SB Nation Cleveland - London 2012 Olympics: Ohio Native Kayla Harrison Wins 1st Ever American Gold In Judohttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48841/cleveland-fave.png2012-08-13T17:45:49-05:00http://cleveland.sbnation.com/rss/stream/29309462012-08-13T17:45:49-05:002012-08-13T17:45:49-05:002012 London Olympics: The Most-Watched Event In U.S. Television History, According To NBC
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<p>Even with the constant backlash from viewers, NBC has announced that the 2012 London Olympics is the most-watched event in U.S. television history, as <a href="http://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/235113337527087104">ESPN's Darren Rovell</a> reports. About 219.4 million Americans tuned into NBC for the Summer Games at some point in the past two-plus weeks.</p>
<p>NBC drew the ire of many viewers recently, especially on social media, for deciding to tape-delay many of the biggest events from London, including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Even with the events streaming live online, NBC did just fine with its television broadcasts, setting an American record along the way.</p>
<p>The Summer Olympics were a blast this year, with unreal athletes like Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, LeBron James, Mo Farah and Allyson Felix giving London some serious star power. Given the ratings, it appears that most Americans didn't miss out on the action.</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/13/3240645/london-olympics-2012-television-ratings-recordSatchel Price2012-08-13T11:13:13-05:002012-08-13T11:13:13-05:00London Olympics Recap: Ohio Produces Six 2012 Medalists
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<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The state of Ohio was responsible for six of Team USA's medals at the 2012 Olympics in London. Here's a rundown of the medalists:</span></p>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>Kayla Harrison, Middletown, Ohio: </b>Harrison, of course, won the U.S.' first ever Olympic gold in judo, when she topped the 78-kg division. The 22-year-old Harrison, who won the 2010 world championships in that same category, was competing in her first Olympics.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>LeBron James, Akron, Ohio: </b>James capped off his historic 2012 with his second straight Olympic gold in men's basketball. Along with Carmelo Anthony and David Robinson, James is the only American men's basketball player to medal three times. As of now, James plans to compete in the 2016 games in Brazil.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>Abby Johnston, Columbus, Ohio: </b>Along with Kelci Bryant, Johnston won silver in diving in synchronized 3m springboard. For the 22-year-old Johnston, who attended Duke, it was her first Olympics.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>Tianna Madison, Elyria, Ohio: </b>Madison competed in two events at this year's games. In the individual 100m, Madison just missed out on a medal by finishing in fourth. But she won gold in running the first leg of the women's record-breaking 4x100m relay team.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>Nick Thoman, Cincinnati, Ohio: </b>Thoman, the backstroke specialist, won silver at this year's games in the 100m backstroke, coming in second behind fellow American Matt Grevers. This was Thoman's first Olympics.</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 10.5px;"><b>Jacob Wukie, Oak Harbor, Ohio: </b>Wukie took home a silver medal along with Brady Ellison and Jake Kaminski in men's team archery. It was Wukie's first Olympics.</span></font></li>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/13/3239711/london-olympicsJordan Sargent2012-08-12T20:12:26-05:002012-08-12T20:12:26-05:002012 Olympics: Ohio Athletes Help In Final U.S. Medal Count
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<p>The United States has won the most medals at five consecutive Olympics, last finishing second in 1992. This year, several Ohio athletes were able to contribute to the final totals. Among schools in the Big Ten Off Tackle Empire Empire points out that Ohio State <a href="http://www.offtackleempire.com/2012/8/12/3238171/b1g-in-london-2012">athletes surprisingly struggled</a>:</p>
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<p>THE Ohio State University fared the poorest of all conference schools relative to their number of participants. Michigan State fared the poorest in terms of actually getting athletes to qualify for the games.</p>
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<p>Several athletes with Ohio ties did earn medals, however. Among them were the following:</p>
<p><b>Jacob Wukie </b>- Team Archery - Silver - United States</p>
<p><b>Abby Johnston</b> - Women's 3-meter Synchronized Diving - Silver - United States</p>
<p><b>Kayla Harrison</b> - Women's Judo 73 kg - Gold - United States</p>
<p><b>Heather Mitts</b> - Women's Soccer - Gold - United States</p>
<p><b>Nick Thoman</b> - Men's 100-meter Backstroke Swimming - Silver - United States</p>
<p><b>Tianna Madison</b> - Women's 4x100-meter relay Track and Field -Gold - United States (New World Record)</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/12/3238590/olympics-2012-ohio-athletesTravis Miller2012-08-12T15:26:10-05:002012-08-12T15:26:10-05:00London 2012 Final Medal Count: United States Wins Overall Tally With 104 Total Medals
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<p>By adding two more gold medals to its tally on the final day of competition from the 2012 Summer Games from London, Team USA cruised to a comfortable victory over the rest of the world in the overall medal count.</p>
<p>With golds on Sunday in both men's basketball and men's individual freestyle 96kg wrestling from Jake Varner, the United States also managed to win the race for gold medals as well, as it recorded eight more first-place finishes than China, the next closest competitor. And with a downright impressive 17-medal victory over the field at this year's games, it's quite evident that many of America's top athletes are quite literally at the peak of their respective sports.</p>
