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News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 year ago
Despite his personal best score of 1168, the Hyderabad-based shooter finished 13th in a field of 49 shooters while compatriot Sanjeev, with 1162, ended up 26th. The event was won by Ukraine's Jury Sukhorukov, who shot 1272.5 (1173, 99.5). The silver...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
Although having failed to qualify for the final of the swimming competition at the Beijing Olympics, cancer-stricken U.S. swimmer Eric Shanteau won an unexpected "gold medal" from the Chinese. He received the medal from Shanghai-based Cancer...
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News Source: The Star Press
| about 1 year ago
Swimmer Zach Haller, 15, is the same age Michael Phelps was when he entered his first Olympics in 2000. And as Haller prepared to watch Phelps swim toward history Saturday night, that thought certainly crossed his mind. "I live for the Olympics every...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
Runner Magidi finishes second last The Olympic athletics competitions got off to the worst possible start for Israeli team on Saturday after Itai Magidi finished just 36th out of 37 racers in the 3,000 meters steeplechase. The 27-year-old clocked a...
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News Source: Kansas City Star
| about 1 year ago
Interesting to think there were many “How is she doing this?” questions about Dara Torres getting an Olympic medal … eight years ago...She did that one better in the same event on the final day of an amazing display of swimming for...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Victoria's Ryan Cochrane won Canada's first Olympic medal in swimming since the Sydney Games here Sunday morning, taking the bronze medal. Last year, Cochrane came 15th in the 1,500 meter swim at the world championships...Yesterday, he came third in...
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News Source: Telegraph India
| about 1 year ago
Abhinav Bindra, who won the 10m air rifle gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, was given a rousing welcome as he reached his home, about 18 km from the city, on Saturday morning. The gate outside Abhinav's residence was decorated with flowers and the...
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News Source: Zaman.com
| about 1 year ago
In short, Sibel Özkan, who took the silver in the women's 48-kilogram weightlifting silver last Saturday; Nazmi Avluca, who took the bronze in the men's 84-kilogram wrestling competition on Thursday; and Ethiopian-born Elvan Abeylegesse, who...
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News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 year ago
AP Sports Writer IOC BOB, Pool / AP Photo This second of three video frame grab images taken from International Olympic Committee Beijing Olympic Broadcasting pool video, shows United States swimmer Michael Phelps, above, as he swims toward the...
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News Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald
| about 1 year ago
Fani Halkia, the reigning Olympic champion in the women's 400-meter hurdles, told reporters she was "shocked" to learn she had tested positive for the banned substance methyltrienolone and would be unable to defend her gold medal. Halkia spoke to...