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Best Online Resources for Following the 2012 London Summer #Olympics

by Jenny Xie, July 27, 2012

Tagged: digital use, international, olympics in the digital age, social media, social networks, streaming video

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London have largely been anticipated as the first social media Olympics. Athletes, fans, and the media shared their voices online during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, but this time in London, even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to adopt a full-fledged social media strategy. Starting with the Athletes' Hub - fully integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram -- fans can keep track of all their favorite Olympians. The IOC has also created official accounts on Tumblr and Instagram. Meanwhile, NBC continues to announce partnerships with social platforms, which now include Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Storify. All of these social media channels provide countless ways for viewers to fully immerse in the Olympic experience.

We also saw the ugly side of social media this week, as Greek athlete Voula Papachristou was promptly removed from the Games for posting a tweet that was deemed as racist. But hopefully, the vast array of social media options will carry out their intended function in the next two weeks - that is, to allow everyone involved in the London Olympic Games to share more of their stories and thoughts in more engaging ways. And to help you navigate the Games' endless flow of exciting content, the following list compiles the best resources across the Web.

SPECIAL SITES AND PAGES

Animal New York's Medal Count Tracker page

BBC's London 2012 page

ESPN's Olympics page

Huffington Post's Olympics page

IOC's Olympics site

IOC's Olympic Athletes' Hub

NBCOlympics.com

NY Times' Olympics page

Official London 2012 site

SB NATION's Olympics page

Sports Illustrated's Olympics page

The Guardian's Olympics page

Yahoo! Sports' Olympics page

TWITTER LISTS

AP Olympics Staff list

Automated Results from the Games

International Paralympians

NBCOlympics' Summer Olympics List

NY Times' 2012 Olympians list

NY Times Olympic journalists list

Twitter Verified Olympians

2012 US Olympic Athletes

2012 Great Britain Olympic Athletes

TWITTER FEEDS

BBC News' coverage

Canadian Olympic Team

Great Britain Olympic Team

NBC Olympics

NY Times' coverage

London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics

Swiss Olympic Team

The Telegraph's coverage

UK's Press Association

US Olympic Team

FACEBOOK PAGES

IOC's Olympics page

Official London 2012 page

NBC Olympics

NBC Olympics app

OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITIES

Instagram: @olympics

@facesofolympians

Google+: IOC's Olympics page

Google+ search for Olympics (Thanks Jay Brashear Sr.)

Pinterest: NBC Olympics

TODAY Olympics

2012 Olympic Games

Quora: 2012 Summer Olympic Games

Storify: 2012 Summer Olympic Games by NBCNews

Olympics topic index

Tumblr: IOC's Olympic Moments Tumblr

London 2012's Explore the Ceremonies Tumblr

Youtube: London 2012

NBC Olympics

PHOTOS

Flickr's 2012 London Olympic Games pool (in a slide-show below)

Yahoo! Sports

VIDEO

IOC's video page

London 2012's video page

NBCOlympics videos

NBCOlympics streaming video

Yahoo! Sports video

MOBILE

London 2012 mobile apps

NBCOlympics mobile apps

BLOGS AND ARTICLES

10 Bold Predictions for the 2012 Summer Olympics at CBSSports.com

30 must-follow Olympians on Twitter at Greatist.com

London itself is something of an Olympic Village at LA Times

London Olympics: This time, Summer Games are about the athletes at LA Times

Marketers to spend big in social media during Olympics at USA Today

Missteps at the 2012 Olympics at Washington Post

Twitter Crashes Day Before Olympics at PC World

Twitter Embraces Olympics to Train for the Big Time at WSJ

US Olympic Committee wants Olympics footage out of campaign ads at LA Times

NYC-2012: The Legacy of Losing the Olympics to London at WNYC

Team NYC Olympian Tracker at WNYC

Go For It: Life Lessons from Girl Boxers at WNYC

If you know an Olympics resource that should be on this list but isn't, please share in the comments, and we'll add them!

Jenny Xie is the PBS MediaShift editorial intern. Jenny is a rising senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying architecture and management. She is a digital-media junkie fascinated by the intersection of media, design, and technology. Jenny can be found blogging for MIT Admissions, tweeting @canonind, and sharing her latest work and interests here.

