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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.

  • Ryan Lochte Wins 400 Meters IM by Miles; Michael Phelps Misses Medals

    If the morning heats for the 400 meters individual medley were any indication, than the fact that Michael Phelps missed out on a medal for the first time in an Olympic race since Sydney 2000 while Ryan Lochte won his first of many gold medals in the London Olympics games came as no surprise.

  • Best Photos from the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

    How good was the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic games? It’s always exciting to go through the evening and watch all the national teams come out, flags waving, trying to spot out the big stars and get extra emotional when you see your own flag (usually when you come from a less than dominant nation) coming out of the tunnel.

  • 2012 Olympic Games Day 1 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions

    After the fantastic opening ceremony and two days of football, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London can officially begin. Saturday gives us the first opportunity to look at gold medal winners in Archery, Cycling, Judo, Weightlifting, Fencing and Shooting, but the big event will be Michael Phelps vs Ryan Lochte in the 400 IM, one of four finals in the pool on the first day.

  • Excellent Opening Ceremony, On With the Olympics

    This wasn’t the martial order of Beijing, but rather a fantastic blend of everything Danny Boyle thought was worthy from British culture and then some, making the London Olympic games a success, at least on the first day, going by the brilliant (yet a bit long) opening ceremony.

  • 10 Nations With the Most Summer Olympics Gold Medals Ever

    Team USA are sending more athletes than anyone else except for the host nation, and by far have more gold medals than any other nation in Summer Olympics history with 929. They are followed by Germany (247), Great Britain (207), France & Italy (191), China, Hungary, Sweden, Australia and Japan. Expect the Americans to lead the medal charts once again, followed by China, Russia and probably the British.

  • 2012 Olympics Day 1 – Best Photos from Women’s Football Matches

    Even before the opening ceremony, the Olympics have already kicked off with the women’s football tournament and six matches, highlighted by Great Britain beating New Zealand 1-0, Brazil destroying Cameroon 5-0 and the USA, favorites for gold, coming back from 0-2 down to beat Japan 4-2. North Korea also made an opening splash by refusing to play before the correct flag was shown.

  • London 2012 – 10 Nations Sending the Most Athletes to the Olympics

    An estimated 10,500 athletes will participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the host nation, Great Britian, sending 541 athletes to the games, more than anyone else, with Cyclist and four-time gold medal winner Chris Hoy as the flag bearer, followed by the United States (530, Mariel Zagunis), Russia (436, Maria Sharapova), Germany (391, Natascha Keller), China, France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Canada as the nations sending in the most athletes to London 2012.

  • London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t Be Beat en route to Gold

    In what was supposed to be Team USA’s hardest and sternest test before beginning the real deal, the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament, the Americans cruised to a 100-78 victory over Spain, led by LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in another game that showed everything that makes up for the noticeable deficiencies the 2012 dream team has.

  • USA Women’s Olympic Team Sing Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

    Girls just want to have fun, and it’s great to see athletes having fun instead of taking it serious all the time. The USA’s Women’s soccer team tend to be one of the more fun-to-watch sides in the world, on and off the field, this time showing their imitations skills by dancing around to ‘Party in the USA’ by Miley Cyrus.