Its Swoon Olympics for the Ladies

Whether you care to admit it or not, some people are watching the 2012 London Olympics for reasons other than sheer sportsmanship or the love of one’s country. If everyone was half honest, you would probably hear that most people indeed do watch for alternate reasons than the love for the game. Olympics give the perfect excuse to drool and watch in awe as the fabulously endowed athletes flex their perfectly sculpted physiques. Even previously oblivious people to the world of sports cannot help but stare at the ridiculously attractive athletes. Especially for the ladies. (See what I mean?)

             

 

The first guy is the devilishly handsome Ryan Bailey from USA who is hands down the hottest in the 100metres line up, and one contestant who proves to be a surprise in waiting at this years’ race. He has qualified for the Semis and we hope to see him in the finals. The other guy is Jamaica’s Yohan Blake who besides being quite some eye candy, is also a strong contender for the gold.

The heats for the 100 meters men’s race were held today and it was not hard to see why many ladies chose to watch (and shriek at) these heats. The athletes looked like demi – gods in their tight attires and standing tall with their bulging muscles, oozing pure masculine energy. Any lady would hold her breath, where in full view of others or secretly in her mind. I mean, if you can’t have him, whats the harm in admiring. Anyone selling sports posters should produce a few featuring these guys and sell them in ladies havens. You are guaranteed a killing in revenue.

Here are a few more pictures of the top contenders who also happen to be appetizing to the eyes. 😉

           

From the top; USA’s Justin Gatlin, USA’s Tyson Gay, and the favorite UsainBolt from Jamaica.

Ladies, the list is endless of all the drop dead hunks in the Olympics so gather a bunch of your girlfriends, go out and have some cocktails and fell free to feast your eyes on the gorgeous athletes. if you are in Nairobi Kenya, a perfect suggestion is right here at Blanco’s Sports grill at Galleria Mall near Bomas . After all, life has a few pleasures and they are there to be enjoyed. Right?

Kenyan Progress at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In six days of the 2012 Summer Olympics at London., only three of our Kenyan athletes have felt the heat of competition. Boxer, Benson Gicharu, got knocked out in the first round and thus did not proceed to the other rounds. We are still proud of him making it that far to get to share the Olympic village with sporting royalty. The next athletes to feel the pressure were the two swimmer brothers, Jason and David Dunford.

David Dunford of Kenya was ousted out of the 50 m freestyle race at the London Olympics and will unfortunately not feature in the Finals.

His brother, the sensational Jason Dunford was in two races, 100 m freestyle and 100m butterfly. In the 100 butterfly, Jason Dunford has made the semi finals and we are immensely proud of him and wish him the best in the quest for Gold. He will be in the second heat of the semis. The rest of the line up of the second heat  is as follows:

Participants – start list (heat 2)

	Dinko Jukic
	Joeri Verlinden
	Milorad Cavic
	Chad le Clos
	Evgeny Korotyshkin
	Tyler Mcgill
	Nikolay Skvortsov
	Jason Dunford

  JasonDunford was however eliminated in the 100m freestyle semi finals and the gold went to Nathan Adrian of USA. the complete line up of the finals was as follows:

Men’s 100m Freestyle Final Results

Participants

React.

Result

		Nathan Adrian	0.67	47.52
		James Magnussen	0.71	47.53
		Brent Hayden	0.68	47.80
4		Yannick Agnel	0.67	47.84
5		Sebastiaan Verschuren	0.72	47.88
6		Cesar Cielo	0.64	47.92
7		Hanser Garcia	0.68	48.04
8		Nikita Lobintsev	0.74	48.44

Top Olympians among the most highly paid Female Athletes!!

Olympics has brought together a bunch of the most talented athletes in the battle for gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Most of them are common house hold names that you hear in other yearly tournaments. So it is interesting to note that some of the athletes gracing this years events have quite a full purse to their name and its bound to get fuller.

Among the top female athletes at this year’s event are also in the list of the ten most highly paid female athletes. With tennis players leading the ranks in this line up. They are as follows:-

1. Maria Sharapova

This beautiful tennis player needs no introduction. She is representing her mother country, Russia , in this year’s 2012 summer Olympics. She will be the first woman to hold the Russian Flag high in the Olympics competition.

Despite her torn rotator cuff that kept her off the tennis circuit for 15 months, she came roaring back to scoop 5 consecutive tournaments and in addition to that, she was the highest paid female athlete this year. She earned an impressive $27.1 million in the past 12 months and there is no stopping this tennis dynamo. $5.1 million was in prize money while $22 million was by sponsors, exhibitions and the like. Nike was her biggest cash- in because of her eight year contract to sell their Maria Sharapova Collection.

She will also launch her own line of candy dubbed Sugarpova by August, during the USA Open Besides all that, this athlete is stunning both on and off field with her gorgeous body.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Li Na

Number two on the list is China’s Li Na. She won a French Open Singles title in 2011 which was the first win by an Asian tennis player.She has signed multi- million dollar deals with Mercedes Benz, Samsung Electronics and other Chinese brands. Her status is evident in her Nike deal because she is the only tennis player allowed to wear non Nike logos.

Li lost in the first round of singles at the London 2012 Olympics, but she is still in the running for the doubles gold in the 2012 London Olympics.

3. Serena Williams

This voluptuous lady needs no introduction. Her name is synonymous with tennis and you can swear with reasonable conviction that you have her name ever since you could understand sports news. She will be hoping to gain a third Olympic gold in addition to the two she won playing tennis doubles with her sister Venus Williams. She is third in this list with over $38 million in just prize money. Which makes her the top paid female tennis player and the fourth in the list that includes men.

