Posts Tagged "Olympic Games"

Give Brits a ‘touch-up’ at Olympics, says Coates

By Doug Conway, 17 May 2012

 

Olympics chief John Coates has urged Australian athletes to give their British rivals “a real touch-up” at the London Games.

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Hooker books Olympic pole vault ticket

By Justin Chadwick, 12 May 2012

 

Steve Hooker’s dream of defending his pole vault Olympic title is back on track after the 29-year-old secured his ticket for London in a glitzy meet in Perth.

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Forget the Olympics, what about an Olympiad year?

By simonjzw, 21 Apr 2012

 

I think most of us are over the overblown corporate and media hype surrounding the Olympic Games. We are completely nonplussed by the money the International Olympic Committee (IOC) makes and the dodgy bidding processes involved.

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Australia can still be Olympic top five, says Green

By Paul Mulvey, 18 Apr 2012

 

One hundred days before the Olympic Games, team chief Nick Green still believes Australia can stay in the top five on the medals table, as long as the swimmers convert silver to gold.

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If you are a cycling fan, Easter would have eggstraordinary for you. The Melbourne meet of the UCI World Championships was one that has set the standard for the coming Olympic Games.

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There are only 109 days to go before the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, the greatest show on earth.

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Everybody in London had been dreading the latest report on the finances of the Olympic Games (to be held July 27 to August 12).

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Olympic selection can be fickle

By Paul Mulvey, 24 Mar 2012

 

Libby Trickett comes fifth in her Olympic trials and Joel Simpson comes second in his. She’s going to London, he’s not. Olympic selection is a fickle beast.

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Are the modern Olympics even relevant any more?

By Melanie Dinjaski, 24 Mar 2012

 

Another four years have passed and now the 2012 London Olympics are just months away. Gather round global sport fans. It’s time to kick the hornets’ nest and delve into that controversial debate over the relevance of the ancient games in the modern sporting landscape.

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Show time for Ian Thorpe at Olympic trials

By Liam FitzGibbon, 16 Mar 2012

 

D-Day has arrived for Ian Thorpe. One of the most anticipated comebacks in Australian sport will be judged when Thorpe contests Friday’s 200m freestyle heats at the Olympic trials in Adelaide.

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Magnussen happy to sit in Thorpe shadow

By Liam FitzGibbon, 14 Mar 2012

 

It’s hard to imagine the fastest swimmer in the world ever flying under the radar. But world 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen believes the hype surrounding Ian Thorpe’s comeback will allow him to thrive at the Olympic trials in Adelaide starting this week.

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Ian Thorpe says failure is most likely

By AAP, 8 Mar 2012

 

Little more than a week out from the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide, Ian Thorpe says the most likely result of his comeback will be failure.

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Australia to have smallest Games team since ’92

By Paul Mulvey, 24 Feb 2012

 

Australia’s forecast of a drop in medals at the London Olympics will be matched by the nation’s smallest Games team in 20 years.

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What does Olympic performance mean to you?

By Luke Doherty, 21 Feb 2012

 

I’ve loved the Olympics ever since I was a kid. My first memory of the international sporting spectacle was of the archer lighting the cauldron in Barcelona in 1992.

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London’s Olympic Games have a long way to come

By Justin Cinque, 10 Feb 2012

 

The 2012 Olympic Games are just under six months away, and London is preparing for the biggest event in the United Kingdom since the 1966 FIFA World Cup. But just how successful will the Games of the XXX Olympiad be?

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Aust and GB aim to convert 4ths to bronze

By Paul Mulvey, 9 Feb 2012

 

The battle to climb from fourth could be as fierce as that for gold at the London Olympics.

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The Olyroos’ dwindling prospects of making the London Games look to have been dealt a final blow after FIFA reversed a critical result in the Australians’ qualifying group.

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Oly drug cheats will be caught, says Green

By Paul Mulvey, 8 Feb 2012

 

While Alberto Contador contemplates a doping ban which forces him out of this year’s Olympics, Australia’s team chief Nick Green has warned other potential drug cheats they will be caught.

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Just when the A-League is starting to fulfill its raison d’etre of becoming a showcase for young Australian football talent, just when the A-League season is reaching fever pitch and producing games of high quality, just when…

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Stand by for spine-tingling performances from Usain Bolt, James Magnusson, and Sally Pearson in 2012. Every Olympic year brings plenty to the international sporting table, and the London Games won’t be any different.

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