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Origins
The origins of this event come from Olympia, a place in the wilderness dedicated to the god Zeus and his wife Hera. The modern day lighting of the flame in Greece is in the same place where the ancient temple of Hera was built.
The Olympic flame is based on Prometheus nicking the flame from Zeus to give to mankind. The fire itself was seen by the ancients as a spark of the sun and so much of the opening ceremony which continues to this day is basically sun worship. By giving fire to mankind, the ‘carrying of the torch’ was seen as man’s sudden awareness that he had a ‘divine spark’ within and allowed the potential to become gods themselves. The symbol of torch bearer can be seen on many statues with the most famous being the statue of liberty.
London Olympics
2012
So finally the Olympics have arrived in London and I have a feeling it’ll be out of this world for many reasons. It should be a fantastic spectacle and as it’s on home turf, then Team GB may get the inspiration to perform above themselves and perhaps even become like a god even just for a few moments. The next pages will highlight the main British hopes for medals.
Triple Olympic champion
sailor Ben Ainslie was the
first of 8,000 torchbearers
to lift the flame
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Men’s 100 metresThe main event of the whole games bases itself around the
men’s 100 metres final. In the last games 3 billion people (aka half the
planet) watched the 100m final.
The race produces the fastest man on Earth and I have a feeling that world
records will fall this year. If the Jamaicans, Usain Bolt (aka the ‘Lightning Bolt’)
and Asafa Powell run anything like they have been then the world record will
fall. Usain is in cracking form and continues to get stronger winning recently
his third race in succession at the Bislet games in Oslo. As he’s World record
and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres
then expect him to be well up for wining once more.
In China in 2008 and in Germany at the World Championships he broke the world records at
100m and 200m respectively where they currently stand at 9.58 seconds for the 100 metres
and 19.19 seconds for the 200 metres.
America’s Tyson Gay has a chance of upsetting the two Jamaicans and winning the final, he’s
the only man to beat Bolt in any final over the last 3 years and could be a good outside bet to
win again. He’s been injured in the last couple of years but just won the American trials and
so seems to be back to somewhere near his best. Still can’t see him beating Bolt though.
Yohan Blake from Jamaica can also undermine Bolt in the final. He’s current 100m
World Champion as he took full advantage of Bolts disqualification in the games.
Keep an eye out for the Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre who’s just appearing on
the scenes in the 100 m and 200 m. Beating Britain’s Mark Lewis Francis in
the Euro championships last year and could at least reasonably
challenge Bolt, Powell and Gay.
Brits in the race could be either Adam Gemili who’s a hot prospect
at only 18 years of age and as of 11th of June the only one of our
current sprinters to have broken the 10.18 s qualification time.
Dwain Chambers returns to the Olympics after his ban for illegal drug
use was served. Gemili, Chambers and Lewis Francis may get to
the final but it’s highly unlikely they’ll get anywhere near
the medals.
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Men’s 4x100 metre relayJamaica dominates this with 4
of the best 100 metre finalists in
the world. The only way I can
see them losing the gold is
if they drop the baton.
Men’s 110 metres hurdlesCuban world record holder Dayron Robles should be up for gold but World Champion Jason Richardson will want it as well. Andy Turner represents Britain here and as he’s current European Champion and recently won Bronze at the 2011 World Championships, he might have a chance at sneaking a medal.
Men’s
200 metres
Both Bolt and Yohan Blake
can win the gold here with
Usain the current world record
holder and Blake running the
2nd fastest undermine
Bolt in the final.
ATHLETICS
Usain Bolt
Yohan Blake
Adam Gemili
Dwain Chambers
Tyson Gay
Andy Turner
Men’s
400 metres
American Jeremy Wariner is
currently been coached by the one and
only Michael Johnson who dominated
the 200 m and 400 m in the early
noughties. He can blow hot and cold and
lost out to his US rival LaShawn Merritt
back in the 2008 Olympics. Wariner has
still recorded the 3rd fastest time
ever in the 400 metres and if he
does so again he can win
gold in London.
