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GQ on The Dream Team from Barcelona 92

‘Legends at every position on the floor.’

8th January 20239th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Sport / Summer Olympics

Table for One

What would you give up for a chance at gold?

10th January 20221st January 2025 by lukealexdavis
American Football / Baseball / Basketball / Cycling / Golf / Motor Sports / Olympics / Soccer / Summer Olympics / Tennis

The Ringer's favourite sporting moments of 2021

The panDemiLovato couldn’t stop these sporting moments from 2021.

2nd January 202213th December 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

Jessie Lau on Tokyo 2020, new rules for trans athletes, and their future

‘Will new Olympics rules exclude or include transgender athletes?’

6th September 20211st September 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

How Patrick Savile made Yuto Horigome's Olympic gold medal-winning skateboard

‘It’s a mad one. I’m so blessed to be involved somehow! But mainly I’m so glad Yuto got it, just because of how humble and deserving he was, and I love how perfect it was for him.’

7th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Water Sports

Why are Olympic swimming pools so fast?

Slight variations in water temperature or pool structure could be the difference between a podium finish or 4th place or missing out on a world record.

6th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

Mark Wilson on the terrible UX of Olympic broadcasting

It looks like some sports broadcasters won’t be winning any medals for user experience this year.

5th August 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Basketball / Olympics / Summer Olympics

A Japanese robot that gets 3's from halfcourt

Shaq is currently taking tips.

27th July 20211st January 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

Some Tokyo 2020 Olympics data viz

Learn more about new Olympics sports and what everyone’s talking about with these data visualisations.

24th July 20219th September 2023 by lukealexdavis
Athletics / Olympics / Summer Olympics

History Extra on Harry Edward: Britain’s first Black Olympic hero

A Black man born in Germany to German and West Indian parents, winning two Olympic medals for Great Britain? Ain’t nothing changed since 1920.

23rd July 20219th July 2025 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Water Sports

Shout out to Alice Dearing, the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics

Alice is 1 of only 3 Black British swimmers of any sex or gender to achieve this.

26th June 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Cycling / Olympics / Summer Olympics

Montreal’s Biodôme was an Olympic velodrome in 1976

It’s literally a concrete jungle (in one section at least).

20th May 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

Canada's 2020* Olympic closing ceremony outfits are... something

What are thooooose?

20th April 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis
Olympics / Summer Olympics

When Carlos Valderrama carried the Olympic torch in Windsor

Who better than Carlos Valderrama to carry the Olympic torch on behalf of Colombia in 2012?

20th January 202131st January 2024 by lukealexdavis
Athletics / Olympics / Summer Olympics

Tessa Sanderson on racism, records, and boardroom representation

Former Olympic gold medalist Tessa Sanderson spoke to Sky Sports about her experiences with racism, her gold medal in Los Angeles, and the lack of BAME representation in boardrooms.

26th October 20207th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

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