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The Sun UK
| 10 months ago
Olympic rowing regatta in front of 30,000 ecstatic home fans. Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory burned off arch-rivals Australia to snatch Britain's fourth consecutive Olympic title in the coxless fours. Minutes later, Sophie...
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The Sun UK
| 10 months ago
Greg Rutherford leapt to glory last night to claim yet another stunning gold for Britain. The lanky star dubbed The Olympic Torch because of his flame-red hair blew away his rivals to grab gold, moments after Jessica Ennis won our first track gold in...
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The Hartford Courant
| 10 months ago
It's been a brilliant couple of days," Ennis said, adding that her tears were easily explained. "Just actually realizing that I've achieved one of my greatest goals," she said. "You never quite think that you can get there, and when you do, it's...
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The Herald
| 10 months ago
British fans know how to support their Olympic team, even if it means getting up early to get through the crowds to the stadium. ''I've been to 11 Olympics, and I have never seen it full before now for a morning session,'' said the man sitting next...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
ments Jessica Ennis and the night Britain's Olympics all became worth it Britain had a big night at the Olympic Stadium Saturday, winning three golds including one for Jessica Ennis, the British face of the London Games. London In the years to come,...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
4 August 2012 One is a teacher from Teesside, the other a chemist from Wimbledon and they first sat in a boat together only four months ago. But Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking now have a bond for life after they powered their way yesterday from...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
4 August 2012 Jessica Ennis the poster girl of the Olympics, last night led Britain's athletes on their most glorious day of the Games yet. In the performance of her career, the 26-year-old from Sheffield delivered gold for a joyous nation in the...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
4 August 2012 Mark Hunter collapsed with exhaustion and had to be carried from his boat by rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave after winning silver for Team GB yesterday. Hunter and his teammate, Zac Purchase, endured a race of dramas at Eton Dorney...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
4 August 2012 Great Britain's winning athletes allowed their emotions to take over today, as one after the other they each they let tears of despair and jubilation flow. Even television viewers would have struggled to not be moved by the joy and...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
I loved that he remembered the 'mobot' from a league of their own for his fans! Jessie, home, 05/8/2012 01:07 Click to rate Rating 12 I am so proud to be British...British Expat , Atlantic Ocean, 05/8/2012 01:06 Click to rate Rating 17 Mr...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
4 August 2012 Greg Rutherford clinched Britain's first Olympic long-jump gold medal in 48 years last night in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Olympic Stadium. It was Team GB's 13th gold and was another highlight of a joyous night for the athletics...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Here are Sunday's events to watch out for (all times BST): There can be no question that Usain Bolt running the men's 100m final is the most eagerly awaited of Olympic events, but he might not have it all his own way after recent defeats by fellow...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 10 months ago
With a healthy lead in the heptathlon, Britain's Olympic poster girl Jessica Ennis could almost have walked around the final event, the 800 meters. But the roars of 80,000 fans carried her over the line in first place. As she headed around the second...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
With 25 gold medals up for grabs they were calling it Super Saturday. Now it has become the greatest day in British track and field history. The nation has to go all the way back to 1908 for the last time it won a track medal on home soil. But third...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Britain enjoyed its greatest day of athletics on Saturday as Mo Farah in the 10,000 meters, Greg Rutherford in the long jump and heptathlete Jessica Ennis delivered an extraordinary hat-trick of Olympic gold medals on a truly unforgettable night. It...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Articles During an NBC interview before the London 2012 Olympic Games, Carmelita Jeter said her name is pronounced "Jetter" rather than "Jee-ter," but that she is frequently approached by fans and interviewers who believe it is pronounced the same...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Sheer relief had, momentarily, eclipsed any sense of jubilation...These Olympics, and these infectiously proud and enthusiastic home fans, had their Cathy Freeman Moment. But, as their energised athletes peform incredible feats of sporting alchemy,...
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Fitsugar
| 10 months ago
Our new PopSugar social reader allows you to discover what your friends are reading and watching on PopSugar and shares your activity with them instantly. Plus, it adds your activity to your Facebook Ticker, Timeline, and News Feed. To see what else...
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The Observer
| 10 months ago
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images A week is a very long time in Olympics. Sitting in the main stadium on Saturday, the five days in which Britain had once waited for its first gold medal seemed part of a different gloomy, sepia life altogether.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Britain's Jessica Ennis celebrates winning the gold in the women's heptathlon during athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David J. AP National Writer 3:34 p.m., Aug. 4,...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates winning gold in the women's 100-meter final during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in London.(AP Photo/David J...This weekend marks 50...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
It was a glorious night for Britain as the host nation won three Olympic golds in track and field in about one hour on Saturday night. The noise in the stadium was deafening as the crowd of 80,000, which included members of the royal family, roared...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
50 BST on Sunday, Jamaica will come to a standstill as the nation watches whether its modern-day sprint heroes can win a hat-trick of podium places in the 100m: a fitting way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the island's independence from Great...
