Posts Tagged "London Olympics"
Aussies will rule pool again: Jones
By Laine Clark, 17 Nov 2012
Retired great Leisel Jones believes rivals should be scared that Swimming Australia (SA) has organised a review of the team’s culture.
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Swimming Australia launch culture review
By AAP, 14 Nov 2012 Swimming Australia has hired a consultancy firm to review claims of a culture problem in the sport stemming from the Australian team’s London Olympics campaign.
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Media behind the times with Paralympic coverage
By sam_okely, 16 Oct 2012
Matthew Cowdrey. Australia’s most successful Paralympian. He’s won numerous gold medals in London, holds countless world records and is a good looking, articulate athlete.
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Who won what and where at London 2012
By sheek, 15 Aug 2012 Swimming has pretty well been our ‘money’ sport for most of our history. In the 1950s and 1960s, swimming accounted for between 40 to 60 percent of our overall medal count.
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Why did Australia under perform at London 2012?
By jamesb, 15 Aug 2012 Another Olympics has been done and dusted with London delivering a terrific Games. It has been helped by Team GB’s performances where they have come third in the medal tally with 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze with 65 medals in total.
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Sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen officially claimed Australia’s fifth London Olympics gold medal last night even though they were the 49er champions two days ago with an unassailable points lead.
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Interview with BJ Cole: “Watching Olympic dreams be made and broken is intense”
By Tim Renowden, 9 Aug 2012 The Roar was given the opportunity to interview Australian 400m hurdler, Brendan ‘BJ’ Cole, and discuss his Olympic experience and the atmosphere within the Australian team.
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Pearson happy to lift Australian pressure
By AFP, 9 Aug 2012 Sally Pearson admitted Wednesday that she felt the pressure to rescue Australia’s flagging Olympics campaign when she lined up for her 100m hurdles triumph.
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British give golden nod to Aussie coaches
By Robin Millard, 9 Aug 2012 Great Britain acknowledged Wednesday their greatest gold medal haul in a century was partly thanks to Australian coaches.
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Rugby great Eales inspired Meares’ triumph
By AFP, 9 Aug 2012 Cyclist Anna Meares revealed Wednesday that tips from Australia’s rugby World Cup winning skipper John Eales helped power her to victory over British favourite Victoria Pendleton.
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Beaten Aussies look at ‘hard work’ leading to Rio
By AFP, 9 Aug 2012 Australian track cycling team bosses admit they have plenty of work to do if they are to be competitive enough to challenge world-beating Britain at the 2016 Games in Rio.
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Pearson gives Australia gold boost
By AFP, 8 Aug 2012 Australian Sally Pearson held her nerve to win the women’s 100m hurdles with a powerful dipping finish Tuesday and give her country a welcome boost in the medals table.
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Pearson and Meares turn in golden efforts
By David Lord, 8 Aug 2012 Olympic gold for Sally Pearson and Anna Meares overnight, bronze for Annette Edmondson, and the Kookaburras crushed Pakistan 7-0 to move into the semi-finals of the men’s hockey against Germany.
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Anna bringing home track cycling gold
By Darryl Kotyk, 8 Aug 2012 I may not know much about track cycling, but it’s hard not to take notice and get excited when Anna Meares takes the track. Early this morning, Anna once again delivered by winning Gold in the Women’s Sprint.
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Aussies confident against US NBA stars
By Jim Slater, 8 Aug 2012 If Patrick Mills sounds crazy when he says the Australia Boomers are confident they can defeat the unbeaten US NBA Dream Team in their Olympic quarter-final matchup on Wednesday, just ask the Russians.
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Dutch top pool, Aussies rout Pakistan
By AFP, 8 Aug 2012 The Netherlands defeated South Korea 4-2 Tuesday to top their Olympic Games hockey pool with a fifth successive win which also allowed defending champions Germany to enter the semi-finals.
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Heartbroken Liu crashes out, Bolt, Blake cruise
By Dave James, 8 Aug 2012 Chinese icon Liu Xiang suffered a second successive Olympic heartbreaker Tuesday when he crashed out of the 110m hurdles as double 100m champion Usain Bolt strolled through his 200m heat.
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Slingsby wins gold to break Australia’s 9 day drought
By David Lord, 7 Aug 2012 Tom Slingsby has broken Australia’s nine-day gold drought at the London Olympics with a command performance to win the Laser sailing class.
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Sailor Slingsby hopes to spark Aussie gold rush
By AFP, 7 Aug 2012 Sailor Tom Slingsby won just Australia’s second gold medal of the Olympics on Monday and hoped his success would inspire his country’s flagging campaign.
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Australia to review London swim shame
By AFP, 7 Aug 2012 Australia will review the disappointing performance of its much-heralded swimming team at the London Olympics, officials said on Monday, as they acknowledged the world had “lifted the bar”.
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