Conor Flynn writes:
Some fairly sad looking Olympic rings I spotted in the window of The Big Tree on Dorset St [Dublin].
Tag Archives: London 2012
Oarsome
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YIKES!
Olympic Rower Denies Boner During Medal Ceremony: ‘I Swear It’s Not Erect’ (Gawker)
Thanks Charlie Doran
At 15
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A shy Katie Taylor, in her first television interview shares her hopes that women’s boxing will become an Olympic sport [to RTE 2’s Kevin O’ Connell in 2002].
Watch here
Thanks Darren Cleary @dardizzle
Constructive lack of productivity.
Lucy Riordan writes:
I’ll be wearing this on my shirt at Excel on Thursday evening.
“Dark-haired, deep-eyed and engaging, Taylor is not what you’d expect in a fighting Irishwoman, nor is she surrounded by people who’d prefer a punch to a potato … Katie is deeply rooted in her mother’s Christian faith, an avid bible reader who zones out to songs of worship…”
Ah here.
Update: the old switcheroo:
Thanks Eoin Darby and Brian McDonald
Meanwhile, In USA Today:
(Getty)
The Bray Way
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Katie Taylor after beating Team GB’S Natasha Jonas at London 2012 this afternoon to guarantee a medal position and a place in the semi-final on Wednesday. The final is on Thursday.
@broadsheet_ie (via AIBA) Noise levels for Taylor vs. Jonas at ExCeL recorded at 113.7 decibels, equivalent to a jackhammer by your ear— Kevin Byrne (@KevooByrne) August 6, 2012
(RTE via Brenda Fitzsimons)
Meanwhile, down the seafront…
(Thanks Aaron McAllorum and Lars Bicuits)
Harsh
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Jeremy Crothers writes:
Turkish runner in the heats for the womens 3000m steeplechase… Ended up finishing tenth behind Irish athlete Stephanie Reilly.
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