PT Usha Performance

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, generally know as P.T. Usha is an Indian Athlete, and arguably the most famous and successful Female Athlete from India to have ever existed. Her extra-ordinary performance...

Indians Performance in Olympics

India first participated in Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The country was represented by Norman Pritchard, an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time. He bagged two silver medals in 200m....

London 2012: Olympic medals

Thickness: 7mm Diameter : 85mm Weight: 400gQuantity: -- Designer : David WatkinsThe biggest Summer Olympics medals to date. Artist...

3 former Olympians from region have big ambitions again

To East St. Louisan Dawn Harper, a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics meant a hometown street renamed in her honor, a relatively cavernous two-bedroom apartment compared to the one she and her husband had been scrunched into in Los Angeles, and a simple sense of "look what I...

Phelps set for seven events at worlds

Michael Phelps is anguished no more. After a frustrating year marked by losses, lack of motivation and fitness, and indecision about his future in the pool, the 14-time Olympic champion is happy to be...

Olympics 2012: Cultural events mark countdown in Wales

Wales' countdown to the Olympics is starting with events marking a year-long run-up to the London Games. A cultural Olympiad by heritage body Cadw hosts projects across north Wales, including a celebration...

London 2012 Olympics

The last time the Olympics came to London, in 1948, Britain was building a welfare state. Sixty-three years later they are knocking it down. In this brazenly market-driven and self‑preserving phase of...

London 2012 shops

You can buy London 2012 merchandise from our official London 2012 online shop. London 2012 shops are also located in: Terminal 5 (airside)Heathrow AirportTel: 020 8283 7727Opening hours: Mon-Sun, 5.30am-10pm. St...

Open Weekend begins and Test Events continue

Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards (centre left) stands next to Olympic mascot Wenlock and Pineapple Dance Studios founder Debbie Moore OBE (centre right) during a class at the Pineapple Dance Studios...

London 2012 film sets new Guinness World Record

The Tate Movie Project’s 'The Itch of the Golden Nit' has entered the record books ahead of being screened across the UK to celebrate Open Weekend 2011A part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the...