Friday 31 August 2012

Hannah Cockroft breaks Paralympic record to win 100m gold with stunning display


Cockroft breaks Paralympic record to win 100m gold with stunning display

    She nailed it. As Hannah Cockroft, the first Briton to win Paralympic gold on the track, so eloquently put it: she absolutely 'nailed it'. 
The 20-year-old from Halifax and a wheelchair called Sally on Friday provided not one but two of those all too rare, emphatic sporting moments that are simply a privilege to watch. 
Cockroft was so dominant, so focused, so impressive. 
Great Brit: Hannah Cockroft celebrates winning gold in the 100m - T34 final
Great Brit: Hannah Cockroft celebrates winning gold in the 100m - T34 final
That she allowed two passionate sets of fans in an Olympic Stadium on home soil - the morning and evening crowds - to share in the experience just made it all the more special. 
There are two ways you want to win Olympic or Paralympic gold: edging past your fiercest rival to take the glory by a matter of millimetres or obliterating the opposition.
Cockroft, the new Paralympic 100 metres gold medallist for wheelchair racers with cerebral palsy, definitely falls into the latter category. The 'proud Yorkshire lass' with white roses in her ears qualified for last night's final almost two seconds faster than any of her rivals. 
The way she slowed down in the final 30 metres or so - but still broke the Paralympic record - echoed Usain Bolt's performances in its majesty. 'I wasn't being cocky,' she said. 'I was saving my energy.' 
She went even quicker in the final in another Paralympic record of 18.06sec.
The 80,000 fans in the sold-out stadium responded as if it was the fastest man in the world in front of them: they seemed to collectively take Cockroft in their arms, applauding and thanking her with one overwhelming, guttural roar. This is unchartered territory for disability sport. 
Hard at work: Cockroft on her way to winning gold
Hard at work: Cockroft on her way to winning gold
Morning sessions of athletics do not normally sell out at the Olympic Games, never mind the Paralympics. 
But London has managed it twice in three weeks, filling this stadium with what Cockroft called a 'mind-blowing' amount of noise, admitting that she was 'very scared' competing in front of so many people for the first time in her career. 
It didn't show, mind you. Cockroft soaked it all up as she went on a warmup lap before her heat, sang all the words to God Save The Queen and couldn't stop smiling in that style that masks a fierce and driven competitor. 
When Cockroft was two, her parents were told she wouldn't 'live until her teens'. Now she's the world recordholder and Paralympic champion - with the chance of a second gold in the 200m to come. 
It's little wonder she laughed off suggestions Britain's athletics squad might struggle to beat the two golds they won in Beijing. 'I'm going to get two, so we'll have beaten that already,' she said. 'No, that's really big-headed.I've got to keep my feet on the ground and just come back and do what I do best: winning.'
Nailed it: Cockcroft was on fire in front of the 80,000 sell-out crowd
Nailed it: Cockcroft was on fire in front of the 80,000 sell-out crowd

If Cockroft's victory was a procession, Yinan Wang's gold for China in the men's S8 400m freestyle was more torturous to watch from a British perspective - especially if you happened to be Helen Hynd, who saw her younger son Oliver beat his older brother, Sam.
Wang clearly had not read the script. This was supposed to be about the two brothers from Mansfield who have neuromuscular myopathy, which weakens their legs, with Thomas Young in the mix for a potential British clean sweep.
Lord Coe even presented the medals. We wanted to see another Brownlee brothers moment, the siblings who won Olympic gold and bronze in the triathlon. Alas, Wang had other ideas. 
The 21-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, had an electric start and although Sam Hynd, 21, the world record-holder and defending champion, drew level, he was soon pushed into third as Ollie, 17, took the lead before fading to second in the last 50m as he set a personal best. Young finished fourth.
Sam Hynd said: 'All I can do is pat him (Ollie) on the back. It was pretty special, being stood on the podium together.' Silver was certainly the colour for Britain in the Aquatics Centre last night, with the hosts finishing second in five of the finals. 
Emphatic: Wang Yinan was impressive in the Aquatic Centre for China
Emphatic: Wang Yinan was impressive in the Aquatic Centre for China
James Crisp and Steph Millward won silver in the men's and women's S9 100m backstroke and Aaron Moores came second in the men's S14 100m backstroke, an event for athletes with intellectual impairments which features for the first time since 2000.
It was also silver for Heather Frederiksen. The 26-year-old has three more events to go including the 100m backstroke, in which she is the defending champion, but last night she lost out again to Jessica Long. 
The double amputee, who was adopted by her American parents from an orphanage in Siberia when she was 13 months old, broke her own world record to win by more than 18 seconds.
Long, still only 20, already has nine golds, a silver and bronze from three Paralympics, with seven more medals to aim for in London.
If Cockroft is the Bolt of the athletics track, then Long must surely be the female Michael Phelps of the pool. She nailed it, too.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2196533/London-2012-Paralympics-Hannah-Cockroft-wins-100m.html#ixzz25ATwLPb7

