The second Olympiad took place in Paris France which was held to coincide with the Paris International Exhibition and ran from May that year to the end of October. There was no opening or closing ceremonies and it was hard to tell which events were actually part of the games and at times even the […]
The 1896 Athens Games was the very first Modern Olympic Games and took place between 6th April & 15th April in Athens, Greece. It was officially called the Games of I Olympiad and is recognised as the first ever Olympics in modern times. Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was the man behind bringing the Olympics back […]
Alesha Dixon best known for her singing career and being a judge on Britains Got Talent has made it through qualifying for the GB Olympic Team on the fencing team. The former Strictly Come Dancing champion said she was totally stunned when she found out, especially as she had only picked up a foil recently […]
With 2012 now here and the London Olympics and Paralympics knocking on the door Mike Buss takes a look at a couple of our British Paralympics hopefuls. Libby Clegg | 100m & 200m: Libby suffers from Stargardt’s Disease, a deteriorating eye condition and only has slightly peripheral vision in her left eye. Libby started her […]
Paralympian Alpine Ski Racer, Anna Turney finished in an amazing 6th place in the Vancouver Paralympics only 4yrs after becoming paralysed whilst snowboard racing. Anna watched the Torino Olympics from a hospital bed in Japan and instead of giving up on her sport, and her life she became a Paralympics Skier, An inspirational story, an […]
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