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July 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Daily Mail Reporter
14:33 EST, 25 July 2012
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19:18 EST, 25 July 2012
It’s one of the most hotly-anticipated events of the Games, as much for the action as the skimpy outfits on display, and it appears Olympic organisers have gone to great lengths to make sure nobody goes home disappointed.
The spectacular beach volleyball stadium on Horse Guards Parade was being prepared for the opening matches today and there was a tantalising taste of what will be on show.
With a capacity of 15,000, it is the largest ever Olympic beach volleyball venue. Some of London’s most historic buildings including Buckingham Palace will form a unique backdrop as it hosts its first games on Saturday.
Wraps are off: Final preparations being made at the spectacular 15,000 seat beach volleyball stadium on Horse Guards Parade
The British women’s team – Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney – will play their opening match against Canada at 5.30 pm on Sunday while the men’s team of John Garcia-Thompson and Steve Grotowski will play Canada on Saturday at 4.30.
And between the games spectators will
be entertained by a US-style cheerleader troupe, who were going through
their final rehearsals for the event today.
But it
seemed the major topic of discussion among the female competitors was
the news that Buckingham Palace has confirmed eligible bachelor Prince
Harry will watch the final of their sport on August 8.
The
27-year-old royal is one of the sport’s most well-known fans – he
famously took part in an impromptu game on Rio de Janeiro’s sands while
on a Government visit to Brazil – and he is now set to be at Horse
Guards Parade for all the medal events.
The
Prince’s planned appearance was greeted with excitement by April Ross
this afternoon, with American team-mates Jennifer Kessy and Misty
May-Treanor equally expectant.
‘We’ve been tweeting Harry,’ joked Ross, a 30-year-old Californian. ‘I’d just like a photo opportunity with him.’
Kessy added: ‘We’ve not had any contact from him, but it would be great to see him at a game.’
May-Treanor, 34, is equally thrilled at the prospect of a royal appointment on the sand.
‘To see any of the Royal Family would be fun,’ she said.
‘It’s neat when you get delegates of other countries interested, travelling around to see the different venues. It’s important.’
The stadium is the largest ever at an Olympic beach
volleyball venue. The unique venue will host its first games on Saturday
against a backdrop of some of London’s most historic buildings
including Buckingham Palace
Champ: Reigning Olympic Men’s Beach Volleyball champion Phil Dalhausser of the USA catches his breath
Of greater importance to May-Treanor is ending her decorated career on a high.
A gold medal winner with long-standing partner Kerri Walsh at each of the last two Olympic Games, she is retiring at the end of the London tournament.
Her task has been made harder owing to the fact she and Walsh took a two-year break from playing together following the Beijing Olympics, but May-Treanor is confident they have still got what it takes.
‘Kerri and I didn’t play for a while and it’s been fun to get back together,’ she said.
‘We started our journey together in 2001 and for me it’s coming to an end after this, my last event. For us, that journey has been about the hard work and the extra hours.
‘We are excited to be here again together. I’m 34 now, and the players I’m playing against are 21 and 22. That’s been a real change, but that’s how I started out.’
Beach volleyball is one of the most talked-about sports on the Olympic scene owing to its daring dress code.
Women often play in bikinis – something that has won the game a new army of fans – and Rose is delighted that the wow factor is working.
Hopefuls: Team GB’s Shauna Mullin (left) and Zara Dampney take in the
imposing stadium. They will play their first match against Canada at 5.30 pm on Sunday
Russian beach volleyball players Serguei Propkopiev (2-R in red) and Konstantin Semonov (2-L) train at the stadium today
Sideshow: Between the games spectators will be entertained by a US-style cheerleader troupe, who were going through their final rehearsals for the event today
Scorcher: Dancers rehearse their performances underneath the blazing sun on Horse Guards Parade
‘We go to places and it is a little bit shocking for people, but it draws them in and once they see the sport, they’re hooked,’ she said.
‘People are going to want to see it and hopefully we gain lifetime fans. We feel so blessed to be playing here.’
Brazilian pair Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Franca are favourites to win the women’s event at the London Olympics and Felisberta has admitted she too wouldn’t turn down a date with a prince.
Celebrating her 29th birthday on Sunday with a ride on the London Eye, a Ferris wheel that dominates the heart of the city, Felisberta was delighted to spot the beach volleyball venue and its close neighbour, Buckingham Palace.
Fan: Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Harry, seen here
playing in Rio De Janeiro earlier this year will be watching the final
matches
‘It’s very nice because it’s near the house of your Queen, and I hope the princes will come, especially to my games,’ Felisberta told Reuters on Monday at the Brazilian team’s training centre in Crystal Palace, southeast London.
