m Olympic title on Sunday in a time of 49.55sec to end a 28-year gold drought in the event for the United States. Defending champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain finished second in 49.70sec...
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Kemboi sets aside home troubles to take gold
Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi won the men’s Olympic 3000m steeplechase for the second time late Sunday, showing great mental strength to put aside the pressure of a court case he faces back home. The 30-year-old - who faces trial for allegedly stabbing a...