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Xtra News
| 10 months ago
MichaelPhelps "Don't cry because it's over. Dr. Seuss - Michael Phelps retweets after ending his career with a 22nd Olympic medal @OscarPistorius Waaaa!!...South Africa's Oscar Pistorius after becoming the first double amputee to compete in the...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
This year's Olympics have the potential to be the best ever for women's sport, with more female comp... by Sue Tibballs 03 August 2012 02:37 PM The bookies might be finding it hard to find a favourite in the women's 400m hurdles which starts on... by...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
I thought it was understood that if you were a British woman, healthy enough, you'd make all the right noises about getting fit but then sit on the sofa chain-scoffing Pringles, promising to go to aerobics or Zumba twice next week instead. I...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Jessica Ennis last night crowned a fantastic day at the end of a remarkable week of sport, with a record-breaking gold medal win in the heptathlon. Her gold medal-winning 800m run was so fast, she smashed her own British record. Moments after she...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
The coronation was two days in the making but when the ceremony finally came here last night it was no less intense for that. Jessica Ennis both enchanted and thrilled this stadium not only with her superb fitness and talent but also with the sheer...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
You could say it was worth the wait, but then it had been 104 years since a British track and field athlete won an Olympic home medal on home ground. As Jessica Ennis crossed the finish line in the cauldron of London 2012's showpiece arena at about...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
The bookies might be finding it hard to find a favourite in the women's 400m hurdles which starts on... by Gareth Purnell 03 August 2012 12:01 AM Suggested Topics The 400 metres is always one of the most competitive of Olympic events, as tonight's...
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The Hartford Courant
| 10 months ago
Select a date range Create a custom date range From: To: 5:54 p.m. EDT , August 4, 2012 Carmelita Jeter couldn't fend off a late burst of speed by Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who repeated as gold medalist in the women's 100 meters Saturday in...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
Poster girl Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon to revive memories of the roar that greeted Australian icon Cathy Freeman when she won 400m gold in Sydney in 2000...In between Greg Rutherford had collected gold in the long jump with a leap of 8.31m and...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 10 months ago
Britain turned Super Saturday into a gold-medal fest within one glorious hour for assembled royalty and 80,000 fans at the Olympics, with Jessica Ennis leading the way in the heptathlon and Mo Farah closing out in the 10,000 metres. The host nation...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Watt, who also won silver at the world championships in Daegu last year, produced a leap of 8.16 metres with his final jump to finish runner-up to Great Britain's Greg Rutherford. Rutherford won with a best jump of 8.31m, his victory coming soon...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Fraser-Pryce, the fastest woman in the world this year, exploded out of the blocks and opened up a gap over the world champion, crossing the line in 10.75, ahead of the American who clocked 10.78. Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown took bronze in a...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Mo Farah of Britain finished off a stunningly successful Olympic day for the host country Saturday with a victory in the 10,000-meter run. He shocked two-time defending champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and won the third gold medal of the track...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
20 Click to rate Rating 123 I loved watching Jessica win and I love how sporting we are as a nation. Jon, Stafford, 04/8/2012 22:20 Click to rate Rating 92 No positive comments from north of the border then, envious of " England " winning...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Pistorius gives the thumbs-up sign after qualifying for the semi-finals in the Men's 400-metre race. In pictures Justin Gatlin of the U.S. salutes after winning his Round 1 heat. In pictures Findlay resumes running after her talk with team doctor...
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
It was supposed to be a mission for gold, but the seventh day at the Olympics brought a big silver smile to Team Russia. All in all, they won six silver medals, and no others on the day. Kai Pfaffenbach) Russia's Tatyana Chernova has finished third...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Denise Lewis hailed a "truly remarkable" performance from Jessica Ennis who launched a golden night for Great Britain in the Olympic Stadium by clinching the heptathlon title. Ennis won her 800 metres heat with an impressive sprint finish to set a...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah tonight struck gold for Britain in front of a capacity crowd of 80,000 at the Olympic Stadium on a sensational evening for the home nation. Ennis started the party with a dominant victory...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics Jessica Ennis tonight lived up to her billing as Britain's golden girl with a commanding victory in the Olympic heptathlon at London 2012. Four years after reluctantly watching the Beijing Games on TV following a career-threatening...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
Jessica Ennis competes in the women's heptathlon javelin throw Jessica Ennis wins Olympic heptathlon gold for Great Britain Jessica Ennis sealed Olympic heptathlon gold in front of an adoring home crowd as a new British record carried her to an...
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The Observer
| 10 months ago
The men's 400m hurdles second semi-final Britain's Jack Green is down after 100m!...The third is Omar Cisneros in a time of 48.23 --- a time slower than Dai Greene...The stadium is a bit stunned after that ... ... no one was expecting Greene to...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Heptathlete Is Face of the Olympics in Britain' Ian Walton/Getty Images Jessica Ennis of Britain, in the long-jump pit on Saturday, was in first place entering the seventh and last event in the heptathlon, the 800-meter run. The fans packed into...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
Jessica Ennis, the darling of British athletics and poster girl for the London Games, closed in on heptathlon gold on Saturday, enjoying a 188-point lead over her nearest rival with just the 800m to run. Ennis set personal bests in the 100m hurdles...
