Google, on Monday, displayed the London 2012 Javelin as its latest doodle, which is the 11th of the series of Olympics doodles, on its homepage.
The search engine giant, since the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012, has dedicated a collection of fascinating doodles to show its support and spirit to the games.
The London 2012 Javelin doodle depicts a male javelin thrower in action in a stadium.
The logo of Google is seen behind the athlete with its third letter 'O' hidden.
In its league of Google Olympics doodle, the London 2012 Javelin is the first ever Javelin doodle featured by the search engine.
In Javelin throw athletes throw the javelin, a spear, as far as possible within a predetermined area.
The javelin in the men's competition is 2.7m long and weighs at least 800g.
On the other hand, the javelin in the women's competition is 2.2m long and weighs at least 600g.
The winner of this sport is declared based on the distance the javelin covers, which is the distance from the end of the runway till it hits the ground.
In London Olympics 2012 the Javelin throw events are scheduled from August 7 to August 11.
The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics doodle depicted 5 athletes playing different sports including football, basketball, swimming, fencing, running, and javelin throw.
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Google, on Monday, displayed the London 2012 Javelin as its latest doodle, which is the 11th of the series of Olympics doodles, on its homepage.
The search engine giant, since the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012, has dedicated a collection of fascinating doodles to show its support and spirit to the games.
The London 2012 Javelin doodle depicts a male javelin thrower in action in a stadium.
The logo of Google is seen behind the athlete with its third letter 'O' hidden.
In its league of Google Olympics doodle, the London 2012 Javelin is the first ever Javelin doodle featured by the search engine.
In Javelin throw athletes throw the javelin, a spear, as far as possible within a predetermined area.
The javelin in the men's competition is 2.7m long and weighs at least 800g.
On the other hand, the javelin in the women's competition is 2.2m long and weighs at least 600g.
The winner of this sport is declared based on the distance the javelin covers, which is the distance from the end of the runway till it hits the ground.
In London Olympics 2012 the Javelin throw events are scheduled from August 7 to August 11.
The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics doodle depicted 5 athletes playing different sports including football, basketball, swimming, fencing, running, and javelin throw.
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As the world continues to celebrate the biggest sporting extravaganza, Google chose to feature London 2012 Javelin competition as its latest doodle on the homepage on Monday.
The doodle with a night theme has the spotlight on a male athlete preparing to throw the Javelin in front of a jam-packed stadium.
Google featured London 2012 Synchronised Swimming doodle, depicting a team of female synchronised swimmers performing a routine on the homepage on Sunday.
Saturday's doodle was dedicated to London 2012 Pole Vault.
On Friday, the doodle was dedicated to the Shot Put.
On Thursday, Google welcomed its users with London 2012 Table Tennis doodle on the homepage of the sporting extravaganza.
On Wednesday, doodle featured a woman hockey player dribbling the hockey ball in a green turf with the Google logo in the background.
Google celebrated London 2012 artistic gymnastics men's rings on Tuesday with the doodle depicting a male gymnast displaying his craft on rings.
Google honoured London 2012 Fencing with the doodle showing two fencers - one in attack mode and the other player in defense mode - with the letter ‘L’ from the Google’s logo shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by the latter on 30th June.
On 29th June, the doodle was dedicated for the London 2012 diving which showed a female diver taking position to take a ba
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The Javelin throw event will begin at the London Olympics 2012 on August 8. Google Doodle meanwhile displays its own version.
What was used as a weapon once, became a sport later and is an integral part of athletic events such as men's decathlon and women's heptathlon.
In the Nordic nations of Europe - Norway, Sweden, Finland - javelin throw bears great significance. A total of 69 Olympic medals in men's javelin and 32 have gone to one of these three nations. Infact, Finland also swept the medals in the event at the 1920 and 1932 Olympics. In the 1920 sweep, Finland finished fourth too. This cannot happen again as only three athletes from a country can feature in a particular Olympics.
At the 1906 Intercalated Games, it was Sweden who grabbed four top places. In 1912 Olympics the event was two-handed javelin where in throws from both the hands were to be made. This was the only time that such an event took place at the Games and Finland took away all the medals.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decides the size, shape, weight and the centre of gravity of the javelin. In the international competitions, the men's javelin is 2.6 to 2.7 metres in length while the women's is between 2.2 to 2.3 metres.
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On the August 7, 2012 the London 2012 Javelin competition will officially start at the Olympics. Google have selected the “London 2012 Javelin” games as part of their Google collection for the Olympics. They have already created 10 sport Doodles this Olympics. The “London 2012 Javelin” doodle is the 11th Google Doodle. For a list of 2012 Google Doodles you can visit the 3D Car Shows Google Doodle pages.
We have created a summary of all the 2012 Olympic Google Doodles we have seen so far. If you enjoy the list please share it with your friends via Facebook or Google+.
In our opinion Google have selected mostly sports which are not main stream sports, which should result in these sports receiving much needed worldwide attention and exposure. It would be interesting to see what effect this massive exposure will have on these events, regarding future participation.
Our favorite Google Doodle for the London 2012 Olympics are between the London 2012 Javelin Google Doodle and the Olympics Opening Ceremony Google Doodles.
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London 2012 football is the fifteenth London Olympics doodle, carrying on the tradition of a Google doodle every day of the Olympics.
The sport of soccer, or football as it is called in most of the world, needs no introduction. Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world, and is perhaps the only sport in the world that is played in every single country.