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$\"olympics$ \n\nThe 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London have largely been anticipated as the first social media Olympics. Athletes, fans, and the media shared their voices online during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, but this time in London, even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to adopt a full-fledged social media strategy. Starting with the \"Athletes' Hub\":http://hub.olympic.org/ - fully integrated with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram -- fans can keep track of all their favorite Olympians. The IOC has also created official accounts on \"Tumblr\":http://olympics.tumblr.com/ and \"Instagram\":http://www.gramfeed.com/olympics/. Meanwhile, NBC continues to announce partnerships with social platforms, which now include \"Facebook\":https://www.facebook.com/nbcolympics, \"YouTube\":http://www.youtube.com/user/2012nbcolympics, \"Twitter\":https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics, and \"Storify\":http://storify.com/nbcnews/2012-summer-olympic-games. All of these social media channels provide countless ways for viewers to fully immerse in the Olympic experience.\n\nWe also saw the ugly side of social media this week, as Greek athlete Voula Papachristou was promptly \"removed\":http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/greek-athlete-booted-from-olympics/2012/07/26/gJQAVnSYAX_blog.html from the Games for posting a tweet that was deemed as racist. But hopefully, the vast array of social media options will carry out their intended function in the next two weeks - that is, to allow everyone involved in the London Olympic Games to share more of their stories and thoughts in more engaging ways. And to help you navigate the Games' endless flow of exciting content, the following list compiles the best resources across the Web.\n\nh2. SPECIAL SITES AND PAGES \n\n

\n\n\"Animal New York's Medal Count Tracker page\":http://medalcount.com/ \n\n\"BBC's London 2012 page\":http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/2012/\n\n\"ESPN's Olympics page\":http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/\n\n\"Huffington Post's Olympics page\":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/2012-summer-olympics/\n\n\"IOC's Olympics site\":http://www.olympic.org/london-2012-summer-olympics\n\n\"IOC's Olympic Athletes' Hub\":http://hub.olympic.org/\n\n\"NBCOlympics.com\":http://www.nbcolympics.com/\n\n\"NY Times' Olympics page\":http://london2012.nytimes.com/\n\n\"Official London 2012 site\":http://www.london2012.com/\n\n\"SB NATION's Olympics page\":http://www.sbnation.com/london-olympics-2012\n\n\"Sports Illustrated's Olympics page\":http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2012/\n\n\"The Guardian's Olympics page\":http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/olympics-2012 \n\n\"Yahoo! Sports' Olympics page\":http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/ \n\n

\n\nh2. TWITTER LISTS \n\n

\n\n\"AP Olympics Staff list\":https://twitter.com/#!/AP_Sports/ap-olympics-2012\n\n\"Automated Results from the Games\":https://twitter.com/#!/London2012/olympic-sports\n\n\"International Paralympians\":https://twitter.com/#!/London2012/paralympians\n\n\"NBCOlympics' Summer Olympics List\":https://twitter.com/#!/NBCOlympics/all-summer-olympics\n\n\"NY Times' 2012 Olympians list\":https://twitter.com/#!/LondonLive/olympians-list-one\n\n\"NY Times Olympic journalists list\":https://twitter.com/#!/LondonLive/nyt-olympics-journalists\n\n\"Twitter Verified Olympians\":https://twitter.com/#!/verified/olympians\n\n\"2012 US Olympic Athletes\":https://twitter.com/#!/USOlympic/london2012\n\n\"2012 Great Britain Olympic Athletes\":https://twitter.com/#!/TeamGB/team-gb\n\n

\n\nh2. TWITTER FEEDS \n\n

\n\n\"BBC News' coverage\":https://twitter.com/BBCLdnOlympics\n\n\"Canadian Olympic Team\":https://twitter.com/CDNOlympicTeam\n\n\"Great Britain Olympic Team\":https://twitter.com/TeamGB\n\n\"NBC Olympics\":https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics\n\n\"NY Times' coverage\":https://twitter.com/LondonLive\n\n\"London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics\":https://twitter.com/London2012/ \n\n\"Swiss Olympic Team\":https://twitter.com/swissteam\n\n\"The Telegraph's coverage\":https://twitter.com/Telegraph2012\n\n\"UK's Press Association\":https://twitter.com/PressAssoc2012\n\n\"US Olympic Team\":https://twitter.com/USOlympic\n\n

\n\nh2. FACEBOOK PAGES\n\n

\n\n\"IOC's Olympics page\":https://www.facebook.com/olympics\n\n\"Official London 2012 page\":https://www.facebook.com/London2012\n\n\"NBC Olympics\":https://www.facebook.com/nbcolympics\n\n\"NBC Olympics app\":https://www.facebook.com/appcenter/nbcolympics\n\n

