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While the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, it wasn't until 1924 that the first edition of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix in France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. Winter sports had been a part of the 'normal' Olympic Games on and of before they got their own special event. Alternatively, there were the Nordic Games, held for the ( Read more... )

You might have heard that at the Olympics this weekend, the Dutchies won no less than 4 speed skating medals (gold, silver AND bronze at the men's 5 km and gold at the women's 3 km). So some skating related information seemed like an apt topic for this meme ( Read more... )

A wonderfully entertaining two weeks have ended. London 2012 is over. This amazing event deserves a recap post.


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Some of you might have heard that Zara Philips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, competed in the 2012 Olympics. She even won a medal silver medal with the Eventing team! She was however not the only royal taking part in this Olympics. Also in the equestrian sport Prince Abdullah Al Saud competes for Saudi Arabia. He also took a medal,  with the ( Read more... )

During the first modern Olympics in 1896, the athletes competed in 10 sports. Since then, many sports have come and gone and in 2012, 26 sports are part of the program. In order for a sport to be included in the list of the Summer Olympics, the current rules are it must be widely practiced in at least 75 countries, across at least four continents.

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As you know the Olympic Games started yesterday in London. I love the Olympics! I'm still full of the epicness which was the opening ceremony yesterday evening. I caught the Olympics virus in 2000, when I had to make a report about the Sydney Olympics for PE. For the first time I then realized that this event was about so much more than just sports ( Read more... )

At the moment, two people in my f-list are doing the 30-day movie meme, so I thought, let's be very unoriginal and start it as well... Hope you'll like my movie talk for the coming month.

But first things first, let's end World Cup 2010 on a positive note:


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We made it: the finals of World Championships 2010! What an achievement!


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Nicolien Sauerbreij, Dutch competitor in the Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom, just won a gold medal! This is her first Olympic medal and the first Olympic medal for The Netherlands in a snow sport. Usually, we only win on speed skating medals, so this is huge news, but also hugely deserved for Nicolien. The 30-year old athlete competed in two ( Read more... )