The doodle itself is the 4th consecutive Google doodle in the form of a game. You don the role of soccer/ football goalkeeper, and your aim is to keep as may balls out as possible. Be careful, since you need to let in only three goals and your game is over. You can move the soccer/ football goalkeeper with left-right keys and make him jump with the spacebar. Interestingly, the letters of the Google logo lie by the side of the football/ soccer goal.
Friday 27th July, the Google doodle had celebrated the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. The doodle 5 athletes playing different Olympic sports. On Saturday, the Google doodle had celebrated the sport of archery, with a female archer getting ready to aim for bull's eye.
Last Sunday's Google doodle celebrated the Olympic sport of diving. Monday and Tuesday were about fencing and gymnastics men's rings respectively. Wednesday it was the turn of field hockey, the first time the sport found its way into a Google doodle. The sport of table tennis or ping pong was depicted on Thursday.
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Google, on Friday, displayed yet another animated and interactive London Olympics 2012 doodle on its homepage.
The animated London 2012 Football is the 15th doodle since the opening ceremony of London Olympics, an endeavour of the search giant to extend its support to the thrilling sporting extravaganza.
Google has made the London 2012 Football doodle interactive allowing users to play by pressing the spacebar, left and right cursor movement keys or arrow keys on the computer keyboard.
It features a goalkeeper and a player, the latter controlled by the user. The game starts as soon as the blue button, displayed in the doodle, is clicked.
Once the button is clicked, the goalkeeper runs to take position in front of the goalpost to save the shots by the striker on goal.
On pressing the cursor the goalkeeper moves right and left to defend. The spacebar also allows the goalkeeper to jump to catch the ball.
There is no limitation of time and the game continues till three goals are scored, following which the score is displayed on the board.
The score can also be shared on Google's social networking service Google Plus.
In the doodle, the letters of the logo of Google are seen divided.
The first three letters of the logo are seen on the left side of the goalpost and the rest on the right side.
The London Olympics 2012, officially the Game
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London: The latest Google doodle celebrates the world's biggest sporting extravaganza, the Olympics. The Olympics open in London on Friday.
The doodle highlights football, swimming, athletics, javelin throw, fencing and basketball.
The 2012 Summer Olympics will see 81 Indian athletes taking part in 13 disciplines in the Games that will be held from July 27 to August 12.
The stage is set and the athletes are primed as the seven-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympics reaches its finale with Friday's much-anticipated opening ceremony.
The three-hour spectacle, expected to be watched by a global television audience of up to one billion, will mark the beginning of 17 days of athletic endeavour which will create heroes, shatter dreams and fire national pride.
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The Olympics opening ceremony London 2012 kicks off today at 9pm tonight (27th July), you will see that the Google Doodle today is celebrating this. It prompts us to bring you the best app for mobile device users called ‘London 2012: Official Join In App for the Olympic and Paralympic Games’.
This app is very good indeed and we know because we are using it, not only does it allow you to share your games experience it will also give you the freedom to plan and enjoy as well. Today is going to be one of the most memorable days in the UK and everyone will be watching the ceremony.
This app is content rich for both Android and iOS users, it is the best planning tool for the games and we do recommend it. It does not matter if you have tickets for the games, as this app will keep you right up-to-date with everything. It all starts off with the Olympic Torch Relay then the Paralympics and Opening and Closing Ceremonies, it also covers all the community, city and cultural celebrations happening across the UK.
The application also feature search and filtering tools, it allows users to meet friends with the share and pin on a map feature as well as the ability to add events to personal schedules that also reminds the user.
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Google has dedicated its latest doodle to the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Ring on the fourth day of the London Olympics 2012 which also followed the British team winning a medal in the category, the first in a century.
Team GB's Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas have won the bronze medal in the gymnastics team event held on 30 July. The team was in the second position after the final round but an appeal from the Japanese team pushed them to the third position.
The last time a British team won a medal in team gymnastics - bronze - was in Stockholm 1912.
'For us, this is a dream come true. To get a bronze medal is a miracle. Silver, bronze, it doesn't matter. We have the bronze medal on our necks, who cares about silver? We set out to come top six or top five; to enjoy ourselves. To get a medal was unbelievable,' team captain Louis Smith said.
The graphic image on the Google's home page depicts a male mustachioed gymnast performing on two rings which is made of the two Os in the Google logo. It also shows a cheering crowd in the background.
Artistic Gymnastics uses still rings as the gymnastic apparatus and requires extreme body strength to perform. It is known for three gymnastic disciplines - artistic, rhythmic and trampoline.
The event has six fields - the pommel, the high bar, the rings, the vault, the parallel bars and the flo
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On the fifth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has posted a new doodle dedicated to hockey, that also happens to be India's National Game.
The doodle features a female player, holding a hook-shaped stick, playing on a hockey pitch. The doodle looks simple; neither the letter 'L' of Google has been replaced with the hockey stick nor the two Os of 'Google' have been replaced with balls. However, the doodle features a ball on the pitch.
The six letters of Google are placed near the boundary, with second 'O' and third 'G' hidden behind the player.
The London 2012 Hockey doodle is the sixth doodle posted by Google during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics.
Wednesday's doodle is the first ever field hockey doodle posted by Google. Google had earlier posted three ice hockey doodles during the Winter Olympic Games - the first was during the Salt Lake City Olympics 2002, the second during the 2006 Torino Olympic Games and the third Ice Hockey doodle was put up during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
The hockey events at London 2012 Olympics are scheduled from 29 July to 11 August.
There are two hockey events - one men's and one women's competition. The number of participants in Hockey events are 192 men and 192 women, i.e., twelve men's and 12 women's teams, with 16 athletes (11 players and five substitutes) on each team. Each country is limited to one men's and on
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