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Olympics
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Is This The Strangest Moment Of The 2016 Olympics? [Videos]
22 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
The Rio Olympics have finally come to an end, and there was no shortage of drama to keep us enthralled. Not everything goes according to plan, though.
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Show Me The Money – How Many Non-Bahraini Nationals Are Competing For Bahrain In The Olympics
17 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
There are many athletes who seek better opportunities by representing their “adoptive” countries – and Bahrain is waiting to snap them up.
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Skaters Who Skate Better On Weed Are Worried About Testing At The 2020 Olympics
15 Aug 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a little known fact that you can actually test positive for THC and not get booted from the Olympics. Unless you smoke a pretty decent amount, of course.
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The Smiling Usain Bolt Picture Everyone Is Talking About
15 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
This year’s Olympic games has had us holding onto our seats with anticipation, and sometimes a picture perfectly encapsulates the raw emotion.
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Brazilian Hen Party Crashes BBC Live TV Commentary [Video]
15 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
To make things a little more interesting during a late night Olympics broadcast, a bridal party got involved and viewers were pretty excited about it.
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The Most Stoked Athlete At The Olympics – Wins Bronze, Goes Mad [Videos]
10 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Placing at the Olympics gives you every reason to celebrate, but this athlete does so like no other and she should never stop. You just do you.
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Namibia’s Flag Bearer At The Rio Opening Ceremony Was Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault
10 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
It must rank as the pinnacle of one’s sporting career, although something tells me Jonas Junius won’t be looking back at this Olympics with much fondness.
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The Gut-Wrenching Moment A Gymnast Snapped His Leg In Rio, Then Dropped On Stretcher [Videos]
08 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
It’s hard to exaggerate the dedication and effort shown by athletes who make it to the Olympics, which is one of the reasons this is so hard to watch.
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Everything You Need To Know About Tonight’s Olympic Opening Ceremony
05 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
We’re all set for the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics – so what time are things kicking off? That, and some other tasty bits of info.
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Get Ready For Rio – Five Emotional Gold Medals For Team SA From Past Olympics [Videos]
05 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
We know that election results are on everyone’s mind, but here’s a little something to get you in the mood for Rio.
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Rio Has Nothing On These Past Olympic Disasters
02 Aug 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
There may be serious worries about Rio’s ability to host the Olympics, but if they don’t pull it off they won’t exactly be alone.
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Seven Reasons Why The Rio Olympics Could Be The Biggest Sporting Flop Of All Time
07 Jul 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
The Rio Olympics are just around the corner, and the build up to the big event has been anything but smooth. As some protesters put it, ‘welcome to hell’.
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Thursday Morning Spice
30 Jun 2016 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Body parts found on Rio Olympic beach. Baby Jordan parole result. Turkey blames ISIS. Facebook tweaks news. EgyptAir black box highlight. Van Breda killing details. Paris Hilton gives Kim reminder. Rihanna sends fans pizza.
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Russia’s Sophisticated Doping Program To Win Olympic Gold Is The Biggest Story In Sports Right Now
13 May 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
In what is nothing short of a bombshell Russia’s state-run doping program has been exposed, calling into question their recent Olympic successes.
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Transgender Athletes Can Now Compete In The Olympics Without A Sex Change
26 Jan 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
The IOC is looking to accept transgender athletes who have yet to have a sex change in order to ensure that everyone can be a part of the festivities.
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Rio 2016 Paralympics Have Made A Huge Oscar Pistorius Size Mistake
15 Jan 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
A word to the wise for whoever runs the Rio 2016 Paralympics Twitter account – don’t use convicted murderers in your promo videos.
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Michael Phelps Is Engaged To Miss California 2010 [Photos]
23 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Remember that time when that unattractive woman won Miss California? No, because it didn’t happen. Michael Phelps seems to have found himself a keeper after dropping knee yesterday.
