London Informer

Stockdale targets Rio 2016 after missing London 2012 showjumping gold with … December 25 – Showjumper Tim Stockdale, who missed out on Britain's London 2012 achievement of earning a first Olympic team gold for 60 years after recovering from a broken neck, is targeting Rio 2016. Stockdale, who competed for Britain at the 2008 … [...]

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Aaron Cook won -80kg European gold in 2012, but was controversially … Former taekwondo world number one Aaron Cook intends to switch allegiance to the Isle of Man after being overlooked by Great Britain for London 2012. Despite numerous appeals, British Taekwondo controversially selected Lutalo Muhammad, who went on … Full News here – Read [...]

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Two gold medals, the London Paralympics and a wedding Having recently won two gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympic Games, Jason Smyth of Northern Ireland and his future bride, Elise Jordan, came by for an interview and show-and-tell with the medals. The couple is set to be married at the Salt Lake … Full [...]

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Athletics Men’s 200m Final Full Replay from the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Games. — 9 August 2012 Since 1896, athletics has been on the programme of each edition of the Games of the Olympiad. Its presence on the Games programme has allowed its popularity to increase across the world. This popularity was [...]

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Pistorius wins his 1st gold of London Paralympics, anchoring South Africa in … LONDON — Oscar Pistorius captured his first gold medal of the London Paralympics, helping South Africa win the 400-meter relay in a world-record time at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. The double amputee, known as “Blade Runner,” anchored the … Full News [...]

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Pascoe wins second gold in London pool New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe has won her second gold, and third medal, of the Paralympics with a world record time in the S10 100m butterfly. The 19-year-old, who won gold in the S10 200m individual medley and silver in the S10 50m freestyle, set a new … Full [...]

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Cheering crowds welcome London 2012 Olympic gold medal-winning … More than 10000 are thought to have crammed into Sheffield city centre last night to welcome the gold medal-winning heptathlete back. Many at the front of the barriers had waited for more than four hours for Ennis to appear on the stage outside the … Full [...]

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US women's vball team tries for 1st Olympic gold LONDON — Destinee Hooker is the fire of the U.S. volleyball team. Lindsey Berg is its heart. Together the two women will try to win the United States' first gold medal in the sport when the team faces Brazil in Saturday's final match at the London [...]

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London 2012 fencing: US women knocked out, will China get its first gold? London 2012 fencing: China's Sun Yujie reacts after defeating Switzerland's Tiffany Geroudet during their women's epee individual round of 16 fencing competition July 30, at the London Games. Sun, who is ranked No. 1, is in the running for the women's … [...]

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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s much criticised public transport system, the busiest in Europe, won early gold for easily carrying a million spectators through an unusually quiet early rush hour on the first full working day of the Olympics on Monday. Full News here – London – Bing News

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s much maligned public transport system coped with an unusually quiet early rush hour on the first full working day of the Olympics on Monday, winning an early gold for carrying one million spectators smoothly through … Full News here – London – Bing News

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LONDON (AP) — Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE Seems even the queen can’t resist the opportunity to act with … Full News here – London – Bing News

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Andy Murray is Targeting Olympic Gold at London 2012: A Fan's Reaction Andy Murray was clearly very disappointed to have lost the 2012 Wimbledon final to Roger Federer; we saw how much it meant to him in his emotional speech after the match. It has been suggested by some that it was this emotional that [...]

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