Maris Strombergs of Latvia and Colombia’s Mariana Pajon have won the men’s and women’s Olympic Games BMX titles at the London 2012 BMX Track. In the women’s race, Mariana Pajon edged out New Zealand’s Sarah Walker to take the title, with Laura Smulders of the Netherlands claiming bronze. Strombergs, who repeated his gold medal-winning performance […]

Caroline Buchanan finished in 38.433, 0.210 seconds ahead of New Zealand’s Sarah Walker (38.644), with Mariana Pajon of Colombia third in 38.787. French rider Laetitia le Corguille was fourth and Great Britain’s three-time world champion Shanaze Reade fifth. World champion Magalie Pottier of France ranked seventh after the event, which determined seedings for Friday’s semi-finals. […]

At Sydney 2000, weightlifter Maria Isabel Urrutia won Colombia’s first Olympic gold medal. Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932 when marathoner Jorge Perry Villate was their sole competitor. They sent a six-man team to the last London Games in 1948 to compete in athletics, fencing and swimming. Colombia’s first […]

The Olympic Flame, which has been seen by nearly 15 million people on its 70 day journey around the UK, and by a worldwide TV audience of around one billion people in the Opening Ceremony, was taken from the Cauldron at 21.00 on 29 July and placed in a special miners lantern overnight before work […]