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Sports Minister Says We Won’t Send Black Swimmers To The Olympics “To Drown In The Pool”
30 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh dear Mbalula, what have you said now? It looks like an apology by the ANC to yet ANOTHER African country will need to be made after this guy went and said something rather embarrassing. Again. On Tuesday, Fikile Mbalula who is our country’s Minister of Sport and Recreation, sat at a meeting with some […]
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Monthly Meltdown: Here’s What Sochi Looks Like Only 1 Month After The Winter Olympics
28 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sochi, Russia, post the 2014 Winter Olympics is looking a little, er, dead. Deader than dead actually. In fact we would go as far as to say that the next time Hollywood sends out a location scout to find the perfect spot to shoot a block-buster Zombie apocalypse flick, Sochi should be the location of choice.
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Insane POV Footage Of This Olympic Downhill Ski Course Is Insane [VIDEO]
10 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you, like me, aren’t exactly an impressive athletic specimen, then this is the closest you’re likely to come to knowing what it feels like to ski down an Olympic-level piste. Graham Bell does know what it feels like. In fact, he knows what it feels like to ski down that course holding a camera. Because he’s a badass.
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Canada Spites Russia With Thoroughly Gay Olympic Ad [VIDEO]
07 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Much has been made of Russia’s homophobic policies in the lead up to the 2014 Olympics.The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion have therefore taken it upon themselves to piss the Russians off with the stunning combination of lycra body suits, synchronised thrusting, Human League, and an Olympic sport.
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Thursday Morning Spice
06 Feb 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
UN goes hard at Vatican. Mia Farrow’s son takes Woody’s side. Hoffman death: 4 arrested. Olympics worried about toothpaste bombs. 9 trapped in SA gold mine. Google facing massive $5 billion fine. Twitter shares tanking after loss. Beckham’s grand plan revealed. Bieber pilots had to wear gas masks.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
29 Jan 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Coca-Cola’s Olympics PR nightmare. ANC calls DA’s Ramphele move ‘rent-a-black.’ Italian Mafia executes 3-year-old. Depp engaged. The iPod is over. The Pope is officially a rockstar. Prince sues fans. Universal boss urges Bieber intervention.
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GROSS: You Can Make Communal Number Twos At The Russian Winter Olympics [Photos]
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just about how many times have you had to go to toilet mid-conversation with your buddy, only to sit on the toilet and feel desperately alone?
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Should We Bin The Olympic Games?
22 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Winter Olympics in Russia have not yet begun, but the scandals surrounding the games in Sochi started a while ago. One would think that hosting an international event in a country run by a despotic, homophobic regime would be a bad idea. Washington Post journo, Charles Lane seems to think so – he called the olympics a “corrupt quadrennial exercise.”
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Olympic Build Up: Dutch Speed Skater Flips Competitor The Double Bird [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the Short Track European Championships, the final proper tune-up before the Winter Olympics, Russia’s Viktor Ahn had defeated the Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt in the men’s 5000m team relay. The race wasn’t a close one at all – and Knegt felt he needed to vent some anger. This is how he did it.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
13 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Wrestling to be dropped from Olympics. Elon Musk angry with car review. Foreigners can’t buy farmland in SA. Woman dies from drinking too much coke. LA fugitive found and killed. UK horse meat scandal gets heavy. Now you can use Twitter to pay for things.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Mo Farah Detained At Airport On Terrorist Suspicion
31 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Double Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah has revealed that he was detained by American border officials on suspicion of being a terrorist when trying to enter the country for Christmas.
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Cameron Van Der Burgh Swims Onto The Bailey Schneider Show Today!
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansvibe is proud to present the young man, Cameron Van Der Burgh, who represented our country so well at the London Olympics. He’ll be making an appearance on The Bailey Schneider Show between 14h00 and 15h00 today! The 100m breaststroke gold medalist secured South Africa’s first gold medal at the London Olympics and broke the world record […]
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Inside The Making And Design Of The Rio 2016 Logo [VIDEO]
24 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The overly pink London games are over, and hopefully the memories of the Lisa-Simpson-giving-Bart-a-blowjob logo will soon fade. The logo for the Rio games was revealed to the world at the closing ceremony, and it turns out that there’s more to it than just the beautiful symbolism of people holding hands.
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