Olympics Recap: Day 7
Michael Phelps Wins 17th Career Gold Medal In His Last Individual Race
Michael Phelps Wins 17th Career Gold Medal In His Last Individual Race
The track & field events of the 2012 Summer Olympics begin this weekend, while the NFL preseason gets started in Canton. Here’s what else to watch this weekend in sports:
What do the secret signals the beach volleyball players flash behind their backs mean?
The cute hair cut, the frilly outfit, the hairy legs..wait..what? It's a man in the women's gymnastics events.
The Olympics are finally here and you’re watching in anticipation. You love the coverage of every Olympic event, and you find yourself running home after work to watch Michael Phelps splish splash his way to victory. The floor routines in female gymnastics leave you giddy, while the volleyball coverage makes you squirm with delight.
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated athlete in Olympic history Tuesday, while the United States and China remained tied atop the overall medal count of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here’s a recap of the day’s Olympic action:
Olympic athletes often train for years in the hopes of someday getting a medal. But while the 4,700 medals currently being doled out in London are priceless to the athletes who win them, the actual value of the raw materials may be less than you think.
The Olympic creed begins “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part.”
The Olympics have recently begun in London. Sure, it’s a great gathering of the world’s most amazing athletes doing their thing, where competitors try to smash records quicker than you can say Zemfira Meftakhetdinova (seriously, that’s a real person going for the gold).
Nothing is hotter than Team USA kicking everyone's butt in the 2012 Olympics in London!