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Gabby Douglas – 2012 Olympic All Around Gymnastics Champion
by Sports Girls Play
posted August 3, 2012 at 7:45am

Congratulations to the new Olympic All Around Champion in Women’s Gymnastics – Gabby Douglas! I honestly can not wait to see the coverage of the meet this evening in prime time since I was away from my desk and had to “watch” this ...more

Track & Field Begins in London!
by amyYB
posted August 3, 2012 at 2:47am

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Extraordinary Muslim Women at the Olympics - Past to Present
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 2, 2012 at 7:33pm

By Shaista GohirAt the 1996 Atlanta Games, 26 countries did not send women and by the 2008 Beijing Games, only three countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei) did not have female Olympians. It is therefore a very important milestone that every ...more

Kayla Harrison Becomes First American Judoka to Win Gold; Talks Future
by Wombat Sports
posted August 2, 2012 at 7:23pm

Courtesy Getty Images On Thursday, Kayla Harrison has become Judo’s first Golden girl. Harrsion was the first women ever to reach a Judo final and was the first male or female competitor ever to win a Gold at an Olympics. She fought hometow...more

London 2012 Olympics: Tahmina Kohistani, Afghan female sprinter, on her 'special' experience at the Games
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 2, 2012 at 7:16pm

Tahmina Kohistani, Afghanistan's only female competitor at the Olympics, on the unique challenges she faces as an athlete and her hopes for the 100 metres.Pioneer: sprinter Tahmina Kohistani is enjoying a unique, if sometimes lonely, life as Afghanistan's...more

Missy Franklin Should Take the Money and Swim.
by stephaniemp
posted August 2, 2012 at 3:10pm

Missy Franklin is being called the golden girl of swimming. I only refer to her as a girl, because this Olympic gold medalist (100m backstroke) is only 17 years old. This girl’s got talent! After taking home a second medal, the bronze in the 200...more

London 2012 Olympics: A Glance At A Pair Of Basketball Venues
by Swish Appeal
posted August 2, 2012 at 12:18pm

As I've been watching the Olympics and wondering a bit about the venues, I started thinking - hey, maybe you fine folks are doing the same. So here's some basic information about where the basketball is being played in this 2012 Olympics. There are two...more

USWNT: Making a Push Towards Gold
by Sarah Hallett
posted August 2, 2012 at 9:15am

The U.S. Women are seeking their third consecutive gold medal and hoping to continue to pick up fans along the way....more

Round three winners (Basketball)
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:36am

Australia overcame Brazil, 67-61. In the process, Lauren Jackson became the second-leading scorer in Olympic history.Team USA beat Turkey, 89-58. Turkey kept it close until the third quarter, when the US ignited to close out the period on a 10-0 run. They...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – New Zealand 3:1 Cameroon
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:32am

  Sometimes a smile can tell the whole story. As the final whistle blew, and New Zealand finally had a win at a major competition, the smiles told the story. After 14 straight games without a victory over more than two decades, all the hard work beh...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Great Britain 1:0 Brazil
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:28am

  Ironically, I got home today from camp and flipping through HBO, came across “Bend It Like Beckham”. I’m going to guess most of you have seen it, I happened to come in at the scene where a match is going on and some young men in ...more

Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson nearing all-time Olympic scoring record
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:25am

Lauren Jackson, a three-time WNBA MVP, needs 40 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Olympic women's basketball history. She scored 18 points with eight rebounds to help her native Australia defeat Brazil 67-61 on Wednesday. It's been reported...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – France 1:0 Colombia
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:20am

  If you truly believe in France, your glass is half full heading into the quarterfinals. Sure, they had a meltdown against the United States, but they hadn’t faced an attack like that in forever and it was the first game of the tournament. Th...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Canada 2:2 Sweden
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:15am

  Canada scored only one goal (a consolation tally in their first game) at the World Cup last year, and their offense hadn’t shown too many signs of being respectable, yet alone explosive since John Herdman took over the helm from Carolina Mor...more

On the Scene At the Olympics: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:12am

Please join me in welcoming a guest post from Laura, who was lucky enough to score tickets to the Olympic women’s gymnastics team competition yesterday. (Are you jealous? I am!) She has also forgotten more than I will ever know about gymnastics. Tha...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Japan 0:0 South Africa
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:07am

  Japan – which arguably plays the most beautiful women’s soccer in the world – was sluggish and clearly didn’t want to get out of about third gear against South Africa in their final group game. The match meant virtually not...more

London 2012 Women’s Olympic Boxing Matchups
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:04am

The draw is impartial, but it has created at least one tough pathway for a fighter who is in my Top 5 Women to Watch this year in London’s 2012 Olympic games. Queen Underwood is no stranger to a challenge, and she has her work cut out for her in ...more

Watch Marti Malloy’s Historic Run in Olympic Judo
by Wombat Sports
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:49pm

Courtesy Getty Images A very happy Marti Malloy took the medal stand Monday as she became the second American woman ever to medal in Judo. With a shiny new bronze medal around her neck, the 26 year old 126 pounder maybe heading to Brazil in 2012 to upg...more

Olympians tossed for trying to lose are signs of a bigger issue
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:40pm

Throwing a match is considered one of the biggest taboos in sports. In fact that action is the opposite of sports, which is supposed to an honest and fair competition between entities. Well tell that to the eight female badminton players who were tossed ...more

Olympics 2012: Pregnant Malaysian misses out on rifle shooting final
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:33pm

Eight-months pregnant Malaysian athlete Nur Suryani Mohamad Taibi has failed to make it to the Olympic 10m air rifle shooting final.Suryani, 29, who is 33 weeks pregnant and is due to give birth on 13 September, finished in 34th position out of 56 competi...more

Olympic Games update #2
by Pretty Strong
posted August 1, 2012 at 3:39pm

I am loving it here. I've been here for 12 days now and it seems like everyone else thinks it's a long time. They say "When do you compete?" Like I should have competed already.  When I tell them I compete on the 5th, they say "Oh you still have a wa...more

My Personal Opinion (Kara Patterson's take on Rule 40)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 1, 2012 at 2:54pm

I don't know how many of you who read my blog have heard about the Rule 40 drama going on around the Olympics, but I wanted to write a little something that explains my personal stance on the issue at hand.  I was nervous to take part in what felt li...more

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