Bear Tree ; Adorable cubs with a head fur heights climb up a tree for fun


I can't bear to look down! Adorable cubs with a head fur heights climb up a tree for fun



Maybe they were looking for a place to escape a telling off from mum and dad, but these mischievous young bear cubs haven't done a very good job of hiding themselves.
At least 11 of the playful youngsters were photographed sitting in the spindly-looking  tree in North America clinging to every spare inch of the trunk.
While the cuddly bears look like they could be escaping danger on the ground, they are actually using the tree as their playground, affectionately tussling with each other.
An astonishing gathering of young bear cubs sit precariously in a thin and fragile-looking tree
An astonishing gathering of young bear cubs sit precariously in a thin and fragile-looking tree
The hanging brown bears of all shades climbed over their brothers and sisters to find the best spot and settle in for an uncomfortable-looking rest.
    One of the bears appears to have taken a rest on the back of one his siblings while others climb higher, keeping a watchful eye on the ground.
    When fully grown brown bears can reach eight-foot in height and weigh up to 800 pounds and canbe found throughout North America as well as in parts of Scandinavia, Russia and central Asia.
    A group of playful young bear cubs climb over each other as they crowd the sparse branches of a tree
    A group of playful young bear cubs climb over each other as they crowd the sparse branches of a tree


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2196314/Adorable-bear-cubs-head-fur-heights-climb-tree-fun.html#ixzz25AMl09Sq

    Irina Shayk in a plunging white dress


    That's a winning look! Irina Shayk tops the sideboob league as she goes braless in a plunging white dress


    She's used to modelling underwear for a living, but it seems that when it comes to everyday life Irina Shayk prefers to go braless.
    The 26-year-old model seemed to have forgotten to put a bra on when she accompanied her boyfriend, Christiano, Ronaldo, to a football event today (Thursday).
    Wearing a smart white blazer, that just happened to be low cut, Irina showed off just the right amount of side boob as she sat with her sportsman boyfriend.
    Risque: Irina Shayk shows off some side boob as she accompanies her boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo to the UEFA Champions League group stage in Monaco
    Risque: Irina Shayk shows off some side boob as she accompanies her boyfriend Cristiano Ronaldo to the UEFA Champions League group stage in Monaco
    However, it was a near wardrobe malfunction for the Russian model, who almost flashed some nipple as she laughed with Christiano.
    The brunette was too busy to notice how much flesh she was showing off as she gazed at the footballer and giggled.
    She teamed the white jacket with a large pair of sparkly earrings and a matching ring, while her dark hair was pulled back into a chic bun.
    The pretty star was seen listening intently as her partner talked her through the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League at Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
    It's rude to whisper: The Russian model almost flashed her nipple as she leaned over to talk to her footballer boyfriend
    It's rude to whisper: The Russian model almost flashed her nipple as she leaned over to talk to her footballer boyfriend
    Let me explain: Christiano Ronaldo talked Irina through the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League
    Let me explain: Christiano Ronaldo talked Irina through the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League
    The footballer had also dressed for the occasion wearing a dark smart suit and an expensive-looking silver watch.
    Perhaps Irina was fed up of wearing underwear following her latest shoot for Chinese lingerie brand La Clover.
    In the pictures she shows off her incredible physique in numerous pictures showing off the colourful designs.
    In one picture she sprawls across some satin bed sheets while wearing a red lace two-piece while in another shot she flexes on a chair in a silver number.
    Happy couple: Irina was seen gazing at her beau at the football event in Monaco
    Happy couple: Irina was seen gazing at her beau at the football event in Monaco
    She's no stranger to posing in just a bra and knickers, having started her career as the face of Intimissi five years ago.
    It wasn't long before she was gracing the hallowed pages of Sports Illustrated, and walking the catwalk at the luxurious Victoria's Secret fashion shows.
    However, fans who want to see even more of the sultry star will be disappointed to learn that she will never pose nude for Playboy as she is 'too classy'.
    She has said: ‘I would never do Playboy. Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class. Playboy offered me so much money last year. I was like: “No. Way.”'
    Used to being in her undies: Irina recently modelled for Chinese lingerie brand La Clover
    Used to being in her undies: Irina recently modelled for Chinese lingerie brand La Clover


