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Yahoo! News Brings Out A Dedicated Section For London Olympics 2012
As the most awaited London Olympics 2012 is round the corner, the web is abuzz with the most prestigious sports event of this year. After Facebook giving a dedicated page to the London Olympics and YouTube’s plan to stream live videos in HD across a host of nations, our good old Yahoo! is no where behind.
Yahoo! India recently launched a dedicated destination for London Olymipics of 2012 on their news segment, Yahoo! news. With this launch, Yahoo! is looking to give the world an array of stories from this highly prestigious global event. They plan to do this through all the social mediums possible, like videos, photographs of events, influential and celebrated people and also from its users. The section assures original content experience to all its readers as it has a panel of experts for the same. The panel comprising of Gold Medal Olympians Dan O’Brien (Track and field), Summer Sanders (Olympics), Shannon Miller (gymnastics) along with some of the eminent sports writers from Yahoo!’s editorial team.
The stories are looking to track all the past achievements by some of the big names in the sporting world. From Usain Bolt’s marvelous world records in 2008 to controversial stories such a Marion Jones’ doping case in 2000. The readers can expect a good mix of interesting stories of these kinds.
Yahoo! News will also keep its audiences engaged with an up-to-date photo gallery of everyday events from the London Olympics and also will feature videos of the same, making it more interactive. Breaking news and expert opinions will also be a part of this Yahoo! venture. And with free WiFi service in the London underground, London Olympics 2012 also called as “socialympics” is expected to see outnumbered traffic on Twitter and Facebook.
With just 22 days to go for this mega event, the whole world is waiting for the biggest day of the sports calendar this year. Are you ready with your smartphone?
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