http://www.golondongo.com Go London Go- Get Ready For 2012 Sat, 26 May 2012 18:58:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/best-ever-olympians-vote/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/best-ever-olympians-vote/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:47:51 +0000 CornishOlympian http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18835-best-ever-olympians-vote.html Best Olympic Athlete On Earth This is quite a good 'best ever olympian' list, which you can...]]> Best Olympic Athlete On Earth

This is quite a good 'best ever olympian' list, which you can vote on.

Great to see quite a few Brits in there!

For me though, it has to be Usai ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/best-ever-olympians-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/helen-jenkins-focused-on-olympic-triathlon-prize-as-stardom-awaits/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/helen-jenkins-focused-on-olympic-triathlon-prize-as-stardom-awaits/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 08:01:16 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18833-helen-jenkins-focused-olympic-triathlon-prize-stardom-awaits.html In her exhaustive reconnoitring for the Olympic triathlon, Helen Jenkins must have committed Hyde Park’s every duck pond, its every patch of fading crocuses irrevocably to memory.

Come August 4, London’s great natural retreat will be transformed b ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/helen-jenkins-focused-on-olympic-triathlon-prize-as-stardom-awaits/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 09:18:55 +0000 richard http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18805-australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-drugs.html Australian boxer Bianca Elmir's hopes of competing at the London Olympic Games have been destroyed after she tested positive for a banned substance.

Canberra-based boxer Bianca Elmir, crowned national champion in February, was hit with the ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 09:18:55 +0000 richard http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18805-australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-drugs.html Australian boxer Bianca Elmir's hopes of competing at the London Olympic Games have been destroyed after she tested positive for a banned substance.

Canberra-based boxer Bianca Elmir, crowned national champion in February, was hit with the ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/australian-boxer-bianca-elmir-banned-for-drugs/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-basketball-captain-luol-deng-pushes-himself-through-pain-barrier/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-basketball-captain-luol-deng-pushes-himself-through-pain-barrier/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:44:49 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18796-team-gb-basketball-captain-luol-deng-pushes-himself-through-pain-barrier.html The Chicago Bulls small forward, who stands at 6ft 9in, watched his domestic season come to a close last night following a first round play-off defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers.

He weighed in with 19 points for the top-seeded Bulls shorn of injure ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-basketball-captain-luol-deng-pushes-himself-through-pain-barrier/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/archer-alison-williamson-is-outstanding-candidate-to-be-team-gb-flag-bearer/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/archer-alison-williamson-is-outstanding-candidate-to-be-team-gb-flag-bearer/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:38:34 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18795-archer-alison-williamson-outstanding-candidate-team-gb-flag-bearer.html The precise voting mechanism to elect the British flag-bearer for the London 2012 opening ceremony is still being worked out but already there is one outstanding candidate for the honour.

Alison Williamson’s selection for the Team GB archery squad ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/archer-alison-williamson-is-outstanding-candidate-to-be-team-gb-flag-bearer/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-name-final-three-sailors-for-games-squad/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-name-final-three-sailors-for-games-squad/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:53:13 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18792-team-gb-name-final-three-sailors-games-squad.html The surprise choice of Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes as Britain’s representatives in the 49er class at London 2012 has caused upset among other contenders who believed they had one more stab at gaining selection at the upcoming Skandia Sail for Gold ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-name-final-three-sailors-for-games-squad/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/alison-williamson-selected-for-sixth-olympic-games/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/alison-williamson-selected-for-sixth-olympic-games/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:50:12 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18791-alison-williamson-selected-sixth-olympic-games.html Alison Williamson has been selected for her sixth Olympic Games, as Team GB's archery team was unveiled at Lord's.

Williamson narrowly missed out on an automatic spot at the final selection shoot at Lilleshall last month but has been handed the fi ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/alison-williamson-selected-for-sixth-olympic-games/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/nine-named-in-team-gb-synchronised-swimming-squad-for-games/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/nine-named-in-team-gb-synchronised-swimming-squad-for-games/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 06:28:16 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18781-nine-named-team-gb-synchronised-swimming-squad-games.html The nine women who will make up the Team GB synchronised swimming squad and compete at the London Olympics were named in Aldershot by the British Olympic Association on Tuesday.

The selected athletes include Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici who w ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/nine-named-in-team-gb-synchronised-swimming-squad-for-games/feed/ 0 http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-taekwondo-team-plunder-biggest-european-championship-medal-haul/ http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-taekwondo-team-plunder-biggest-european-championship-medal-haul/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:45:53 +0000 divingbrit http://www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/athletes-preparing-london-2012/18777-team-gb-taekwondo-team-plunder-biggest-european-championship-medal-haul.html Olympic hopeful Martin Stamper and fellow Briton Caroline Fisher collected bronze medals on the final day of the European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, in what was Team GB's best ever showing in the competition

However, there was disappoi ]]> http://www.golondongo.com/2012/05/team-gb-taekwondo-team-plunder-biggest-european-championship-medal-haul/feed/ 0