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2196087/Irina-Shayk-near-wardrobe-malfunction-goes-braless-UEFA-Champions-League-event.html#ixzz25A7Difi4

    The August 31, 2012 full moon is a Blue Moon


    The August 31, 2012 full moon is a Blue Moon

    According to modern folklore, a Blue Moon is the second full moon of a calendar month. Learn how this name came to be, in this post.
    August 2012 is a month with two full moons. And, by popular acclaim, that means it’s a Blue Moon month – but Blue in name only. That’s because a Blue Moon is sometimes defined as the second full moon in a calendar month. The first full moon was August 1. The second full moon is today – August 31, 2012. The second full moon of August 2012 is the Blue Moon. Happy Blue Moon, everyone!
    There are two more definitions for Blue Moon. It can be the third of four full moons in a single season. Or, someday, you might see an actual blue-colored moon.
    The August 31 Blue Moon will not be blue in color. This photo was created using special filters. This August 2012 Blue Moon will be called Blue because it is the second full moon of a month. Image via EarthSky Facebook friend Jv Noriega.
    It’s very rare that you would see a blue-colored moon, although unusual sky conditions – certain-sized particles of dust or smoke – can create them. Blue-colored moons aren’t predictable. So don’t be misled by the photo above. The sorts of moons people commonly call Blue Moons aren’t usually blue. For more about truly blue-colored moons, click here.
    Now on to folklore’s Blue Moons. Every month typically has a full moon (although sometimes February doesn’t). In fact, our word for “month” comes from the word “moon.” Most of the time, the names for full moons coincide with particular months or seasons of the year. So whether you define a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month – or the third full moon of four in a season – the name Blue Moon accounts for times when there are more full moons than is ordinary.
    Blue moon as second full moon in a month. In recent decades, many people have begun using the name Blue Moon to describe the second full moon of a calendar month.
    The time between one full moon and the next is close to the length of a calendar month. So the only time one month can have two full moons is when the first full moon happens in the first few days of the month. This happens every 2-3 years, so these sorts of Blue Moons come about that often.
    When is the next Blue Moon, according to this first definition? August 31, 2012.
    Another beautiful image by our friend Jv Noriega – the moon among fast-moving clouds. Will the August 31 full moon be blue in color like this? No. This image was made using blue filters, too. Thank you, Jv!
    The idea of a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month stemmed from the March 1946 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine, which contained an article called “Once in a Blue Moon” by James Hugh Pruett. Pruett was using a 1937 Maine Farmer’s Almanac, but he simplified the definition. He wrote:
    Seven times in 19 years there were — and still are — 13 full moons in a year. This gives 11 months with one full moon each and one with two. This second in a month, so I interpret it, was called Blue Moon.
    EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd happened upon a copy of this old 1946 issue of Sky and Telescope in the stacks of the Peridier Library at the University of Texas Astronomy Department in the late 1970s. Afterward, she began using the term Blue Moon to describe the second full moon in a calendar month on the radio. Later, this definition of Blue Moon was also popularized by a book for children by Margot McLoon-Basta and Alice Sigel, called “Kids’ World Almanac of Records and Facts,” published in New York by World Almanac Publications, in 1985. The second-full-moon-in-a-month definition was also used in the board game Trivial Pursuit.
    Can there be two blue moons in a single calendar year? Yes. It last happened in 1999. There were two full moons in January and two full moons in March and no full moon in February. So both January and March had Blue Moons.
    The next year of double blue moons is coming up in 2018.
    What most call a Blue Moon isn't blue in color. It's only Blue in name. This great moon photo from EarthSky Facebook friend Rebecca Lacey in Cambridge, Idaho.
    Blue moon as third full moon of four in a season. The Old Farmer’s Almanac defined a Blue Moon as an extra full moon that occurred in a season. One season – winter, spring, fall, summer – typically has three full moons. If a season has four full moons, then the third full moon may be called a Blue Moon.
    The next blue moon by this definition will fall on August 21, 2013.
    In recent years, a controversy has raged – mainly among purists – about which Blue Moon definition is better. The idea of a Blue Moon as the third of four in a season may be older than the idea of a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month. Is it better? Is one definition right and the other wrong? After all, this is folklore. So the folk get to decide, and, in the 21st century, both sorts of full moons have been called Blue.
    As the folklorist Phillip Hiscock wrote in his comprehensive article Folklore of the Blue Moon:Old folklore it is not, but real folklore it is.
    So enjoy Blue Moons!
    Bottom line: A blue-colored moon is rare. But folklore has defined two different kinds of Blue Moons. A Blue Moon can be the second full moon in a month. Or it can be the third of four full moons in a season. The full moon of August 31, 2012 will be considered a Blue Moon.

