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Lonndon 2012 Weightlifting Athlete Profiles

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Brush up on your weightlifting trivia! Check out the Athletes’ Bios of the weightlifters taking part in London 2012. Provides you with all sorts of information. Like when and why they picked up the sport, what kind of injuries they suffered, superstitions, hobbies etc… Didn’t know that Hysen Plulaku, for example, “suffered serious head injuries which […]

How to Watch the BBC Olympics Online

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So, let’s compile all the various methods to watch the London 2012 Olympics online. Since the experience is very fragmented, we will sort the options by country. Please comment below and let us know where and how you will watch the Olympics online. My Preferred Method: use a VPN, as described here (works from everywhere). Update: […]

Weightlifting Schedule London 2012 Olympic Games

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Here are the time tables for all London 2012 weightlifting events. Update: Google Calender times are 1 hour behind. See the tables below for correct times. I also found a way to import the schedule into your Google Calender (available for all events). Instruction: download the .ics files here (right click ‘save as’) create a new calender […]

Final Entry List London 2012 Weightlifting

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No more guessing. Finally we get to know who is going. Update: Here is an updated start list (PDF Warning) Here is the final entry list for all weightlifting events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. If you find any surprises / oddities, share them in the comments. Men’s 56kg Given Name Family Name Country Date […]

2012 Olympics Logo

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Warning: The following can’t be unseen. The 2012 London Olympics logo looks like Lisa Simpson performing oral sex. Bwahahaha. Instant classic. via kottke.org

Behdad Salimi Interview about the Olympics

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If you like reading through a Google translated interview, check out this one with Behdad Salimi. Olympic records will increase I go on the platform with a foot (leg?) injury The result will be better than Sydney Olympics 85 kg category, will be decided between Sohrab and Kianoush. Will go to London a couple of […]

Chinese Weightlifting Team for London

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Thanks to reader Tom who found the the list of the Chinese weightlifting team for London. Update: Found a fairly recent video from the Chinese training hall (with translation on the right). Men: 56kg: Wu Jingbiao 62kg: Zhang Jie 69kg: Lin Qingfeng 77kg: Lu Xiaojun, Lu Haojie 85kg: Lu Yong (So no Tang Deshang in the 69kg, no Su Dajin […]

The Olympics According to You

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The results from last Sunday’s super scientificly accurate polls are in. +105kg So most of you share my opinion that Salimi will have fully recovered (or at least enough) in time to take the +105kg. Votes Percentage Behdad Salimi 123 68.72% Ruslan Albegov 52 29.05% Matthias Steiner* 2 1.11% George Kobaladze* 1 0.58% Somebody entered “myself” 1 0.58% […]