\n\nh2. OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITIES \n\n

\n\nInstagram: \"@olympics\":http://www.gramfeed.com/olympics/\n\n \"@facesofolympians\":http://www.gramfeed.com/facesofolympians\n\nGoogle+: \"IOC's Olympics page\":https://plus.google.com/106101596084497923559/posts\n\n\"Google+ search for Olympics\":https://plus.google.com/b/102271488505503964526/s/Olympic%20OR%20Olympics%20OR%20medal%20OR%20%22London%202012%22 (Thanks \"Jay Brashear Sr.\":https://plus.google.com/b/102271488505503964526/111830997470667136386/posts) \n\nPinterest: \"NBC Olympics\":http://pinterest.com/nbcnews/nbc-olympics/\n\n \"TODAY Olympics\":http://pinterest.com/todayshow/today-olympics/\n\n \"2012 Olympic Games\":http://pinterest.com/OlympicsXXX/\n\nQuora: \"2012 Summer Olympic Games\":http://www.quora.com/2012-Summer-Olympic-Games-London\n\nStorify: \"2012 Summer Olympic Games by NBCNews\":http://storify.com/nbcnews/2012-summer-olympic-games\n\n \"Olympics topic index\":http://storify.com/topics/olympics\n\nTumblr: \"IOC's Olympic Moments Tumblr\":http://olympicmoments.tumblr.com/\n\n \"London 2012's Explore the Ceremonies Tumblr\":http://exploretheceremonies.tumblr.com/\n\nYoutube: \"London 2012\":http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012\n\n \"NBC Olympics\":http://www.youtube.com/user/2012nbcolympics\n

\n\n\nh2. PHOTOS\n\n\n $\"The$ \n\n\"Flickr's 2012 London Olympic Games pool\":http://www.flickr.com/groups/london-olympics-2012/pool/ (in a slide-show below)\n\n

\n\n\"Guardian's live blog\":http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog\n\n\"Huffington Post\":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/london-2012-images-from-t_n_1695633.html#slide=1265701\n\n\"IOC's photo page\":http://www.olympic.org/photos/london-2012\n\n\"NBCOlympics\":http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/index.html\n\n\"Yahoo! Sports\":http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/photos.html\n

\n\n\nh2. VIDEO\n\n

\n\n\"IOC's video page\":http://www.olympic.org/videos\n\n\"London 2012's video page\":http://www.london2012.com/videos/\n\n\"NBCOlympics videos\":http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html\n\n $\"jordyn$ \n\n\"NBCOlympics streaming video\":http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveextra/ \n\n\"Yahoo! Sports video\":http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/featured/video/\n

\n\n\nh2. MOBILE\n\n\n

\n\n\"London 2012 mobile apps\":http://www.london2012.com/mobileapps/\n\n\"NBCOlympics mobile apps\":http://www.nbcolympics.com/on-the-go/index.html\n\n

\n\n\nh2. BLOGS AND ARTICLES\n\n

\n\n\"10 Bold Predictions for the 2012 Summer Olympics\":http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19661887/bold-predictions-for-the-2012-summer-olympics at CBSSports.com\n\n\"30 must-follow Olympians on Twitter\":http://greatist.com/fitness/30-best-olympic-athletes-twitter/ at Greatist.com\n\n\"London itself is something of an Olympic Village\":http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-london-olympics-20120727,0,6146752.story at LA Times\n\n\"London Olympics: This time, Summer Games are about the athletes\":http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-oly-games-advance-20120727,0,7119362.story at LA Times\n\n\"Marketers to spend big in social media during Olympics\":http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-07-26/olympics-social-media-corporate-sponsors/56510596/1 at USA Today\n\n\"Missteps at the 2012 Olympics\":http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/missteps-at-the-2012-olympics/2012/07/26/gJQAmnckBX_gallery.html at Washington Post\n\n\"Twitter Crashes Day Before Olympics\":http://www.pcworld.com/article/259900/twitter_crashes_day_before_olympics_kick_off.html at PC World\n\n\"Twitter Embraces Olympics to Train for the Big Time\":http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444025204577543313839816248.html at WSJ\n\n\"US Olympic Committee wants Olympics footage out of campaign ads\":http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-us-olympic-committee-wants-olympics-footage-out-of-campaign-ads-20120726,0,2396895.story at LA Times\n

\n\n\"NYC-2012: The Legacy of Losing the Olympics to London\":http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/jul/27/olympics/ at WNYC\n\n\"Team NYC Olympian Tracker\":http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/jul/25/olympic-tracker/ at WNYC\n\n\"Go For It: Life Lessons from Girl Boxers\":http://www.wnyc.org/womenbox at WNYC\n\nIf you know an Olympics resource that should be on this list but isn't, please share in the comments, and we'll add them!\n\nJenny Xie is the PBS MediaShift editorial intern. Jenny is a rising senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying architecture and management. She is a digital-media junkie fascinated by the intersection of media, design, and technology. Jenny can be found \"blogging\":http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/author/linxie for MIT Admissions, tweeting \"@canonind\":https://twitter.com/canonind, and sharing her latest work and interests \"here\":http://flavors.me/jennyxie.

The above screenshot of the Athletes' Hub, which integrates content from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, is the centerpiece of the IOC's social media strategy for the 2012 Summer Games.

Hopefully, the vast array of social media options will carry out their intended function -- to allow everyone involved in the Olympic Games to share more of their stories and thoughts in more engaging ways."

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