    They really are the Superhumans: Ukraine swimmer finishes heat well ahead of other backstroke rivals... despite not having any arms


    They really are the Superhumans: Ukraine swimmer finishes heat well ahead of other backstroke rivals... despite not having any arms

    • Laroslav Semenenko beat his closest rival by two seconds
    • Team GB's Jonathan Fox wins gold in the S7 100 metres backstroke race
    • Britain's Nyree Kindred wins silver behind China's Lu Dong
    • Doubt over whether Ellie Simmonds' main rival Victoria Arlen can compete
    • Paralympic GB wins first medal - a silver in the men's C1-2-3 1km time-trial
    • Cyclist Mark Lee Colbourne bags Paralympic GB's first medal with a silver


    Iaroslav Semenenko of Ukraine won the first heat of the men's swimming despite not having any arms
    Iaroslav Semenenko of Ukraine won the first heat of the men's swimming despite not having any arms
    The Paralympic Games got underway today and within one of the first events proved why it is going to be a display of 'superhuman' abilities.
    Iaroslav Semenenko, a swimmer from Ukraine, powered to the finish of the first heat of the men's 100m backstroke, well ahead of the other competitors despite not having any arms.
    The 25-year-old Paralympian used just his legs to propel himself along the pool and completed the swim more than two seconds ahead of second place swimmer Sebastian Iwanow from Germany.
    His achievement came before Great Britain's first Paralympic medal, a silver won by Mark Colbourne this afternoon, in the C1-2-3 one-kilometre time-trial.
    At the end of his race, Semenenko swam at full speed into the wall, banging his head on the edge of the pool to hit the timer.
    Elsewhere, cyclist Mark Colbourne today bagged Paralympics GB’s first medal of the Games - just three years after breaking his back in a horrific paragliding accident.
    His breathtaking performance in the velodrome was cheered on by thousands of fans, who watched him get silver in the men’s individual 1km Time Trial.
    The achievement marks an incredible turnaround, after he was forced into an emergency landing when his paragliding wing collapsed in 2009.
    Colbourne, a former professional Welsh volleyball player, broke his back in the fall and underwent five months of gruelling physiotherapy just to learn to walk again.
    Mark Lee Colbourne of Great Britain celebrates alongside physio Kirstin Henderson as he moves in to silver medal position in the Men's Individual C1-2-3 1km Cycling Time Trial
    Mark Lee Colbourne of Great Britain celebrates alongside physio Kirstin Henderson as he moves in to silver medal position in the Men's Individual C1-2-3 1km Cycling Time Trial
    His silver medal is all the more impressive as he only took up the sport three years ago.
    Britain didn't have to wait too long for gold.
    Cyclist Sarah Storey landed the top spot on the podium, winning the C5 individual pursuit. She had earlier broken the world record in the event in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the Velodrome.
    And she was followed by 20-year-old swimmer Jonathan Fox, who lived up to his world record holder status, triumphing in thS7 100 metres backstroke race.
    Gold: Team GB's Jonathan Fox celebrates with his 100m backstroke medal
    Gold: Team GB's Jonathan Fox celebrates with his 100m backstroke medal
    Podium finish: Nyree Kindred won silver in the 100m backstroke
    Podium finish: Nyree Kindred won silver in the 100m backstroke
    In the women's swimming heat, Lu Dong completed her swim with a huge roar from the crowd which lifted the roof off the Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park in Stratford following her performance.
    She also briefly held Paralympic Record with her time of 1.28.18, but in the second heat Nyree Kindred, 31, gave Britain hope for gold when she beat Dong, setting a personal record with 1.27.96.
    But the Chinese swimmer stormed to gold in the final, setting a new world record - forcing Kindred to settle for silver.
    This afternoon two British competitors qualified for the men's 50m S5 freestyle event.
    Anthony Stephens qualified with a time of 35.59 seconds while Andrew Mullen completed the race in 37.4 seconds.
    Uncertainty surrounded the start of the women's competition at the Aquatics Centre with double world record holder Victoria Arlen set to learn if she can participate in the London 2012 Paralympic Games after initially being found to be 'non-eligible' for competition by the International Paralympic Committee.
    The IPC had received evidence compelling them on Tuesday to assess Arlen, who holds world records for S6 100metres and 400m freestyle, and found she was ineligible for competition.

