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2012 Olympic Games Day 5 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
The focus in day 5 of the Olympic games will again be focused on the swimming pool and the 100 meters freestyle final, with Yannick Agnel, Nathan Adrian and James Magnussen all battling for the gold, while a lot of attention, with a local flare, will be shifted towards the men’s road time trial, with Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins trying to win the first gold for the host nation.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 4 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Chad le Clos of South Africa, only 20, ended Michael Phelps’ reign at the 200 meters butterfly, overtaking the man with more medals (19) than any other athlete in the history of the Olympic games with one final stroke. But Phelps did get his first gold of the Olympics, anchoring Team USA to gold, alongside Ryan Lochte, winning the 4×200 meters freestyle relay.
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Maria Sharapova Hits Novak Djokovic With Tennis Ball
Between easily winning matches at the 2012 Olympic Games tennis tournament, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic had time to have fun in practice, trying to pull off some impressive trick, ending up with Djokovic rolling on the ground in pain and Sharapova on the ground because she coudln’t stop laughing.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 4 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
Day 4 of the 2012 Olympic games is yet another opportunity to see the battles in the pool, with the men’s 4×200 meters relay, with the United States hoping to retain their gold medal from 2008 and the world championships as Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are no longer such a sure thing.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 3 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
Day 3 of the 2012 Olympic games will be once again focused on what happens on the pool, especially in the men’s 200 meters freestyle race, as Ryan Lochte will try and get over his disappointing 4×100 relay performance against the surging Sun Yang, trying to win his second gold medal in three days.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 2 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Dana Vollmer set a new world record, one of two on the day in the pool, winning the 100 meters butterfly competition, while France and South Africa took gold in the pool as well with the French overtaking Ryan Lochte and the United States in the final meters of the relay race, while China had another good day with gold medals in diving (as always) and shooting and Marianne Voss of the Netherlands won the most dramatic gold of the day in the Women’s road race.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 2 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
In day of the 2012 Olympic games, the swimming pool will once again be the focus of the day, with the 4×100 men’s freestyle relay as the main event, with Michael Phelps and the American team hoping to defend their Olympic gold medal against World champions Australia and the fastest swimmer in the world today, James Magnussen plus Archery, Cycling, Diving, Fencing, Judo, Shooting and Weightlifting as well.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 1 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Ryan Lochte won the first gold of what should be many more in the London Olympic games, but China came away as the golden nation of the first day with gold medals in swimming, weightlifting and shooting. Italy dominated women’s fencing as always while also picking up a surprising gold medal in archery.