Tag: Team GB

The Little Girl Whos Biggest Goal Was To Win Olympic Gold | Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe has won everything there is to win when it comes to Marathon Running, but with London 2012 now nearly over and Paula having to pull out of the Womens Marathon, has the dream gone? Most of us know Paula as the world record holder of the womens marathon, an athlete that has done […]

09/08/2012 | 0 Comments More

Team GB Olympic History

So do you know where Team GB have done over the years? Are we as good now as the past or are we a better team getting better, or are we a team in need of hope and Olympic success going down the pan? Now the Games is here in the heart of our capital, […]

02/08/2012 | 0 Comments More

1924 Paris Olympics

The Summer of 1924 saw the Olympics come to Paris, the VIII Olympiad.  The home of Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Modern Olympics).  This was the second Olympics held in Paris and was held between 4th May and 27th July 1924. Venue: The main venue for the Games was the Stadia Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, which […]

27/07/2012 | 0 Comments More

Hero of Afghan Conflict Takes on the Olympics

Derek Derenalagi was about to be sent to the morgue, when doctors noticed a pulse as they were about to put him in a body bag. Pronounced dead after loosing both his legs and a fracture in his spine after being the victim of a mine exploding, Derek was about to be another fatality in […]

14/05/2012 | 0 Comments More