Olympics 2012
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Italy claim team gold in foil
Italy’s version of the “Dream Team” did what was expected of them at the ExCeL fencing arena last night, adding team gold to the three individual medals they won on Saturday in the women’s foil. Valentina Vezzali, Elisa Di Francisca – now a double...
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Britain take one-two in C2
British paddlers Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott broke the Hochschorner twins’ stranglehold of the men’s canoe slalom double when they powered to Olympic gold ahead of the Slovakians yesterday. Baillie and Stott, who have spent most of the last year...
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Fifth gold for Hoy as Britain defend team sprint
Britain’s three-man sprint team clocked their second world record of the night to successfully defend their Olympic title in the final against France at a packed London Velodrome yesterday. Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Sir Chris Hoy completed...
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Results
Basketball (Men)France vs Lithuania 82-74; Australia vs China 81-61; Argentina vs Tunisia 92-69; Brazil vs Russia 74-75; Spain vs Britain 79-78.Volleyball (Men)Serbia vs Germany 2-3; Australia vs Bulgaria 0-3; Russia vs Tunisia 3-0; Poland vs...
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All eyes on Bolt-Blake sprint duel
The countdown towards what is being hyped as the fastest race in history begins today as the Olympic athletics gets under way with all eyes on the prospect of a thrilling 100m shoot-out. For the first time since the advent of electronic timing, the...
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First rowing gold for South Africa
South Africa stunned favourites Great Britain and Denmark to claim their first ever Olympic rowing gold medal in the lightweight men’s four yesterday in front of a 25,000 crowd. All eyes were on the host nation to follow up Wednesday’s gold in the...
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Poor first-round score ends Chetcuti’s dream
William Chetcuti was unable to break his Olympic Games jinx yesterday as he failed to make the barrage final for a third successive time following the Double Trap shoot at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London. Chetcuti, 27, was bidding to enhance...
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Wilson wins Double Trap gold medal
British sharp-shooter Peter Wilson overcame blustery conditions to win the men’s Double Trap yesterday. The world record holder shot 188 out of 200 to win gold ahead of Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby in second on 186 at the Royal Artillery Barracks in...
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Aussie media lament ‘cruel’ end for Magnussen
Australian media hyped up James Magnussen as the country’s great Olympic swimming hope, and on Thursday described his failure to snare gold in an event he was expected to dominate as “cruel”. The 100m freestyle world champion, who had warned his...
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‘Wiggo’ and winning rowers enter Olympic folklore
British Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has cemented his place as one of the country’s greatest ever sportsmen but the country is grateful to the girls for leading the way, media said Thursday. Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning eased growing...
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Lochte and Phelps clash in pool
Michael Phelps goes for a 20th Olympic medal on Thursday but faces a dogfight with US team-mate Ryan Lochte in the pool, while the host nation is hoping to pile up the golds when the track cycling starts. Phelps and Lochte will swim beside each...
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Update 4: Disappointed Chetcuti says "I did my best"
William Chetcuti could not hide his disappointment after placing ninth overall in the double trap shoot at the London Olympics on Thursday. The 27-year-old said that he did his best, but "this was not the day". Chetcuti was Malta's best hope for a...
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Chetcuti in fine fettle ahead of London shoot
Maltese interest levels at the 2012 Olympics are set to reach record highs today when William Chetcuti steps into the Royal Artillery Barracks ranges for the Double Trap shooting competition. For Chetcuti this is his third participation at the Games...
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S. Korean teen targets women’s pistol gold
South Korean teenager Kim Jang-Mi won South Korea’s second shooting gold of the London Olympics yesterday, edging a thrilling contest in the women’s 25m pistol. China’s defending champion Chen Ying took silver and Ukraine’s Olena Kostevych won...
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Eight players kicked out
Eight badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics yesterday after a scandal over “throwing” matches. Four pairs in the women’s doubles competition – one from China, one from Indonesia and two from South Korea – were barred after being hit...
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Wiggins blitzes rivals
Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, of Britain, bagged the fourth Olympic gold medal of his career yesterday after blitzing his rivals to win the men’s road race time trial. Germany’s reigning world champion Tony Martin finished second to take...
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Sturridge goal puts GB into QF
Great Britain’s men followed the women into the Olympic football quarter-finals yesterday as Daniel Sturridge netted the only goal against Uruguay at the Millennium Stadium. And Stuart Pearce’s men admirably opted not to follow the lead of those...
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Adrian wins 100m as two records fall
American Nathan Adrian edged James Magnussen by a finger-tip to win the Olympic 100m freestyle swimming gold yesterday, just one of the thrillers on a night that saw two world records fall. Adrian clocked 47.52sec, beating the Australian sprint...
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Rowing rookie and Army captain bag first Team GB gold
Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women’s pair title yesterday to give Great Britain its first gold medal at the London Olympics. The pair, who also captured the host nation’s first ever women’s Olympic rowing gold medal, crossed the...
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Olympics round-up
China dive for gold: China’s Qin Kai and Luo Yutong won the men’s 3m synchronised springboard gold medal yesterday to make it four Chinese victories from four events. Qin and Luo tallied 477.00 points from their six dives to win the event from...
