WORTH REPEATING

It's Day 12 of the Games, and Canada's Olympians have given us every reason to be proud. Canada is currently 12th in the overall medal standings with 1 gold, 4 silver, and 9 bronze; for a total of 14 medals. Go Canada!       Take a look at who's won what: DAY 1 Bronze Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans Women’s synchronized-diving 3-metre springboard DAY 4 Bronze Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion Women’s synchronized-diving 10-metre platform Bronze Antoine Valois Fortier Men’s judo 81kg Bronze Christine Girard Women’s weightlifting 63 kg DAY 5 Silver Brian Price, Andrew Byrnes, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe,...

In our last issue, we gave you 5 Hot Reasons to watch the Olympics, but in truth, there are more. Take a look at 10 more Olympic babes to watch for.          Alex Morgan U.S.A. Soccer Ana Ivanovic Serbia Tennis Brianne Theisen Heptathlon Canada     Daniela Hantuchova Slovakia Tennis     Francesca Piccinini Volleyball Italy     Jessica Ennis Great Britain Heptathlon     Kara Goucher U.S.A. Marathon     Lolo Jones U.S.A. Hurdles     Maria Sharapova Russia Tennis     Stephanie Rice Australia Swimming            ...

A lot has happened since the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, but despite all the drama, Canada’s athletes have stayed strong and put us on the medal board. In 2008, it took until day eight for Canada to win a medal. It’s currently day seven and we’re at seven medals: two silver and five bronze.  We have some fine athletes competing for medals today and we’re hoping to add a gold medal to our count.     Here's a look: DAY 1 Bronze Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans Women’s synchronized-diving 3-metre springboard DAY 4 Bronze Meaghan Benfeito and...

At 31 years old, Dylan Armstrong is a five-time Canadian shot put champion. He currently has the national record of 22.21 metres. Armstrong’s last Olympic performance, though a personal best and a Canadian record, was just one centimeter shy of podium-worthy. “To come that close, it’s a little bit crushing,” he said just moments after the throw. “I really wanted it bad.” London 2012 is Armstrong’s chance at redemption, and having set a new national record of 22.21, he has a great chance of making it to the podium. The shot put competition is stacked with some of the greatest athletes...

The British media were quick to call London 2012 “the first social media Olympics,” but we wonder if they foresaw all the Twitter drama that’s been unleashed recently. With over 500 million users on Twitter, and over 175 million tweets per day, it’s pretty amazing how just one tweet can get you booted from the Olympics. In just five days, however, two Olympics athletes have been expelled for tweeting racist remarks. Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou was banned just days before the opening ceremonies, while Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella was banned and sent home early on. We can’t help but wonder...