    Semenenko beat his nearest rival by two seconds and came to a halt by crashing his head into the wall
    Semenenko beat his nearest rival by two seconds and came to a halt by crashing his head into the wall
    Semenenko is helped into the pool ahead of the men's 100m Backstroke S6 heat
    Semenenko is helped into the pool ahead of the men's 100m Backstroke S6 heat
    Anthony Stephens qualified in the men's 50m S5 freestyle with a time of 35.59 seconds
    Anthony Stephens qualified in the men's 50m S5 freestyle with a time of 35.59 seconds
    The U.S. appealed and the 17-year-old is now set to be reclassified on today's opening day of the swimming programme.
    It is a situation that could affect teenager Ellie Simmonds who is in the same S6 classification as the American with the Briton the defending champion over 100m and 400m freestyle.
     
    An IPC spokesman said: 'She was reclassified on Monday and found non-eligible; she did not meet the eligibility criteria for her chosen sport. She must be reclassified tomorrow morning.'
    Arlen, a former junior state champion, returned to swimming last year after a neurological virus called Transverse Myelitis affected her spinal cord in 2006 and left her in a vegetative state for two years, and set the world records at the US trials in June.
    Simmonds had last week earmarked Arlen as one who presented a very real threat to the defence of her titles.
    Dong Lu of China swam three seconds ahead of her fellow competitors in the 100m backstroke and got into the final
    Dong Lu of China swam three seconds ahead of her fellow competitors in the 100m backstroke and got into the final
    Nyree Kindred beat Dong's Paralympic record time in the second heat of the 100m Backstroke
    Nyree Kindred beat Dong's Paralympic record time in the second heat of the 100m Backstroke
    Simmonds was just 13 when she was flung into the public eye after her tears on the podium in Beijing following her two gold medal-winning performances.
    Since then the Walsall-born athlete has won European and world titles and earlier this year made history when she became the first swimmer to break a world record at the Aquatics Centre when she set a new mark in the SM6 200m individual medley in March.
    Simmonds said: 'I have learned not to put pressure on myself - not to target (medals) - I am just going to go out and swim the best possible I can because you never know what you are going to wake up to.'
    Britain's Ellie Simmonds had said that Arlen was her main rival in the competition
    Confusion surrounded whether or not Victoria Arlen would take part in the swimming after she was deemed not to be eligible
    Britain's Ellie Simmonds had said that Victoria Arlen was her main rival in the Paralympics
    Amy Marren was born a little over two miles from the Olympic Park in Newham and she credits Simmonds as her inspiration.
    Competing in the S9 category, Marren - who turned 14 on August 14 - said: 'I got into Paralympic swimming when I watched Ellie win her double gold in Beijing.
    'I thought I would really love to do something like that when I get older. I haven't told her to her face (about being inspired by her). I still get starstruck around her.'
    There are a number of British medal hopes today at the Aquatics Centre.
    Remarkable: Sini Zeng of China competes in the Women's Individual C1-3 Pursuit qualification round today
    Remarkable: Sini Zeng of China competes in the Women's Individual C1-3 Pursuit qualification round today
    Top cyclists: Jianping Ruan of China competes in the Women's Individual C4 Pursuit , left
    Top cyclists: Jianping Ruan of China competes in the Women's Individual C4 Pursuit , left,
    Top cyclists: Jianping Ruan of China competes in the Women's Individual C4 Pursuit , left, and Fiona Southorn of New Zealand and Greta Neimanas of the United States of America finish in the Women's Individual C5 Pursuit 
    Susie Rodgers is a relative newcomer to the Paralympic scene but five golds and a silver at last year's European Championships underline her talent and she goes in the S7 100m backstroke.
    Stephanie Millward is in the S9 100m butterfly while Hannah Russell is one to watch in the S12 400m freestyle.
    Anthony Stephens will look to add to his five Paralympic medals in the S5 50m freestyle.
    Pool star: Jessica Long of the United States competes in the Women's 100m Butterfly
    Pool star: Jessica Long of the United States competes in the Women's 100m Butterfly
    True superhuman: Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico competes in the Men's 50m Breaststroke today
    True superhuman: Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico competes in the Men's 50m Breaststroke today
    Table tennis: Natalia Partyka of Poland serves in a match against Umran Ertis of Turkey during the Preliminary Round of the Women's Singles Table Tennis
    Table tennis: Natalia Partyka of Poland serves in a match against Umran Ertis of Turkey during the Preliminary Round of the Women's Singles Table Tennis


