blogs.independent.co.uk| » Olympic Games http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 The London 2012 Olympics at The Independent http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/the-london-2012-olympics-on-www-independent-co-uk/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/the-london-2012-olympics-on-www-independent-co-uk/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:00:20 +0000 Simon Rice http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26757 Along with the athletes, we've been training and preparing to ensure www.independent.co.uk has it all covered, from revealing features from our estemed writers, blogs from the competitors themselves, the latest results, iconic pictures and much more.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/the-london-2012-olympics-on-www-independent-co-uk/feed/ 3 The Olympic Torch Relay: One of those twice in a lifetime experiences http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/the-olympic-torch-relay-one-of-those-twice-in-a-lifetime-experiences/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/the-olympic-torch-relay-one-of-those-twice-in-a-lifetime-experiences/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:04:37 +0000 Mark Beaumont http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25411 The Torch weighs exactly 1kg, which is no big deal to hold briefly aloft, but if you carry two bags of sugar at arms length for 20 minutes, you will realise my task. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/18/the-olympic-torch-relay-one-of-those-twice-in-a-lifetime-experiences/feed/ 2 Olympic Outlook: ‘You may not have seen handball before, let alone thought of playing it’ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/24/olympic-outlook-you-may-not-have-seen-handball-before-let-alone-thought-of-playing-it/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/24/olympic-outlook-you-may-not-have-seen-handball-before-let-alone-thought-of-playing-it/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:27:27 +0000 Holly Lam-Moores http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=21858 There are only 153 days to go until the Olympic Games begin and to say I’m excited would be an understatement!]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/24/olympic-outlook-you-may-not-have-seen-handball-before-let-alone-thought-of-playing-it/feed/ 5 Less than 200 days until the Paralympic Games http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/20/less-than-200-days-until-the-paralympic-games/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/20/less-than-200-days-until-the-paralympic-games/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:37:30 +0000 Stephen Miller http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=21629 I’ve been very busy this month as excitement builds for the Olympics and Paralympics.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/20/less-than-200-days-until-the-paralympic-games/feed/ 0