She has defeated Urszula Radwanska in the second round of the London 2012 Olympics and she is set to play Vera Zvonareva of Russia who was a last time Olympic bronze finalist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.Caroline Wozniacki

This stunning beauty is our number four ranked female athlete. She is a Denmark national and will represent her country at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. She has earned $13.7  million in prize money and appearances this year.

Her relationship with golfer Rory Mc llroy makes her a media staple. Her announcement of the underwear line she will we releasing in September caused quite the stir as people questioned her preparation for Wimbledon. But this lady has got things moving in all the right directions.

5. Danica Patricks

This strikingly hot  American athlete is a force to reckon with when it comes to  Auto racing. She is racing full time with NASCAR and this significantly increases her income than when she was doubling with indie car racing.

She was the most searched for athlete in 2011 according to yahoo. This stunning beauty with an affinity for the steamy side of life has also graced the pages of Play boy magazine. Who can blame her for not being shy of her steaming hot physique?

Danica had earnings of $13 million in the past year making her number five in this list. She is ranked 10th in nationwide rankings in the USA but she is still having sponsors gravitate towards her.

BOXING AND SWIMMING OLYMPICS SCHEDULE (IN KENYAN TIME)

In the midst of our long tiresome days, a sports fan or just an eager patriot may find it grueling to look up the Olympic 2012 schedule and then translate the time to local time. But because your home of No. one sports viewership in Nairobi cares about you, Blanco’s Sports Grill has done the honor of writing an elaborate program of all the competitions that Kenya will participate in.

SWIMMING (MEN)

The participants will be the two Danford brothers;

• Jason Dunford (100m freestyle & butterfly)
• David Dunford (50 m freestyle)

It will be held at the London Aquatics Center in the heart of London.

THE SCHEDULE:

	Pre- heats (12 noon)	Semi- Finals(9:30 pm)	Finals(9:30 pm)
50 Metres	Thursday 2nd August	Thursday 2nd August	Friday 3rd August
100m Freestyle	Tuesday 31st July	Tuesday 31st July	Wednesday 1st August
100m Butterfly	Thursday 2nd August	Thursday 2nd August	Friday 3rd August

BOXING

The Participants in this Category include:

• Benson Gicharu- Men’s Flyweight (52 kgs)
• Elizabeth Andiego – Women’s Middleweight (75 kg)

KEY;

• P- Preliminary
• R -Round of 16
• 1/4 – Quater Finals
• 1/2 -Semi finals
• F -Finals

MEN’S FLYWEIGHT (52 kg)

	A (3:30 PM)	E (11:30 PM)
P	Monday 30th	Monday 30th
R	Wednesday 1st  August	Wednesday 1st August
¼		Tuesday 7th August
½		Friday 10th August
F	Sunday 12th August	Sunday 12th August

WOMEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT (75 kg)

	A (3:30 PM)	E (11:30 PM)
P
R	Sunday 5th August
¼	Monday 6th August
½	Wednesday 8th August
F	Thursday 9th August

Meet team Kenya at 2012 London Summer Olympics

Led by captain David Rudisha, the Kenyan team looks like it will bring Kenyans good tidings and some gold medals in this years’ summer Olympics at London. So it with great pleasure that I bring you the list of the team Kenya that will be flying our flag high at the London Olympics.

This year, Kenya will participate in four sport categories:-

• athletics
• boxing
• swimming
• weightlifting

The last time Kenya participated in the weightlifting category was in 1996, so we are proud that this year we have a female representative by the name Mercy Obiro. We do wish her the best in the competition.
Below is a comprehensive list of the rest of the Olympic representatives:

2012 London Olympics Team Kenya Athletics Participants

SPORT	EVENT	GENDER	NAME
Athletics	800 M	FEMALE	Pamela Jelimo
Athletics	800 M	FEMALE	Winnie Chebet
Athletics	800 M	FEMALE	Janeth Jepkosgei
Athletics	1500 M	FEMALE	Hellen Obiri
Athletics	1500 M	FEMALE	Eunice Sum
Athletics	1500 M	FEMALE	Faith Chepngetich
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	FEMALE	Milcah Chemos
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	FEMALE	Mercy Njoroge
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	FEMALE	Lydia Rotich
Athletics	5000 M	FEMALE	Vivian Cheruiyot
Athletics	5000 M	FEMALE	Sally Kipyego
Athletics	5000 M	FEMALE	Viola Kibiwot
Athletics	800 M	MALE	David Rudisha
Athletics	800 M	MALE	Job Kinyor
Athletics	800 M	MALE	Timothy Kitum
Athletics	1500 M	MALE	Silas Kiplagat
Athletics	1500 M	MALE	Nixon Chepseba
Athletics	1500 M	MALE	Asbel Kiprop
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	MALE	Brimin Kipruto
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	MALE	Ezekiel Kemboi
Athletics	3000 M Steeplechase	MALE	Abel Mutai
Athletics	5000 M	MALE	Isaiah Kiplangat
Athletics	5000 M	MALE	Edwin Soi
Athletics	5000 M	MALE	Thomas Longosiwa

2012 London Olympics Team Kenya Boxing and Swimming Participants

SPORT	EVENT	GENDER	NAME
Boxing
Boxing	Flyweight	MALE	Benson Gicharu Njangiru
Boxing	Middleweight	FEMALE	Elizabeth Andiego
Swimming
Swimming	50 M Freestyle	MALE	David Dunford
Swimming	100 M Freestyle and Butterfly	MALE	Jason Dunford