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195665/Paralympic-Games-Swimmer-Laroslav-Semenenko-wins-heat-despite-having-arms.html#ixzz254djjsZV

    Thursday 30 August 2012

    Sarah Storey storms to GB's first Paralympic gold of the London Games in the Velodrome


    Storey storms to GB's first Paralympic gold of the London Games in the Velodrome 



    Sarah Storey won Great Britain's first gold medal of the XIV Paralympics with a supreme victory in the women's C5 three-kilometres individual pursuit at the London 2012 velodrome.
    After Mark Colbourne won silver in the men's C1-2-3 one-kilometre time-trial, fastest qualifier Storey caught final opponent Anna Harkowska of Poland after six and a half of the 12 laps to triumph to rapturous applause from the 6,000-capacity partisan crowd.
    The 34-year-old from Manchester won her eighth Paralympic title and third as a cyclist in a career which began as a 14-year-old swimmer in Barcelona in 1992.
    Let the gold rush begin! Sarah Storey on her way to winning the women's individual C5 pursuit
    Let the gold rush begin! Sarah Storey on her way to winning the women's individual C5 pursuit
    Storey was in contention for the Olympic team pursuit squad until last December and her heat time of three minutes 32.170 seconds was quicker than Joanna Rowsell's time in winning Track World Cup on the same track in February as she confirmed her status as favourite.
    Crystal Lane qualified fourth and had to settle for a place outside the medals, finishing in 4mins 02.773secs as New Zealand's Fiona Southorn claimed bronze in 3:55.867.
    Glory Storey: The British cyclist celebrates her triumph in front of the patriotic crowd in the Velodrome
    Glory Storey: The British cyclist celebrates her triumph in front of the patriotic crowd in the Velodrome
    Champion: Storey celebrates in the Velodrome 

    Storey said the victory was not as easy as it looked.
    'Mentally you've got to prepare, anything can happen,' she told Channel 4. 'I have to respect all my competitors.
    'I didn't expect to be able to catch her as quick as I did, I stepped my game up as well.
    'So much goes into it emotionally that nothing's ever easy at this level.'
    Record breaker: Sarah Storey celebrates after qualifying for the women's C5 individual pursuit
    Record breaker: Sarah Storey celebrates after qualifying for the women's C5 individual pursuit
    Asked what she was thinking as she chased down her opponent, she said: 'Just, "gotta get there quick, quick, quick!"
    'I was like, "It's not gonna be this lap, maybe the next lap..."
    'You're just willing the rider to come to you as quick as possible so you can just finish.'
    Flying start: Storey in action at the Velodrome on the opening day of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
    Flying start: Storey in action at the Velodrome on the opening day of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
    Storey now has another three events to prepare for.
    'I always said if I could get off to a really great start that would set me up for the rest of the week and hopefully that's the case,' she said. 'The first one's always the hardest to get out of the way and to come away with a gold medal is a dream come true.'
    Support: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at the Veldrome on Thursday
    Support: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge at the Veldrome on Thursday
    Good sports: William and Kate took part in a Mexican wave during the Paralympic cycling races
    Good sports: William and Kate took part in a Mexican wave during the Paralympic cycling races


