Fanny Blankers-Koen: ‘The Flying Housewife’ who won four Olympic gold medals in one year
In the face of criticism that she was too old to compete, Holland’s Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics.
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Charlotte Cooper: The world’s first female Olympic champion
The 1900 Olympics were the first of their kind to allow women to compete, and it was a British woman who came away as the first ever female Olympic champion.
Poll shows overwhelming support for Olympic ceremony – as reports claim Gove “objected”
A poll of public reaction to the Olympics opening ceremony reveals big support for Friday’s spectacular, further highlighting just how out of touch the haters are.
Did the opening ceremony undermine the SNP’s attempts to break up the UK?
Douglas Alexander: “As Scots we may believe there’s nowhere better – but Friday reminded us there’s something bigger”
Mail back Burley in attack on opening ceremony’s “absurdly unrealistic” mixed-race family
The Mail went all Aidan Burley last night with an unsubtle race-baiting attack on the Olympics opening ceremony, reports Shamik Das.
London 2012’s legacy: How will the UK benefit after the Olympic Games?
As of today, we the UK are officially the luckiest country in the world – the London 2012 Olympic Games are here!
“Some Americans just shouldn’t leave the country” – Lewis turns the screw on Romney
Olympic legend Carl Lewis expressed the embarrassment and exasperation of his nation with a stinging slapdown of Mitt Romney for his anti-Games comments today.
Michelle shows Romney how it’s done with inspiring Olympics speech to Team USA
Michelle Obama today greeted the US Olympic team in Docklands with an inspirational speech to kick off the final countdown to the Games.
Romney, boss of corruption-laden Salt Lake City 02, questions our readiness to host Games
Mitt Romney, boss of Salt Lake City 02 – a byword for all that was previously wrong with the Games – has questioned Britain’s readiness for the Olympics.
London 2012 needs to set a precedent for the coverage of women’s sport
We can only hope that scheduling Team GB’s women’ footballing debut to coincide with opening day hysteria will challenge past records on poor coverage.