Prince Harry, 27, the youngest son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, played a well-publicised game of beach volleyball on the Copacabana during a recent trip to Brazil.
The episode fuelled speculation the prince would make an appearance at the Olympic beach volleyball event, which is taking place at Horse Guards Parade, a site normally used to celebrate the birthday of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
The Palace said on Monday he would be attending, although Felisberta did not know that at the time she made her remarks.
Beach volleyball has been an Olympic sport since Atlanta in 1996 but it is often not taken seriously due to endless close-up snapshots of women players in their skimpy bikinis.
Far from dismissing the hype over the outfits, the exuberant Felisberta has clearly embraced her sport’s sexy image.
She told reporters it offered great opportunities to enjoy the sight of fabulous bodies, male and female.
‘For sure the people of London will enjoy the beach volleyball a lot. It’s a really interesting sport and the players have beautiful bodies. The people of the UK will love beach volleyball after these Olympics,’ she said.
Felisberta seemed genuinely enthralled at the prospect of a royal audience, returning to the subject multiple times during her news conference.
But sadly for Prince Harry, who is unmarried, the Brazilian said she had a preference for his older brother Prince William, 30, who married Kate Middleton last year in front of a global TV audience of millions.
‘Prince William is very handsome… But I doubt he will leave his wife for me because she is gorgeous,’ said the boisterous Felisberta.
But for all the jesting, she and her team mate are deadly serious about their medal prospects.
‘We’re ready for the kill,’ said Franca, 30, summing up their ambition.
The pair have lifted almost every trophy there is to win in their sport together but their Olympic hopes were dashed in Beijing in 2008 when Felisberta pulled out with a knee injury.
At the time, Franca teamed up with Ana Paula Rodrigues and they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to U.S. defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who went on to win gold for a second time.
The U.S. pair, the only beach volleyball team to have won the Olympic title twice, are in contention again in London and the Brazilians, who defeated them in the final at last year’s world championships, are aching for a showdown.
‘Kerri and Misty are not just any team. This is the best team in beach volleyball history. My biggest dream is to be in the final against them,’ said Felisberta.
About to compete in her fifth Olympics, Australia’s beach volleyball player Natalie Cook loves the Games as much as ever and has only one regret – she is unlikely to make it to the golden beaches of Rio in 2016.
At 37, Sydney gold medallist Cook is the first woman to take part in five Olympics for Australia and the only beach volleyball player of either gender to compete in every Games since the sport made its Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996.
‘Coming to this event every four years is a huge motivation. I love the culture, I love the excellence, I love the lifestyle and what the Olympic Games represents,’ Cook told Reuters on Sunday.
‘It’s about being the best you can be every single day of your life and I’ve been doing that for 20 years.’
At 21, Cook was the youngest woman beach volleyball player at the Atlanta Games, where she won bronze with her then team mate Kerri Pottharst.
Night session: Reigning Olympic Mens Beach Volleyball champions USA’s Todd Rodgers and Phil Dalhausser play a practice match against teammates Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthaul
Floodlights: Spain’s Women’s Beach Volleyball team during a night time training session
Thaisa, Dani Lins and Adenizia of Brazil’s women’s volleyball team participate in a training session
Practice session: Team GB competitors Shauna Mullin (left) and Zara Dampney work on their moves during training
Match up: Zara Dampney from Great Britain prepares to slam a shot over the net (left) and Louise Bowden from the Australian Olympic beach volleyball team warms up during a training session (right)
Concentration: Team GB’s Zara Dampney keeps her eye on the ball during training
The pair went on to capture gold at the world famous Bondi Beach in 2000 in one of the most memorable moments of the Sydney Games.
Now playing with Tamsin Hinchley, 32, Cook is the oldest woman beach volleyball player at the London Games. The pair are not among the favourites but with their competitive spirit and immense experience they cannot be written off.
Every Games has a different feel, Cook said, reminiscing.
‘In the U.S. everything was big. Sydney was home. Athens was where the Games began. In Beijing there were volunteers as far as you could see,’ she said.
‘The location is obviously iconic,’ Cook said, referring to Horse Guards Parade, a vast site in the heart of London that is normally used for Trooping the Colour, an annual British military ceremony marking Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday.
Marking out: Olympic officials mark out the court as part of final preparations for the beach volleyball event
With the Millennium Wheel visible in the background Shauna Mullin of Great Britain serves up a ball during a practice session under the hot sun
Cheerleaders: Dancers rehearse their performances. The unique venue will host its first games on Saturday against a backdrop of some of London’s most historic buildings
On parade: Some of the dancers give a tantalising taste of what’s in store after the Games get underway this weekend
In action: Team GB’s John Garcia-Thompson (L) and Steve Grotowski will play their first match against Canada on Saturday at 4.30
She relished the prospect of playing
beach volleyball under the windows of Number 10 Downing Street, home of
British prime ministers, and in front of an audience of 15,000, the
largest ever at an Olympic beach volleyball venue.
