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London 2012 Summer Olympics: July 27th - August 12th

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  • Will Jamaica's Usain Bolt have another record-breaking performance?
  • Who will prevail in the 'fierce' New Zealand-Uzbekistan battle? :lol:

Only 50 Days To Go!!

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Costly error in injury time ends USA’s Olympic hopes

 

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Freddy Adu's Olympic dreams came to a heartbreaking end with a 3-3 draw to El Salvador. (AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On a night of swings and dips and controversy and drama – and one catastrophic error – the United States’ Olympic dreams were washed away amid a flood of tears.

 

The most rudimentary of follies from substitute goalkeeper Sean Johnson in the final seconds of injury time eliminated USA from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in the cruelest fashion possible, as El Salvador snatched a 3-3 draw at LP Field.

 

The suddenness of it all, the end of an adventure that was supposed to span several more months and cross the Atlantic to London, was too much for many players and head coach Caleb Porter to bear.

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The Olympic football draw is out. Now it's time speculate. Today we're bringing you instant analysis of all four groups in the Olympic men's football tournament. In case you missed the draw, which happened Tuesday in London, here it is:

 

  • Group A: Great Britain*, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay
  • Group B: Mexico, Korea Republic, Gabon, Switzerland
  • Group C: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus, New Zealand
  • Group D: Spain, Japan, Honduras, Morocco

Great Britain (as hosts), Mexico, Brazil and Spain were seeded for the draw. Each qualified nation will enter a team of Under-23 internationals. Each team may invite three over-age players. Group matches will be played July 26-Aug. 1. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals are scheduled for Aug. 4, the semifinals for Aug. 7 and the final for Aug. 11 at Wembley.

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*Related: Beckham survives Team GB Olympic cut

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Lol Freddy Adu

 

Dude is lucky he is even on the national team.

 

His worst move in my opinion is stunting his career and going to the MLS to begin his career.

 

Might have been the player everyone expected him to be if he started out in the Euro Youth Leagues.

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Yohan 'The Beast' Blake has been living up to his nickname: http://i.imgur.com/jqWbl.gif

 

Meet Yohan Blake, the Beast who is driving Usain Bolt nuts

 

Yohan Blake earned his nickname for a brutal training regime – and his efforts are now paying off. As a youngster growing up in Bogue Hill, near Montego Bay, Yohan Blake used to skip school to bowl at a stick in the back yard. "Cricket is my first love," he admits. "As a boy I'd rather have played for the West Indies than go to the Olympics. That was my dream."

The Independent

 

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Blake destroys field to win 100m final

Friday, June 29, 2012

 

Yohan 'The Beast' Blake produced a scintillating 9.75 to beat world record holder Usian Bolt and former world record holder Asafa Powell in the men's 100m final at the National Trials. Bolt, who got another sluggish start, finished second in 9.86 while Powell was third in 9.88.

The Jamaica Observer

 

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KIM COLLINS WINS IN SOTTEVILE

 

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Kim Collins continues his blistering pre-olympic form with yet another impressive performance in France. Following on the heels of his Personal Best Wind Aided performance in Nancy, France, Kim blazed to a first place 10.11 seconds at the Meeting Pro Athlé Tour in France in Sotteville, France. Collins finished way ahead of Trinidadian Marc Burns and American Caliseo Newman.

 

Kim’s next stop will be Crystal Palace in London this Friday and Saturday. “10.11, was happy to win this one in sottville tonight. Next stop, Crystal Palace in London this Friday and Saturday.. this is the final Olympic preview.... Last chance to make a statement,” said Kim Collins via his facebook page.

 

Collins will be leading a 9-member SKN Olympic team at this year London Olympics. He is not only considered a favourite to reach the finals but he leads a SKN Relay team that is favored to medal. Collins will be shooting for a medal double in the 100m and the sprint relay.

 

RESULTS - Men

100m (wind: +0.6 m/s)

1. Kim Collins (SKN) 10.11sec

2. Marc Burns (TRI) 10.27

3. Calesio Newman (USA) 10.29

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BREAKING NEWS -- USA ATHLETE, DEBBIE DUNN TESTS POSITIVE!!!!

 

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Debbie Dunn, a sprinter who recently qualified for the United States Olympic track team, has removed herself from the team after a positive drug test at the Olympic trials.

 

Dunn’s urine sample at the trials showed that she had a banned synthetic testosterone in her system, according to a statement by Travis T. Tygart, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency. A laboratory is testing a backup sample to see if it confirms the initial result.

 

“As in all cases, all athletes are innocent until and unless proven otherwise through the established full, fair legal process which was approved by athletes, the U.S. Olympic Committee and all Olympic sports organizations,” Tygart said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/sports/olympics/us-sprinter-debbie-dunn-withdraws-after-positive-drug-test.html?_r=1

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Athletics: Kim Collins predicts magic mark in final

 

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Former 100m world champion Kim Collins believes all eight men could dip below the 10 second magical mark in the Olympic final in London. Collins was talking in Cardiff at the Wales Athletics International earlier this week where he was forced to pull out the event with a minor groin injury. While Christian Malcolm will compete at a fourth Olympics, the 36-year-old St Kitts veteran is preparing for a remarkable fifth Games.

 

Collins is still in fine form after running under the magical mark at a meeting in France for the first time in nine years earlier this summer, although his 9.98s effort was wind assisted. Asked about whether all 10 Olympic finalists could break the 10-second barrier, the 2003 world champion replied; “If we have good weather it could happen.

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Greek athlete expelled from Olympics for racist tweet

 

Greece‘s triple-jump champion was expelled from the Olympics after posting a tasteless tweet about Africans and the West Nile virus. Hellenic Olympic Committee officials announced Voula Papachristou wouldn’t travel to London after she tweeted a joke about African immigrants.

 

On Monday, the track athlete posted a tweet reading, “with so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitos will be eating food from their own home.” The comments created an uproar on Greek social media. Papachristou didn’t address the criticism on Twitter for two days.

 

Greece later announced it would place Papchristou “outside the Olympic team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement.”

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LONDON – Michael Phelps will get his showdown with Ryan Lochte, but barely.

 

Michael Phelps on Saturday earned the eighth and final qualifying spot for the final of the men's 400 individual medley, an event in which he is the two-time defending Olympic champion.

USA Today

 

Damn.

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