<p>Here are the results of the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/medals/tracker/?xid=sbnation">final medal count</a> after 302 events:</p>
<p>1. <b>United States, 104</b> (46 gold, 29 silver, 29 bronze)</p>
<p>2. <b>China, 87</b> (38, 27, 22)</p>
<p>3. <b>Russia, 82</b> (24, 25, 33)</p>
<p>4. <b>Great Britain, 65</b> (29, 17, 19)</p>
<p>5. <b>Germany, 44</b> (11, 19, 14)</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/12/3238116/medal-count-2012-london-olympics-results-united-states-winner-team-usa-recapDave Ryan2012-08-12T09:34:01-05:002012-08-12T09:34:01-05:00London 2012 Closing Ceremony: TV Coverage, Streaming, Live Updates And More
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">After the 2012 London Olympics come to an end Sunday, the Closing Ceremony will provide a fitting end to the games, as famed British musicians like The Who, George Michael, Annie Lennox, and Muse, among others, will perform and pay tribue to British musical history. All athletes will enter the Olympic Stadium for the 'after-party,' which will also feature the traditional Men's Marathon medal ceremony.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Finally, the ceremony will serve as the official hand-off to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 summer games, and the flame at London's Olympic Stadium will be put out.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: bottom; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">NBC, after choosing not to live-stream the spectacular Opening Ceremony, will stream the closing ceremonies live online beginning at 3 p.m. CT on <a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #113d85; font-weight: bold;" href="http://nbcolympics.com/">NBCOlympics.com.</a> The network will show the ceremonies on NBC's primetime coverage across all time zones beginning at 6 p.m. CT.</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/12/3237534/london-2012-closing-ceremony-tv-coverage-streaming-live-updatesFoster Lander2012-08-12T08:23:21-05:002012-08-12T08:23:21-05:002012 Summer Olympics: Sunday Preview
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<p>The USA Men's Basketball team goes for a second consecutive Olympic gold Sunday, the final day of competition at the London Games. Tipoff against Pau and Marc Gasol and Spain is scheduled for 10 am ET. It's a rematch of the 2008 gold medal game, in which the US pulled away late for a 118-107 victory.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, men's water polo wraps up with a gold medal match featuring Croatia and Italy. The US finished this morning with a 10-9 loss to Australia in a game for seventh and eighth places.</p>
<p>American wrestler Jake Varner, who wrestled collegiately at Iowa State, is into the Men's 96 kg Freestyle gold medal match, where he'll take on Valerii Andriitsev of the Ukraine.</p>
<p>The US clinched a win in the overall medal count over China with just one day left. A full medal count can be found <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/medals/tracker/?xid=sbnation">here</a>.</p>
<p>As has been the case this fortnight, NBC will stream all events live on their <a href="http://www.nbcolympics.com/online-listings/day=august-12/index.html">Olympic site</a>, but you must have cable/satellite access and user information to have access to those streams. Otherwise, NBC will broadcast the various events remaining today across their family of networks.</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/12/3237413/2012-summer-olympics-sunday-previewFoster Lander2012-08-11T19:44:37-05:002012-08-11T19:44:37-05:00Medal Count 2012: United States Holds 15-Medal Lead Heading Into Final Day
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<p>Heading into the 16th and final day of the 2012 Summer Games from London, the United States holds an impressive 15-medal lead on second-place China in the overall medal count.</p>
<p>To push their Olympic-leading gold medal tally to 44 on Saturday, Team USA chipped in golds in the women's 4x400m relay, and on the hardwood with the women's basketball team. American diver David Boudia also added an individual gold with a narrow victory over China's Qiu Bo in the 10m platform diving event.</p>
<p>Here are the leaders in the <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/medals/tracker/?xid=sbnation">overall medal count</a> after 15 days:</p>
<p>1. <b>United States, 102</b> (44 gold, 29 silver, 29 bronze)</p>
<p>2. <b>China, 87</b> (38 gold, 27 silver, 22 bronze)</p>
<p>3. <b>Russia, 78</b> (21 gold, 25 silver, 32 bronze)</p>
<p>4. <b>Great Britain, 62</b> (28 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze)</p>
<p>5. <b>Germany, 44</b> (11 gold, 19 silver, 14 bronze)</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/11/3236656/london-medal-count-2012-united-states-day-15-leaders-china-goldDave Ryan2012-08-10T19:33:19-05:002012-08-10T19:33:19-05:002012 Olympic Medal Count: United States Extends Overall Lead On China
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<p>With the 2012 London Olympic Games beginning to wind down, the United States stretched it's lead over China and the rest of the world after 14 days of competition. Team USA notched four medals on Friday, including gold medals from the women's 4 x 100m relay team and wrestler Jordan Burroughs in the men's 74kg freestyle event.</p>
<p>Only 67 of the 302 scheduled events at the summer games are still up for grabs, with only an epic collapse keeping the U.S. from remaining atop the overall medal standings.</p>
<p>Here are the top five countries in the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/">latest medal count</a>:</p>
<p>1. <b>United States, 94</b> (41 gold, 26 silver, 27 bronze)</p>
<p>2. <b>China, 81</b> (37 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze)</p>
<p>3. <b>Russia, 63</b> (15 gold, 21 silver, 27 bronze)</p>
<p>4. <b>Great Britain, 57</b> (25 gold, 15 silver, 17 bronze)</p>
<p>5. <b>Germany, 42</b> (10 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze)</p>
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https://cleveland.sbnation.com/2012/8/10/3234779/2012-olympic-medal-count-united-states-extends-overall-lead-on-chinaT.J. Doyle