London 2012

So many funny things have come out of the London 2012 Olympics, from the fabulous Bulgarian athlete Vania Stambolova who actually tripped in her 400m hurdles or the name of the Japanese volleyballer – Yoshie Takeshita! But now I found this! Is this the Olympic Diving/Swimming events or something meant for the privacy of adults? Warning – prudes may be offended!

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From the Central Coast of NSW, that have given us so many winners including, The Voice’s Karise Eden, Celebrity Apprentice champ Julia Morris and MasterChef extrordinaire Julie Goodwin, comes the news that another winner is to be celebrated. Tom Slingsby has won gold – giving us 2 gold medals! Continue reading »

MasterChef USA season 2 is coming to Ten on Friday, August 24th. If this will continue on Fridays or on more nights is a mystery.

MasterChef is based on the first season of the Australian format, produced by Fremantle Media Australia, which in turn was based on the British BBC series MasterChef. Chef, television personality and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay together with restaurateur and vineyard owner Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot are the judges in this new version of MasterChef. Continue reading »

ATHLETICS *GOLD MEDAL EVENTS*

Monday August 6 at 6.55pm AEST – live on LONDON 4 (Track) & LONDON 5 (Field)

Men’s discus: Julian Wruck, Benn Harradine and Scott Martin (qualifying)
Women’s 100m hurdles: Sally Pearson (heats)
Men’s 800m: Jeff Riseley (heats)
Women’s 1500m: Zoe Buckman, Kalia McKnight (heats)
Women’s pole vault: Alana Boyd, Liz Parnov (final)
Women’s 400m hurdles: Lauren Boden (semi-finals)
Men’s 400m hurdles: Brendan Cole (final)
Women’s 3000m steeplechase: Genevieve LaCaze (final) Continue reading »

23 GOLD MEDALS TO BE DECIDED ON DAY 9 – ALL LIVE ON FOXTEL

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Australia – 19th. 2 Gold, 12 Silver, 8 bronze = 22

Updated 9.50am 7/08/2012 AEST.

Finally – all those shows annoying us in promos during The Olympics, commence airing on Nine in the first week “after the Olympics”. Big Brother, Underbelly Badness, Anger Management with Charlie Sheen, The Farmer Wants a Wife – now with 216 dates, and Howzat. Still not scheduled, and likely to start in subsequent weeks, is Dallas and House Husbands. UPDATED AGAIN: 60 Minutes is NOW NOT back until August 19. It was in, but now is out again. Continue reading »

Aussies in action & key events to watch

ATHLETICS *GOLD MEDAL EVENTS*
Saturday August 4 from 6.55pm AEST – live on LONDON 4 (Track) & LONDON 5 (Field)
Women’s pole vault: Liz Parnov, Alana Boyd (qualifying) Continue reading »

Aussies in action & key events to watch

ATHLETICS *GOLD MEDAL EVENTS*
Friday August 3 from 6.55pm AEST – live on LONDON 4 (Track) & 5 (Field)
Men’s shot put: Dale Stevenson (qualifying rounds>final)
Men’s 400m hurdles: Brendan Cole, Tristan Thomas (heats) Continue reading »

Loving this picture that I saw on our Throng New Zealand site. How true it is. While countries celebrate their fantastic effort at being the best in the world and making it to the most prestigious sporting event on the planet, our athletes have been described by our media and our athletes themselves as “failures.”

As the Throng NZ site says “While the Australian swimmers shed tears over failing to stand at the top of the podium, the New Zealand media, and kiwis in general, have been celebrating the fact that we got to stand on one at all.”

Our athletes, like it or not are role models and this display of crying and dissapointment needs to stop. They all need to take a leaf out of Leisel Jones book and be proud of the fact that you made it there (she came 5th in her race), not blame social media (she was heavily bombarded about her weight and NEVER used it as an excuse) and just represent your country and yourself with pride. Continue reading »