Runner-Up No More: Hungary Finds Women’s K4 500m Victory at Last
Germany has long a history of kayaking dominance and has claimed top honors at every Games since Atlanta in 1996, but on Day 12 of the London Games, the Hungarian women’s K4 500m team showed up to the...
View ArticleVive La France! Julie Bresset Gives Country Its First Cycling Title In London
French mountain biker Julie Bresset took the London course by storm Saturday, to give the French their first top cycling finish in London. Bresset finished the six 4.7-kilometre laps 62 seconds faster...
View ArticleBMX: Pajon, Walker and Smulders Sweep Women's Race in London, Willoughby and...
Colombia’s BMX team has officially hit the map. Lead by Mariana Pajon, who claimed her nation’s very first victory in London by owning the Women’s race, the South American country continued its damage...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Final Week In Photos
The Oakley Safehouse was a HUGE succes in London. Athletes, friends and family of the brand, of all kinds, came to visit us in the London Design Museum right on the south bank of the River Thames. They...
View ArticleOakley Does London
Looking back on three weeks in London for the 2012 Summer Games. There were heroic feats of athleticism, intimate moments of personal triumph, contagious kinetic energy throughout the entire city of...
View ArticleJaroslav Kulhavy Tops London Mountain Bike Podium; Nino Schurter, Marco...
The Czech Republic’s Jaroslav Kulhavy was far from the favorite in the men’s mountain bike competition this year in London. The world champion had yet to collect a world cup win during the season. He...
View ArticleAmerican Allison Jones Earns Country’s First Podium Spot In 3000m C1-C3 Pursuit
American Allison Jones is no stranger to the pressure of competition at he Games. In her sixth career appearance on the grandest scale in sports, Jones secured the first podium position for the United...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius and South African 4x100m Relay Team Win In World Record Time
Back for his second round of competition in London this summer, Oscar Pistorius was set to anchor his South African T42-46 4×100m relay team on the track Wednesday. The double amputee brought home the...
View ArticleAllison Jones Continues London Success, This Time On The Road
American Allison Jones joined a very short list (one) of U.S. female athletes to take the top spot in both winter and summer Games. Jones, who took top billing in ski competition in 2006 in Turin,...
View ArticleKurt Fearnley Battles Hometown Favorite David Weir for Long-Distance T54...
Australian Kurt Fearnley came to London knowing that his long time rival David Weir of Great Britain would challenge him for glory across the middle and long-distance T54 wheelchair races.
View ArticleLondon Hat-Trick for Angie Ballard
Australian Angie Ballard pulled a hat-trick in London with podium finishes in the 100m, 200m and 400m T53 wheelchair sprint events.
View ArticleCanada's Michelle Stilwell Finishes First and Second on the Track in London
While it wasn’t the result most people expected, Canada’s Michelle Stilwell was happy with a first and second place finish in London. Her fans likely expected the world record holder in the T52...
View ArticlePair of British Discus Throwers Excel In Front of Home Crowd
A pair of British athletes have proven quite successful in the field discipline of discus in London. Both athletes secured podium spots in their various categories at the 2012 Games.
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Owns 400-Meter Event Once More
Oscar Pistorius has never hidden from the fact that the 400-meter discipline is his favorite distance. While he competes in the 100m and 200m at times, the 400m is where the South African double...
View ArticleLondon Track and Field Round Up: Great Britain Dominates At Home
Both rounds of the Games in London featured exhilarating track and field performances. Oakley athletes of all kinds succeeded during the second round of competition (especially those from the host...
View ArticleBlitz: Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann Topple Brazil For Beach Volleyball...
It was a spectacle of massive hits Thursday at the Horse Guard’s Parade in London. But although Brazilian bombers Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti threw down some of the most impressive kills of the...
View ArticleTech and Entertainment in the Oakley Safehouse
So far we know three things about the Oakley Safehouse in London 1) the custom design has the best of form and function 2) the product bar is a collector’s fantasy land and 3) just a whiff of the food...
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