London 2012 Hurdles Doodle (August 8, 2012)

After a few static doodles, Google finally gave us what we were all waiting for: interactive, animated doodles! I was really hoping that the company would gift us with one of us, since the times they did it, they came out really good. We all remember the Pacman Doodle from a couple of months before.

This time, the sport that is being tributed is Hurdles, which had already been used in Athens 2004, but nowhere else. Here is that old doodle:

Athens 2004 Hurdles doodle

No doubt we have a winner on which is best here, and I hope for the next few days google surprises us with more interactive doodles. How far can you get? I am struggling to get past the silver medal!

London 2012 Fencing Doodle (July 30, 2012)

Continuing withllympic doodle series, Google has gifted us today with a very nice looking doodle, celebrating the sport called fencing. Here it is:

2012 Olympic Fencing Doodle

Although the characters on it look a bit like astronauts in my opinion, the doodle itself looks overall pretty good, with a nice color choice, and the detail of one of the contenders using the "l" from Google as a sword. I have to say that, along with the diving doodle, this has been so far my favorite.

Still, this is not the first doodle in commemoration of this sport that we have seen. On Athens 2004's Olympic games, we had this:

2004 Olympic Fencing Doodle

Although the image is much smaller, and clearly a bit more rustic (like all doodles from those times), I find the characters quite nice, and actually like it better than the new one. What do you people think?