Women’s
100 metres
Keep an eye out for Brit
Jodie Williams in the 100m and
200m events. She’s only 17 but
she could spring a few surprises in
the games. She’s won just about
everything at junior level and has
now made the step up to the main
events. Definitely one for the future
and with the inspiration of the
crowd she may be in with a
chance for a medal.
Women’s
110 metres
hurdles
Australian World Champion
Sally Pearson dominates the 100m hurdle
event and considering she had been
travelling for 29 hours and still jet lagged,
this in itself should make her rivals
shudder with fear.
Britain’s own American, Tiffany Porter has
got a good chance of getting a medal as
does Jessica Ennis. Neither girl will get
close to the gold which will surely
go to Sally Pearson.
Jodie Wiliams
Tiffany Porter
Sally Pearson
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Defending Olympic Champion, Britain’s
Christine Ohuruogu, can challenge for a
medal as well. After struggling with injuries for
3 years she recently came back into contention
to help Britain win the 4x400m relay in March.
Britain’s Kelly Sotherton will feature here while
taking a break from her Heptathlon activities.
The British women will be up against
Amantle Montsho who is the current
world champion and Sanya Richards-
Ross of the United States.
MarathonPaula Radcliffe returns after
having a child, and she hopes to
regain the form that made her a
hot favourite for the 2004 and 2008
Olympics. She’s 38 now so this will
surely be her last hurrah but I
think she wanted to have one
more go as it was based
in England.
5000 metres
This event is dominated by Ethiopia with
10 of the 12 in the recent Bislett games in Oslo
being from that country. Ethiopian, Kenenisa
Bekele (world record holder) who won the 5000
and 10,000 metres in China 4 years ago is back
as well as his compatriot Dejen Gebremeskel.
But luckily there is one Britain who is
more than capable of gaining Gold.
Mo Farah has already run the fastest 5000 m
this year and beat Bekele by 5 seconds.
He also specialises in the 10000 metres.
Mo is current World Champion and
has every chance to stop the
dominance of the Ethiopians.
5000 metres
This event is dominated by Ethiopia with
10 of the 12 in the recent Bislett games in
Oslo being from that country. Ethiopian, Kenenisa
Bekele (world record holder) who won the 5000
and 10,000 metres in China 4 years ago is back as
well as his compatriot Dejen Gebremeskel.
But luckily there is one Britain who is more than
capable of gaining Gold.
Mo Farah has already run the fastest 5000 m this year and
beat Bekele by 5 seconds. He also specialises
in the 10,000 metres.
Mo is current World Champion and has every
chance to stop the dominance of the
Ethiopians.
Women’s 1500 metres
Britain has two athletes capable of gaining medals.Winner of a Silver medal in the 2011 World Championships, Hannah England must fancy her chances of gaining a medal. In the 2011 final she came from 7th to grab 2nd in the final lap.
Lisa Dobriskey gained Silver in the 2009 World Championships and came 4th in the last Olympics. She also has a personal best only bettered by the Gold Olympian Kelly Holmes.
Men’s 400
metre hurdles
Britain’s Dai Greene is in rich form
and is the 2nd fastest British man at
this event. He is also the current World,
Commonwealth and European champion
so he must be in with a chance
for a medal.
Dai Greene
Hannah England
Mo Farah
Women’s long jump
Representing Britain in this discipline is Shara Proctor, who originally comes from one of the British colonies of Anguilla. She’s recently beaten both World Champion Brittney Reese (US) and Olympic champion Maureen Higa Maggi (Brazil).
HeptathlonBritain’s Jessica Ennis is the
current favourite for Heptathlon
gold. She’s current World and
European Champion in Heptathlon
and also runs in the 100m hurdles.
She missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to stress
fracture injury and will definitely want to win her first Olympics.
