Search results for ‘London Olympics 2012 special report’
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Taekwondo’s Stevenson fired by personal loss
Ranked second in the world, women’s taekwondo 67kg hopeful Sarah Stevenson says she will compete at London 2012 in memory of her parents, both of whom died last year.
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Antipodeans sail past Team GB to take two golds
Team GB miss out on two sailing gold medals to the Antipodeans, as Australia and New Zealand push the male and female 470 class teams into second place.
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Dujardin snatches Team GB dressage gold
British equestrian sport achieves its best-ever Olympic medals haul, as Charlotte Dujardian wins gold in the equestrian dressage with the final routine of the competition.
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Adams punches her way into boxing history
Yorkshire’s Nicola Adams makes history by winning flyweight gold in the first ever women’s boxing final, overcoming her Chinese arch-rival Ren Cancan.
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Concerns grow over securing Olympic legacy
As athletes and sports stars urge the government to invest in “patchy” school sports funding, Channel 4 News reveals that 38 per cent of 2012 British medallists so far went to independent schools.
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Women’s football needs media support to thrive
As the US and Japan prepare to compete for the women’s football gold medal, writer Natasha Henry says the women’s game needs mainstream media support if it is to thrive in the UK.
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Pendleton thought Games ‘would be one for the girls’
Victoria Pendleton says she thought the 2012 Olympics “would be one for the girls” and that sport should be taken more seriously in our schools.
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Keri-Anne Payne loses out on marathon swim medal
Beijing silver medallist Keri-Anne Payne finishes fourth in the gruelling women’s 10k swimming competition, which was won by Eva Ristov of Hungary.
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Can 10km swimmer Payne add gold to Beijing silver?
The women’s 10km swim, around London’s Serpentine, may not carry the glamour of other swimming events. But Britain’s Keri-Anne Payne, who took silver in Beijing, is tipped to go one better in 2012.
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Tim Brabants fails to defend kayaking title
Team GBs Tim Brabants fails to defend his title from Beijing after he finishes in 8th position in the men’s kayak single final.
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Team GB lose out to Switzerland in individual showjumping
GB’s medal hopes dashed in the individual equestrian show-jumping as Nick Skelton comes in fifth place with Steve Guerdat of Switzerland taking gold.
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How lottery funding makes a difference to Team GB
Britain’s biggest gold medals haul since 1908 owes a lot to improved funding for Olympic sports. A former heptathlete tells Channel 4 News the difference lottery funding has made to athletics.
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Sir Chris Hoy: ‘I thought nothing could top Beijing’
Sir Chris Hoy tells Channel 4 News that winning two golds in London to become the country’s most successful Olympian has been “phenomenal” and that he is proud to be both British and Scottish.
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Olympic history beckons for boxing’s Nicola Adams
Having won her semi-final, can flyweight contender Nicola Adams go on to strike gold at the London Games and make history as the first female boxer to win an Olympic title?
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Brownlee brothers: ‘We will compete at anything’
Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold as his brother Jonny takes bronze – winning Team GB’s first ever triathlon medals. The brothers tell Channel 4 News about their ‘competitive streak’.