“A Princeton Viewer’s Guide to the Olympics” (news item)

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<p>A</a> Princeton viewer's guide to the Olympics - The Daily Princetonian</p>

<p>“A school-record 16 current and former Princeton athletes will take part in the 2012 London Olympics, representing three countries in five different sports. Over the coming weeks, these Tigers will compete against their peers on the world’s biggest stage. Don’t miss a single game or event with our handy viewer’s guide: . . . (continued)”</p>

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<p>This might also be titled a guide to the “non-nerdy” side of Princeton (though plenty of these athletes are nerdy too!)</p>

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<p>PtonGrad2000 - Indeed a proud moment.
Watching the Opening ceremony right now and makes us feel proud to be part of the Princeton family.
My son is class of 2016 and is also going to be at the Olympics-not as an athlete but as a performer .
Their Dance troupe has been invited to perform.</p>

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<p>Two silvers, one gold and some misses for Princeton’s 2012 Olympians as of today–</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University - Princeton alumnae win gold, silver medals in Olympics rowing](<a href=“Olympics Update: Princetonians win medals”>Olympics Update: Princetonians win medals)</p>

<p>“Caroline Lind, Class of 2006, won a gold medal in rowing at the Olympics at Dorney Lake, England, on Thursday, Aug. 2, as a member of the U.S. women’s eight team. Canada — with Andreanne Morin, Class of 2006, and Lauren Wilkinson, Class of 2011, on board — finished second to take the silver medal. It was a repeat gold medal performance for Lind, who was on the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the Beijing Games in 2008. . . . (continued)”</p>

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<p>Three more bronze medals in rowing and fencing now bring Princeton’s medal count to six for these games. There are opportunities for two more in track and field and women’s soccer.</p>

<p>[Olympic</a> Update, Day #8: Trio of Tigers in Rowing, Fencing Earn Bronze](<a href=“http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205564911]Olympic”>http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205564911)</p>

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<p>Princeton picks up its 7th medal with a bronze for Diana Matheson '08 and the Canadian women’s soccer team.</p>

<p>[Tigers</a> in London: Matheson ’08 delivers bronze](<a href=“http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/09/tigers-in-london-matheson-08-delivers-bronze/]Tigers”>http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/09/tigers-in-london-matheson-08-delivers-bronze/)</p>

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<p>Princeton has ended the 2012 Olympics with one final honor (though not exactly a medal). David Blatt ’81 has coached the Russian men’s basketball team to a bronze. In the bronze medal game, Blatt’s team defeated the Argentine men’s team 81 to 77.</p>

<p>[Russia</a> edges Argentina for men’s basketball bronze](<a href=“http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/08/12/russia-edges-argentina-for-men-basketball-bronze/]Russia”>Russia edges Argentina for men's basketball bronze | Fox News)</p>

<p>[Blatt</a> '81 Guides Russia to Final Day of Olympic Hoops](<a href=“http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205577751]Blatt”>http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205577751)</p>

<p>Princetonians end these games with seven medals–one gold, two silver and four bronze. Medals were won by graduates competing for the U.S. and Canadian teams in rowing, soccer and fencing with near misses in field hockey and track and field.</p>

<p>[Olympics</a> Update: Princetonians win medals](<a href=“Olympics Update: Princetonians win medals”>Olympics Update: Princetonians win medals)</p>

<p>[Tigers</a> in London: College achievements](<a href=“http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/12/tigers-in-london-college-achievements/]Tigers”>http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/12/tigers-in-london-college-achievements/)</p>

<p>“We’ve been through Princeton’s success in London plenty of times: 15 Olympians, seven medalists and surprisingly great performances by some others. Princeton has the second-most Olympians per student [among all colleges]. [Stanford has the most]; and even in the total number of Olympians, the Tigers are first among non-BCS schools, as we mentioned last week.</p>

<p>So let’s take a look back at history: What did these world-class athletes accomplish during their Princeton careers? . . . (continued)”</p>

<p>“The last time Princetonians won at least six medals in a single Olympics was … the very first one, in 1896, when Tigers reached the podium seven times. (Four of those came courtesy of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, back in the days when an athlete such as Garrett could enter the discus event without ever having thrown one competitively and still beat everybody else.) Before this year, Princeton had never had more than four different athletes win medals in a single Games.</p>

<p>[Tigers</a> in London: Making history](<a href=“http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/05/tigers-in-london-making-history/]Tigers”>http://blogs.dailyprincetonian.com/prox/2012/08/05/tigers-in-london-making-history/)</p>

<p>“The Tigers’ medal haul remains historic in an Ivy League context. Harvard earned six medals in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin (all in women’s ice hockey, when six players on the American and Canadian teams reached the final). Before that, the last time at least six members of an Ivy took home medals was 40 years ago, when seven Crimsonites medaled in Munich. Yale turned the trick in 1964, and Harvard and Yale both did so in 1948, but it has been an extremely rare feat in the modern Olympic era.</p>

<p>Here’s one more: If Princeton broke away from the United States and declared the Orange Bubble a sovereign nation (which, let’s be honest, isn’t all that hard to imagine), not only would it be a pain to go through customs each time you wanted to ride the Dinky, but Princeton would be tied for 15th in the current medal count, even with Brazil and ahead of Mexico and Spain. . . . (continued)”</p>