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2195871/London-2012-Paralympics-Sarah-Storey-wins-gold-individual-pursuit-cycling.html#ixzz254YsVaLC

    Kelly Brook sizzles as she flaunts her stunning curves on the beach in Malibu


    The best advertisement possible! Kelly Brook sizzles as she flaunts her stunning curves on the beach in Malibu


    With her show-stopping curves and stunning looks, there is no doubt Kelly Brook would be top of most people's lists when it comes to modelling swimwear and lingerie collections. 
    So it's no surprise she chose herself as the perfect advertisement for her own New Look ranges. 
    The 32-year-old model posted a selection of snaps on her Twitter and Instagram pages of her flaunting her fabulous figure in a range of swimwear and underwear during a recent trip to Malibu, California.  
    Hollywood siren: Kelly Brook flaunted her curves in a gingham halterneck bikini on the beach in Malibu, California
    Hollywood siren: Kelly Brook flaunted her curves in a gingham halterneck bikini on the beach in Malibu, California
    Looking every inch the Hollywood starlet, Kelly showcased her trim physique in a black and white gingham halterneck bikini with matching high-waisted briefs. 
    With her brunette locks tumbling down her back, the brunette bombshell smiled seductively into the camera as she got to work in her beach-side photo shoot.
    In a departure from her usual feminine look, the star later covered up in a pair of yellow cut-off hotpants and a green motif T-shirt emblazoned with '1979 Malibu'.
    Stunning: With her brunette locks tumbling down her back, Kelly smiled seductively at the camera
    Stunning: With her brunette locks tumbling down her back, Kelly smiled seductively at the camera
    Sun worshipper: The brunette bombshell tilted her head towards the sun to make the most of the Californian rays
    Sun worshipper: The brunette bombshell tilted her head towards the sun to make the most of the Californian rays
    Writing on her Twitter page, she said: 'Gorg day in Malibu!'
      Sizzling in a pretty lilac lace balcony bra and briefs from her New Look Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, the brunette bombshell later showed off her curves as she leaned seductively against a window frame. 
      And it would seem Kelly's fans are also thrilled with her handiwork. 
      Sporty: Kelly later covered up in a green and yellow top emblazoned with the phrase '1979 Malibu'
      Sporty: Kelly later covered up in a green and yellow top emblazoned with the phrase '1979 Malibu'
      Cheeky: Kelly paired her 50s-style bikini with a pair of yellow cut-off hotpants
      Cheeky: Kelly paired her 50s-style bikini with a pair of yellow cut-off hotpants
      One tweeted her, saying: 'I've just bought some of your NewLook lingerie and the bras are the most comfortable and flattering I have worn in years!'
      Kelly has been having a busy time of late following her recent trip to Los Angeles. 
      As well as squeezing in some much-needed shopping and relaxing time Stateside, the British beauty found time to visit a number of casting agents as she attempts to launch a Hollywood career off the back of her recent role in comedy movie Keith Lemon: The Film. 
      Seductive: Kelly flaunted her fabulous curves in a pretty lilac lingerie set from her New Look Autumn/Winter 2012 collection
      Seductive: Kelly flaunted her fabulous curves in a pretty lilac lingerie set from her New Look Autumn/Winter 2012 collection
      And straight after jetting back to the UK last night, she headed straight to the ITV studios to film an episode of Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice.
      She tweeted: 'Finally home after a long haul flight, straight into filming Celeb Juice and quick stop off at Maroush!! Bedtime x'.
      Luckily, today offered some much-needed R&R for the busy starlet. 
      Kelly said on her Twitter page: 'Not getting out my PJ's today!'
      No rest for the wicked: Kelly headed straight to film an episode of Celebrity Juice as she jetted in to the UK from Los Angeles
      No rest for the wicked: Kelly headed straight to film an episode of Celebrity Juice as she jetted in to the UK from Los Angeles


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