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And so begins my final day at London 2012

It’s hard to believe that a little over 4 weeks ago, I had only taken part in the test event yet today marks the end It’s not been easy at all. I have seen very little of other sports but, when you are working both sessions without a break, it is not surprising that my […]

The Athlete Team Liason crew

Well, that’s it. The end of Olympic Judo for London 2012

We have our two medals

Karina has just secured a second medal for TeamGB with a Bronze medal. Success…we have the medals we needed and the Paralympics hasnt even begun 🙂

Karina moves forward to the Semi Finals

but its the end of the road for Chris.   He was extremely upbeat when he returned to back of house. He’ll be back 🙂

Chris and Karina both win their first

Chris, as he told me on Tuesday, would dispatch his opponent quickly. It took him just 30 seconds to throw and then strangle his opponent for a submission Unfortunately, I didn’t see Karina first fight but will try to catch her next Chris is on the mat now against Russian Alexander Milhaylin ; 1.5 minutes […]

The Last Day of Olympic Judo

So, here goes. The team are gathering for the final day of Olympic Judo with the +100kg and +78kg categories. With one medal under our belt, can we find another ?

Gemma Silver Story

Gemma Gibbons started today as an outside chance. She was ranked 100th in the World yet has just collected an Olympic Silver medal. We are finally off the starting blocks for GB judo

She’s there

And she’s done it. Gemma has made it to the final with a superb ippon throw in the Golden Score contest beating Audrey Tcheumeo (FRA) who is ranked at number 3 in the world Everywhere I look, I can see tears in the eyes of the GB team. After the comments made this week by […]

Gemma gets her position in the semi- finals

I dont think anyone really expected this but Gemma has just won her third contest to secure her place in the Semi-Finals Get in

The Medal Ceremony

Not being content with just one, I found all four. We weren’t allowed to touch them – but here are the pics (am still hoping to hold at least one)