After just 65 seconds, Ben Quilter secures our first medal of the Paralympics
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Did you enjoy the opening ceremony?
August 30th, 2012 
judouk Well, as with the Olympics, I was I’m bed sleeping. An early morning prevented me from staying up So, here we are then – day 1 For those that care, here’s the running order
Posted in London 2012 Paralympics 
Tags: Opening Ceremony 
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August 28th, 2012 judouk Getting onboard the train to start my first shifts at the 2012 Paralympics
The Athlete Team Liason crew
August 3rd, 2012 judouk Well, that’s it. The end of Olympic Judo for London 2012
We have our two medals
August 3rd, 2012 judouk 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
August 3rd, 2012 judouk 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
August 3rd, 2012 judouk 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 […]
Posted in London 2012 Olympics Tags: Chris Sherrington Karina Bryant Comments Off on Chris and Karina both win their firstThe Last Day of Olympic Judo
August 3rd, 2012 judouk 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 ?
Posted in London 2012 Olympics Tags: Chris Sherrington Karina Bryant Comments Off on The Last Day of Olympic JudoGemma Silver Story
August 2nd, 2012 judouk 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