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London 2012 // Posts categorised as London 2012
London 2012: Men’s marathon analysis
Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda is the Olympic Marathon champion. We covered the race as it happened, with splits and commentary
London 2012: Women’s 800m
Caster Semenya's silver medal in the 800m event brought accusations of deliberately losing. I analyze the validity of these accusations
London 2012: Spectacular 800m
David Rudisha produced an Olympic highlight by front-running to gold in a new world record. Thoughts on the race
London 2012: Day 10
The men's 400m final produced an all-Caribbean affair, and a young champion. Thoughts and insights
London 2012: Men’s 100m…It’s Bolt!
Usain Bolt defended his 100m title against the challenge of Yohan Blake. An Olympic record, and more thoughts
London 2012: Women’s Marathon
Kenya vs Ethiopia for the Women's marathon title produced a slightly unexpected winner in Tiki Gelana. Here's the race breakdown, live
London 2012: Pistorius and unfair advantage
A presentation that summarizes and explains the history of the Pistorius debate, and why carbon fiber blades give an advantage
London 2012 recap: Track athletics, a review & previews
Apologies for missing a day on the recaps – trying to follow the Olympics and work has left me feeling a little like Ryan Lochte began looking in his last few events in the pool. And he has gold, silver and bronze medals to show for it! But here are some thoughts from the track. […]