‘When
I first started, in Atlanta, we were out by the car parks. In Sydney it
was Bondi. In Athens we were by the ocean. Now we’re next to Buckingham
Palace,’ Cook said.
‘Bondi
is obviously close to my heart but this will be number two, unless we
win and then it might take on the number one mantle.’
Cook
and Hinchley will have to be at the top of their game from the word go
after they were drawn in the same pool as U.S. pair Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh, the only pair to have won Olympic gold twice, in Athens
and Beijing.
‘They are
tough, there’s no doubt about it,’ Cook said, adding though that
May-Treanor and Walsh had been out of competition for a couple of weeks
and could have lost some of their sharpness.
‘We hope to catch them sleeping,’ she said.
Gold medal hopefuls: Brazilian pair Juliana Felisberta (left) and Larissa Franca are favourites to win the women’s event
Cook and Hinchley will face the U.S. pair in their first match, which is scheduled to start at 11:00 p.m. on July 28.
Whatever the outcome, Cook will be able to look back on an exceptional Olympic career with satisfaction.
‘It’s been a good life for me… I love everything about the sport and about the Olympic Games,’ she said.
‘If I could go to Rio, where beach volleyball is a superstar sport…’ she said, letting her imagination roam to the beaches of Brazil.
‘But my body, my brain and my heart are ready for a rest.’
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This er..”sport” , called “Beach Volleyball” was intended for just that….THE BEACH! 80 degreees, sea breeze, soft golden sand and swim wear. It was a past time, not a competitive battle. It was looked upon as fun, as an alternative to going inside to play regular volleyball, on a glorious Californian sunny day. The skimply bikini’s were what women wore on the beach, no rocket science there. So if you are fully aware, that you are going to have 15,000 decent people watiching you compete in an Olympic event, and in a country that is guaranteed to be many degrees cooler and wet, then wouldn’t common sense tell you to at least wear shorts and a T shirt in place of the thongs and push up”s. The truth is, they don’t want to cover up, they know it will lure blokes wanting a cheap thrill, and they know it will generate income for themselves and their game,
Shame on the Olympic committee for not putting some restriction on how far regarding attire, these women could go.
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Volleyball, beach or otherwise is a game, not a sport. Which is why it is all called ‘the Olympic Games’. Being pedantic, one would observe that there are only 3 sports, namely hunting, shooting and fishing. All else is but a game, including life for those who can get one…..
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So these are the dancers…pretty average looking bunch if you are an oggler. As for the contestants they are usually muscular and blokey but with nice hair make-up.
I’ve yet tyo see an athletic woman that looks feminine and sexy.
And as for the Olymics as a whole? Big yawn.
Off to the South of France tomorrow for a month of non- olympic peace.
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I hope it rains.
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Coming Soon: Individual Team events in Olympic Pole Dancing !
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there is nothing wrong. just beautiful bodies half naked playing volleyball. in brazil, it would be an obscenity if they weren’t half naked. because we’re used to it. we think it is kind of natural. well, perhaps not in cold britain. although yesterday london was warmer than rio. but whoever wrote the story on the fair weather forgot to tell that this happens once a year, when london is in the peak of the summer, and when it’s winter in rio.
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The appalling waste of money and the ensuing inconvenience combined with further ongoing cost to business and life of this horribly commercialised sporting event , the Olympics , is breathtaking in it’s concept and execution . IMO.
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There is an advert for Minstrels on TV where two women are at a male strip show. They say “He’s the master of the grand bulge”. Do you think it would be tolerated if it was a man talking sexually about a woman stripper? I think there are double standards here.
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Got to be 2012’s HOTTEST seats.
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can look but you can’t touch and THEREIN lies the problem. Perhaps if you all learnt to control what was in your pants women wouldn’t have to listen to your schoolboy cat calls. Oh go on. Red arrow me you losers.
– Femme, UK, 26/7/2012 03:44
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haha you have a very high opinion of yourself don’t you? In my entire life i have never heard or infact engaged in ‘cat-calls’ towards women, this iea that all men are like that is sexist on your part and i find it quite offensive. What i find strange is on occasion whilst in a bar etc a woman has grabbed my @ss but my fist reaction isnt to complain about being sexualised and treated unfairly by the opposite sex, no. I laugh it off and move on, so you need to get over yourself love and get a sense of humour! Oh and im 28, you sound like your 50!
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