Winning gold at the world Championships in 2009, she gained
silver 2 years later. In 2010 she won the 60m hurdles against
specialists and world champions of that discipline and she
continues to dominate this year.
Jessica is the complete athlete as she has to excel in so many
disciplines. Hurdles, Shot put, Javelin and High jump being
part of the Heptathlon line-up.
At 35 Kelly Sotherton is one of oldest
athletes at London 2012, but as
this will probably be her last
hurrah then she may spring
a few surprises.
Jessica Ennis
Kelly Southerton
Men’s triple jump
Britain’s Phillips Idowu is
current World, European and
Commonwealth champion
and has a great chance of
getting gold in London.
Born in Hackney, he rose to
prominence in 2000. He
won the Silver in Beijing 4
years ago, Gold in the World
Championships in 2009 and
Silver again in 2011.
Phillips Idowu
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CYCLINGTrack Cycling
Sir Chris Hoy gained 3 Gold’s at the Olympics in 2008 and he will no doubt feature heavily here. He won Gold at the 2012 World Championships and is in fine form. He will be hungry for more medals to add to his incredible collection of 4 Olympic Gold’s and 11 World Championship Gold’s.Victoria Pendleton (MBE) will want to win again in the women’s individual sprint event. She’s in red hot form as well after winning gold at the 2012 World Championships and must be clear favourite in London too.Peter Kennaugh was part of the gold winning team of team pursuit in 2012 Australia.Ed Clancy won gold in the team pursuit back in 2008 and will look to do so again as he’s just won gold in Australia in the world championships there.
Track Cycling & BMX
Shanaze Reade crashed in the last Olympics and as she has won the last 3 BMX World Championships on the trot and has 2 golds and one silver in Track cycling at the World championship, she will be desperate to gain Olympic glory, especially as its on home turf.
Chris Hoy
Victoria Pendleton
Road Cycling In Road Cylcing we have many British contenders for medals. Mark Cavendish is the 2011 World Road Champion, Nicole Cooke won gold in the road race in the 2008 Olympics and Emma Pooley won silver in 2008 in the time trial and was World Time Trial Champion in 2010.At 24 Lizzie has won just about everything at such an early age and could continue to dominate for another decade. She won Gold in the team event in 2009 despite it being here 2nd ever appearance in a senior world event.
She’ll be in the Omnium which is a new event featuring 5 different gruelling events which has been created for the games.
Lizzie Armistead
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SailingTeam GB should challenge for at least 4 medals and as many as 9. Gold could come in 6 events.In the last 3 Olympic games Britain has topped the medal count in sailing.Ben Ainslie is a legend in sailing and started at the age of
4. Born into a sailing family he won his first race in the World championship back in 1993 at the tender age of 16. He likes to give himself challenges and so after winning Olympic gold in the laser
class in 1996 and 2000 and World Championship Golds in 1998 and 99 he moved class to the Finn. In the Finn class he won the World
Championship in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008. Disqualified in 2011 when leading the field, after threatening a photographer getting in the way of his
boat (fair play as far as I’m concerned) he will definitely want to win on home soil. Iain Percy has dominated sailing for a decade and is known as one of the best in the world. Winning Gold as far back as the Sydney Olympics in
2000 he has gone on to win Gold in the Olympics of 2008 and Gold in the World Championships in 2002 and 2010Winner of Gold in 2008, Paul Goodison will want to win in London once more. Sailing in the Laser class he has also won the World Championships in 2009 and has a host of other European medals.Paired with Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson won Gold in 2008 and went on to win the World championship in 2010. The pair will fancy their chances at winning once more in 2012.
DivingTom Daley is the overwhelming favourite for Gold in the individual 10m platform event and he’ll also fancy his chances at the 10m
synchro as well.
RowingZac Purchase and Mark Hunter - This pair won the Olympic Gold for lightweight double scull back in 2008 and World Championships in 2007 and 2011 so will definitely want to win on home soil.
