In front of a jam-packed home crowd including Cal Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Nathan Adrian, Cal women’s swimming led Stanford by a mere one point with only two more events to swim. The Bears had been here before. The No. 7 Bears found themselves in a similar situation two weeks Read More…
Dana Vollmer stole the Cal show, setting an Olympic record with a time of 56.26 in her heat of the women’s 100 fly and finishing first in the semifinals. Vollmer’s performance establishes her as the prohibitive favorite to win gold for the United States in Sunday’s final. Read More…
Besides Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps, no swimmer has ever matched the eight golds Matt Biondi racked up from 1984-92 in Los Angeles, Seoul and Barcelona. Only five athletes have surpassed Biondi’s mark in any sport. You could make the argument that Biondi is not just the greatest swimmer Cal has ever produced, but the best athlete the school has had in any sport. Read More…
Natalie Coughlin has set world records, won gold medals, and competed on Dancing with the Stars. Now the 11-time Olympic medalist can add one more line to her resume: acting. The 2005 Cal alum took part in a SportsCenter ad titled “Silver and Gold,” which shows the Olympian reprehending a Read More…
If Cal was a nation, it would have placed third in this summer’s Olympic swimming medal count. The pool is definitely Bear territory. The London 2012 Summer Olympics brought together more than 10,000 athletes competing in 302 events across a little over two weeks. Cal athletes represented 18 separate nations, from China to Brazil to Iceland. Read More…
Cal won 17 medals at the London Olympics, but what if it turns out that number increases? What if Cal actually won 22 medals — 15 golds — and we didn’t even realize what was going on? What if the London Olympics really solidified Cal as the No. 1 school at which to be an Olympic athlete — instead of No. 2 or 3 — blowing Stanford, USC and every other American school out of the water? What if Missy Franklin comes to Cal? Read More…
You’re going to see a lot of Olympic coverage on TV over the next two weeks. We help you sort through the coverage so you can watch as many of Cal’s 38 Olympians as possible from July 28 to August 12. Read More…
Cal’s 38 Olympic athletes represent 17 countries on six continents. 19 of them come from North America, and 17 hail from the U.S. This list isn’t just a showcase of Cal’s talent, but a testament to Cal’s ability to attract athletes from all around the world. Read More…
Cal athletes have been winning Olympic medals since 1920. Though this is far from a complete list of every notable Olympic event, we look back on some of the biggest moments for Cal’s Olympians in the last few years. Read More…
Natalie Coughlin, Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin are among the Cal swimmers who qualified for the Games this week, joining 13 Cal swimmers who qualified for the Games for various countries from around the world. Read More…
