The Olympics wrapped up today with the final events in a number of sports including the U.S Men’s Basketball team bringing home the gold medal. From a Track And Field standpoint there were a number of great stories and moments to remember as we shut down the final thoughts on London 2012. Here’s a rundown [...]
There’s always something especially enjoyable about the final day of a swimming competition, the crowd is a little bit more vocal as more and more swimmers are getting out to support their teammates. In the Olympics it’s even more crazy as the swimmers know this is the final competitive obligation before they can really let [...]
It’s an attrocity something like power walking is in the Olympics. Seriously. For the most part, the Olympics are a collection of sports most people don’t give a shit about 365 days a year for three years and then in year four for about a month and a half they’re all anyone can talk about. [...]
Day seven was another successful day for the Americans in the pool as they won three of the four gold medals on offer while also managing to claim a handful of minor medals just for good measure as they overtook China for the overall medal lead. WOMEN’S 200m BACKSTROKE America’s teen sesation Missy Franklin got [...]
Roger Federer is probably the most beloved champion the sport of tennis has ever had. Granted, like any athlete, he has his haters, but by and large the Federer fans are loud and numerous. And it’s not without reason. Regardless of what anyone personally thinks of him, Federer has been a great ambassador for this [...]
With the swimming competition entering its final stages, it’s time to start looking back at who has impressed during the first week of the Olympics. As always, fans get to see the best young talent in the world breaking through on the biggest stage in the world. This year the main stories have come from [...]
16-year-old Ariel Hsing captured the hearts and minds of America in just over an hour last week. Up against the seemingly-invincible World #2 Li Xiaoxia of China, Hsing never backed down. She fought for six entire games, never giving up and yelling an emotion-filled “Sha” after every point she won. Her fans could not follow [...]
With the indoor competitions winding down before track and field begins we have one more long weekend of gymnastics in store for you here at TSHQ. Today was the 2012 Olympic women’s gymnastics all around competition and it was a tight competition, with lots of drama. Gabby Douglas had a pretty good lead through out [...]
To start off with today I thought it would be good to go on a little bit of a personal diatribe. I was watching the heats for the swimming last night and I got to reminiscing about learning to swim growing up. In primary school we were always encouraged to try and give things a [...]
It’s been standard summer weather in London. Lots of unpredictability and lost of rain. This, of course, is not so conducive to holding a tennis tournament. Still, the organizers have used their sunshine wisely and we are more or less on schedule. The doubles are a bit behind but the singles tournaments are on schedule [...]
