Olympic Games
The first casualty of the International Olympic Committee’s militant anti-social media stance has been revealed: Athlon Sports writer Jim Weber. During this year’s Olympic Games Jim posted a GIF of American gymnast Aly Raisman’s floor routine on Twitter – which he’d spotted on the front page of
Now that #Rio2016 has come to an end, the Games’ impact on social media can be analysed to see what kind of impact it had. Twitter have published a helpful data recap which breaks down the top moments from the Olympic Games, as well as the top tweets themselves. The
Olympic Flame
The countdown to this year’s Olympic Games in Rio has begun, with the Olympic Flame taking to Twitter to announce the start of the relay. At 5.30am UK time the flame sent its first tweet in anticipation of the lighting ceremony in southern Greece. Within a few hours
LA 2024
Los Angeles has launched its bid to host the first Olympic Games on American soil since 1996, revealing a new logo and slogan for their LA 2024 campaign. More than 100 Olympians and Paralympians helped unveil the LA 2024 logo on the top floor of the USC Downtown skyscraper, with