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Tag: Olympics

Champions victory parade

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

The Olympic Champions victory parade took place in Manchester today. Four years ago the parade was in London. After the month or more of bringing joy to the country with Continue Reading →

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Rio Olympics and British athletes

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

The last day of the Rio Olympics and what a two weeks it has been. It started off quietly for team GB, like it did four years ago and we Continue Reading →

Posted in England, India, The Americas | Tagged Olympics, Sports | Leave a reply

London Olympics continued

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

We got to the O2 arena in time to watch our second Olympics event, the men’s team gymnastics event. From our seats we had a good view of all the Continue Reading →

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The greatest show on earth

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Finally the wait was over and the greatest show on earth had come to town. We all sat down to watch Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony with it’s surprising twist of Continue Reading →

Posted in Europe | Tagged Olympics, Sports | Leave a reply
London Olympics 2012

London Olympics

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

On July 6 2005, we found out that the 2012 Olympics was coming to London. Our joy was short lived when the next day the 7/7 bombings took place in Continue Reading →

Posted in England | Tagged London, Olympics, Sports | Leave a reply
London Aquatics Centre

Olympics pool

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I finally got around to giving Danielle her wedding present. This is not how I visualised it. I can still remember the excitement of buying it and looking forward to Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged London, Olympics, Sports | Leave a reply
Great sporting moments

Great sporting moments

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Talking about great sporting moments, which you can look back and say yes I was there. For the English, it would always be England winning the World Cup (football of Continue Reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged Cricket, Olympics, Soccer, Sports, Tennis | Leave a reply
Kerala Sports

Sports

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I was never a sporty person. When I was young, I remember being surprised when my mother told me that she used to do well in her school and Onam Continue Reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, India | Tagged Athletics, Olympics, School, Sports | Leave a reply

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