A year on from the 2012 Olympics, a return to London and a return of the nerves, but for very different reasons
A year on from the Olympics, Team GB athlete Peter Bakare returns to London to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace…
I’m hyped, I’m excited and I’m in my Team GB gear. The national anthem is being played and I have my team mates around me, what more can you expect from normal game day [...]
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 4:20 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘We were all equals, but when I saw Serena Williams, I had to ask for a picture’
My first Olympic Games experience, what can I say? I’ll start at the beginning, with the athlete’s village – it was a different world.
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 1:11 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘Fireworks were exploding in every synapse of my body’
I’ve made it! I’ve officially been selected to represent Team GB in Volleyball at the London 2012 Olympic Games and I am ecstatic.
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 4:01 am
Olympic Outlook: ‘I knew exactly how those contestants on the Apprentice or X-Factor feel’
When they made that first cut, they took four of us into a room, including myself, and went through each of our strengths and weaknesses before saying goodbye to just two.
By Peter Bakare | Sport | Tuesday, 12 June 2012 at 5:11 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘I’ve got to get the three yeses and survive bootcamp’
At the end of the month the GB volleyball summer squad will be announced and at the moment it’s all I am thinking about. I love the anticipation of it all but I just can’t stand the waiting! 18 of us will be selected to train together as a national team [...]
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Monday, 26 March 2012 at 5:06 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘Performing on stage is much more terrifying than playing volleyball’
When you’re playing sport you’re in your own zone and totally focused, so you don’t pay much attention to the audience, but when you’re performing comedy, you have to interact with the crowd and win them over which is never easy!
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Monday, 27 February 2012 at 1:37 pm
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