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Summer Olympics

"Bermuda officially welcomed to the Games"

A colourful welcome ceremony was held for Team Bermuda on a sunny afternoon at the Village Plaza of the Olympic Village on Tuesday. Chef de Mission Stan Douglas, sports therapist Richard Johnson, Chef d’equipe Paul Pereech, swimmer Roy-Allan Burch, t...
Jul 26, 2012

"Olympic Park is quite impressive"

The Olympic Park is to sports enthusiasts what Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory would be to, well, chocoholics. At least that's how this reporter felt yesterday when exploring the sprawling complex, which is the size of 357 football pitches and cost a...
Jul 26, 2012

"Calm conditions hamper Kirklands’ preparation"

A rare high pressure system has hampered 49er sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland’s final 2012 Olympic preparations in Weymouth, England. The past few days has seen the region experience little or no wind which have proven to be far from ideal conditio...
Jul 26, 2012

"Wellman believes Smith could medal"

LONDON — The men’s long jump at London 2012 is “wide open” with Bermuda’s Tyrone Smith capable of forcing his way into the medal reckoning, according to former triple jumper Brian Wellman. Wellman, one of the Island’s greatest ever athletes, was neve...
Jul 26, 2012

"Shrubb chosen as top Olympic sailing official"

Bermuda’s Peter Shrubb has been appointed as deputy chief umpire of the women’s match racing umpiring team for the 2012 Olympic Games The ISAF international sailing umpire/judge departs today for the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth, England where h...
Jul 24, 2012

"Kirklands make finalGames preparations"

Sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland are currently in the UK putting the final touches to their Olympic preparations. The brothers resumed “hard training” earlier this week at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy “to get mind and body back...
Jul 20, 2012
Other

"CableVision’s Hobson’s choice"

Island can only have Caribbean regional Olympic coverage By Tim Smith This summer’s Olympic Games will get more than double the coverage of the 2008 Games, according to CableVision general manager Terry Roberson. Round-the-clock footage will be shown...
Jul 18, 2012

"Going to the Olympics?"

LONDON (Reuters) — When the Olympic Games founded to honour Zeus began in ancient Greece around 776BC, London didn't exist. More than two millennia later, the city of nearly eight million people is in the final stages of redeveloping whole boroughs t...
Jul 18, 2012

"Jenaya starsin GB victory"

Bermuda’s Jenaya Wade-Fray played a pivotal role in Great Britain women’s team’s impressive 74-67 victory over Olympic rivals France in Sheffield at the weekend. Wade-Fray sunk a game-changing half-court shot on the buzzer to make the score 48-46 to ...
Jul 17, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Duffy and Smith raise Island's Olympic hopes"

With the London Olympic just weeks away, it’s difficult to ignore two performances last weekend that could change Games history as it applies to Bermuda. Long jumper Tyrone Smith won a high profile meet in Germany and triathlete Flora Duffy claimed a...
Jul 13, 2012

"Duffy: ‘Ican makeBermudaproud’"

Flora Duffy’s preparations for the London Games couldn’t be more different from four years ago. The Bermuda triathlete went to Beijing low on confidence after suffering an alarming loss of form due to fatigue problems and failed to finish. This time ...
Jul 11, 2012
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