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Category Archives: 2012 Olympics
Velodrome is latest London sports venue allowed to rot
So much talk about the 2012 London Olympics has been about a sporting “legacy”, it seems that the nation’s sporting politicians, in Westminster and at Canary Wharf, have turned a blind eye to sporting history. Thus, the sole remaining working … Continue reading
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Croydon’s Olympic diver did not go off his trolley at Tesco
Croydon’s Olympic diver Blake Aldridge, previously most famous for having a poolside row with teenaged prodigy Tom Daley in the middle of their Beijing synchronized diving final, was today cleared of charges of attacking a supermarket security guard. The Bromley … Continue reading
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Let’s hope it’s “au revoir” to Crystal Palace, not “goodbye”
Last weekend’s London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace means that next year will be the last time that international-class athletics is staged at the neglected, crumbling old stadium. Decried by m’colleague Jason Cobb and his onionballs blog and described in … Continue reading
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Rooney takes Michael Johnson’s advice to lay off Twitter
Martyn Rooney, Croydon’s 400 metres national champion, tonight announced that he would take the advice of nine-time world champion Michael Johnson and silence his Twitter feed, at least until after Friday night’s European championship final in Barcelona. Rooney had earlier … Continue reading
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London Olympics 2 Years To Go: A vision for housing
The always excellent Guardian correspondent Dave Hill has today – which in case you had not noticed marks two years to the day until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics – dug out an interesting interview. The Olympic Legacy … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Housing, London-wide issues
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Sixth in the world, but Okoye upset with performance
A massive effort in the final round that saw the disc crash into the throws cage could have been the difference between his ultimate sixth place finish and a medal for Croydon Harrier Lawrence Okoye in the discus final at … Continue reading
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Sanderstead’s Olympic heroine Dorothy Tyler, homemade pants, Adolf Hitler and her part in his downfall
Tuesday will mark two years until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Here, double Olympic medallist Dorothy Tyler looks back more than 60 years to the day she met Adolf Hitler, and to when London last staged the Games … Continue reading
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Tagged 1936 Berlin Olympics, Adolf Hitler, Berlin, Dorothy Tyler
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Okoye throws himself into world junior final
Lawrence Okoye, the giant rugby wing who has put British discus circles in a spin this summer, qualified comfortably today for the final of his event at the world junior championships being staged in Canada. Waddon-based Okoye, 18 years old, … Continue reading
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Croydon misses the starter’s gun for Olympic Weekend
Finally, Croydon admits the Olympics really are coming to London. It was 6.30 last night, six months after Boris and London’s Games organisers had set a deadline for local authorities throughout the capital to make submissions, and a month since … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Croydon Council, Fusion, Leisure services, Purley Pool, Sara Bashford, Sport
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Boris and his jobs for the boys. And girls
Interesting take from Torytroll on today’s Daily Mirror splash about London Mayor Boris Johnson apparently appointing a very close friend, Helen Macintyre, to an Olympics-related job.
Rooney decides that it is Barcelona or bust
There’s a headline to get the Twitterati all a-Tweeting, but Wayne Rooney isn’t about to seek a transfer from Old Trafford to the Camp Nou. Rather, Martyn Rooney, Croydon’s national 400 metres champion, has declared that next month’s European championships … Continue reading
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Exclusive interview: junior discus champion Lawrence Okoye
At 6ft 5in tall and 20st 6lb, he became known as a “Schoolboy Jonah Lomu” when an integral part of the Whitgift School team that won the Daily Mail Cup under-18s national schools rugby title in April. But after he … Continue reading
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Croydon sports agent to face trial on seven counts of fraud
A Croydon-based businessman who set up a sports management company called Global Sponsorship Group last year, signing up an Olympic gold medallist and a string of London 2012 hopefuls with promises of millions of pounds in sponsorship, has been committed … Continue reading
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Croydon misses out on a part in 2012 Olympic weekend
There are to be more than 80 events staged in and around London next month as part of the 2012 Olympics Open Weekend. But, with the London Games just two years away, none of the Open Weekend events planned are … Continue reading
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