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  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 6 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Forget about everything that happened today – Day of the Olympic games was Michael Phelps returning to the top, winning his 20th Olympic medal and his 16th of gold, becoming the first swimmer to win the same event (200 IM) in three Olympic games, leaving Ryan Lochte and the rest of the field way way behind in a great day for the Americans in the pool.

  • Nathan Adrian – The new Fastest Swimmer in the World

    Nathan Adrian winning the 100 meters freestyle in the Olympic games officially makes him the fastest swimmer in the world, a fraction of a second faster than the World champion of Australia, James Magnussen, continuing a proud tradition of Americans holding that honor.

  • 2012 Olympic Games Day 6 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions

    Day 6 of the 2012 Olympic games will be highlighted by the battle between the USA and Russia in the Women’s artistic individual all-around for gold, and a chance for Ryan Lochte to win double gold (backstroke, 200 IM) while Michael Phelps will hope to win his 20th Olympic medal, hopefully made of gold.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 5 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Day 5 of the Olympic games brought us a new fastest swimmer in the world, as Nathan Adrian of the United States beat the favorite, James Magnussen of Australia by 0.01 seconds; the best Gymnast in the world winning his first Olympic gold medal, Kohei Uchimura; The host nation won its first and second gold medals, as Bradley Wiggins won the men’s road time trial.

  • Michael Phelps – Greatest Olympic Athlete in History

    One might argue if Michael Phelps’ goodbye visit from the Olympic swimming pool is a worthy one, so far picking up a only one gold medal through the 4×200 meters freestyle relay, but nothing is going to take away him becoming the most decorated Olympic athlete in history, with three more potential medals waiting for him.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day 3 of the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Once again, the pool brought us the most interesting stories with Yannick Angel of France continuing to dominate in the 200 meters freestyle, blowing everyone out of the water and leaving Ryan Lochte without a medal, while 15 year old Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania became the youngest gold medalist in the pool. China (still leading the medal table) dominated diving and Gymnastics as always while North Korean men continue to dominate weightlifting.