Olympic Games

Cross-Country Skiing – Hardest Event of the Winter Olympics

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

By MotleyHealth

It’s funny, many people have been to the gym and worked out on a “cross trainer”, but few people have ever given any thought as to what it is really best for. Why is it called a cross trainer? What sports skills was it designed to improve? What is wrong with the rowing machine... »

Seth Wescott – Profile of an Olympic Snowboarder

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

By MotleyHealth

The 2010 Winter Olympics are underway in Canada at the moment, and there is some pretty exiting action coming from the snowy slopes of Cypress Mountain. Seth Wescott has won his second Snowboarding gold medal. He is now 34 years old and he first won gold four years ago at the Winter Olympics in... »

Review of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Sunday, August 24, 2008

By MotleyHealth

The Beijing Games have now closed. The final medals were awarded to the men’s marathon competitors at the start of the closing ceremony. This games has been one of the most exciting games for a long time. Some of the longest standing records were broken in swimming and running. Also an emergence of new... »

Team GB’s Medal Results for Beijing 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

By MotleyHealth

The Beijing Olympic Games have come to a close, and these games were the most successful games for Great Britain, who will be hosting the 2012 Games, in almost a century. During the Beijing closing ceremony a red London bus drove into the Bird’s Nest Arena, and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page performed the classic... »

James DeGale Win’s Gold for Great Britain

Saturday, August 23, 2008

By MotleyHealth

James DeGale won Great Britain’s 19th gold at the Beijing Games with a 16-14 win over Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bayeaux in a bad-tempered middleweight final. In the quarter finals he beat a former Olympic gold medallist from Athens (Bakhtiyar Artayev) and in the semi-final once again beat the Irishman Darren Sutherland (prior to this latest... »