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins in the women’s double scull will also be there or thereabouts in the medal hunt.
Canoe slalom
David Florence in the C1 class won Silver in 2008 and could get the gold in 2012.Campbell Walsh has won Silver in the K1 in the past and with a bit of luck and with the crowd behind him, he might go all the way.
Canoe sprint
Tim Brabants returns to defend his Olympic crown in the K1 1000m. In the K1 200m Ed McKeever is 2010 World Champion so there’s a possibility of a gold there as well.
SwimmingThere is a wealth of British swimmers well capable of gaining gold in the pool. Rebecca Adlington won 2 golds in the Freestyle back in 2008 and so she became the first woman to win 2 golds for a hundred years exactly.In the 10km event, Team GB won 2 silvers and a bronze and they’ll
hope to go one better this time. Keri-Anne Payne won silver and since gone on to claim gold in 2009 at the World Aquatics
Championships and gold at the World Championships.Others to watchMichael Phelps won 8 gold medals in the 2008 Olympics
to add to his 6 gold and 2 silvers from 2004. He’ll be up against rival Ryan Lochte again and this will provide a massive spur and will mean that world records will be broken once more. Of the rivalry Phelps should just edge it.
Gemma Spofforth came forth and out of the medals in 2008 which must have spurred her on as she then became World Champion in 2009, smashing the world record as well.
Ben Ainslie
Iain Percy
Paul Goodison
Andrew Simpson
Rebecca Alington
Keri-Anne Payne
Tom Daley
Michael Phelps
ON THE WATER
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OTHER SPORTSFootball
There’s also a bit of football going on and for the first time since 1912 a Great Britain team is competing for honours. Much is being made of the inclusion of Goldenballs himself, David Beckham. Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy will join him as the senior players picked. Group A: Great Britain, Senegal, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay - Great Britain and current South American Champions
Uruguay should go through to the next rounds here. Group B: Mexico, North Korea, Gabon and Switzerland - Mexico and Switzerland should progress.Group C: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and New Zealand - Brazil and Egypt should pass through this group fairly easily.Group D: Spain, Japan, Honduras and Morocco - Spain and Japan should just about edge through here.
TennisAndy Murray has a chance at Olympic glory, its just a pity that the Serb Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafa Nadal are in the race for Gold as well. Murray also wants to play in the men’s doubles and mixed doubles and if he does win will be the first player in the modern era to win in all three.
BasketballThe USA will want to win this desperately as they seek to defend their Olympic title won in 2008. Major NBA stars such as Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant should also feature.
Spain will have Pau Gasol, amongst their squad and will be hard to beat.
TriathlonAlistair Brownlee has won World Championships in the past and will challenge for a medal once more.
In the women’s event, World Champion Helen Jenkins can also challenge for gold.
TaekwondoFor some reason, Aaron Cook has not been picked for London 2012. As he’s currently ranked number one in the world this seems like an oversight. ‘Cook would have been selected if the criteria was on performance’, GB Taekwondo selector, Dr Steve Peters, said. What the hell they’re playing at if it isn’t based on performance is anyone’s guess.
Boxing
Simon Vallily in the
Heavyweight class is one
to keep an eye on and
might even win Gold.
In Women’s boxing,
Savannah Marshall will defend
her title at middleweight.
GymnasticsDan Keatings has a chance for an Olympic medal as does Louis Smith and Dan Purvis.
Beth Tweddle in the women’s uneven bars has a good chance at Gold as well.
Modern Pentathlon
Heather Fell won Olympic Silver in 2008 and will want to go one better in London. She has subsequently won Silver at the World Championships in
2010 and so will challenge for
honours.
Women’s football
Great Britain can certainly challenge for a medal. They were beaten in the final of the European Championships in 2010 by yup you guessed it…Germany.
Andy Murray
Pau Gasol Heather Fell
Simon Vallily
Dan Keatings
Beth Tweddle
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