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Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
Rating The winds that are blowing from the London Olympics 2012 are not for the wider East Africa. East African countries like Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, the two Sudans, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, usually don't win anything at the Olympics. It is left...
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Indian Express
| 10 months ago
If we use the medal count as a yardstick, Chinas haul of gold, silver, and bronze in the summer Olympics has tripled between 1984 and 2008. At the London Olympics, China has once again proved its prowess in winning medals. It is widely expected to...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Team GB's Mo Farah after winning gold ahead of his training mate, Team USA's Galen Rupp, right, in the men's 10,000-meter final. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Is Team GB doing so well that it seriously compares to Team USA?...It also has nearly...
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Kansas City Star
| 10 months ago
China delivered one of its most pressure-packed gold medals of the London Olympics on Wednesday, completing the sweep of all four table tennis titles with a victory 3-0 over South Korea in the men's team final.The sweep was expected, and anything...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
I will have attended all sports until (by) the end of the Games, the federations are very happy about the venues...Belgian Rogge, a former Olympic yachtsman, said broadcasters had reported increased ratings while the success of the home team, with...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
While the Chinese are piling up the medals in another Olympics, the most popular team in the increasingly sports-crazy nation was overwhelmed from the start.
The men's basketball team went 0-5 in pool play and lost by an average of 25.2...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
32pm As of August 8, China and the United States of America are still on top of the 2012 Olympic Medal Tally. These two countries are again expected to finish first and second in the tally, just like in the last staging of the Olympics in Beijing...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
The by-nation medal standings are not officially part of the Games, because the Olympics are about honorable competition and brotherhood transcending politics and national boundaries...All the big dogs, especially China, the United States and Great...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
Russian Ilya Zakharov spoiled China's hopes of an eight-gold-medal sweep in diving by winning the men's 3-meter springboard event on Tuesday night. Zakharov totaled 555.90 points to beat world champion Qin Kai of China by only 14.15. China's He Chong,...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Ilya Zakharov of Russia brought an end to the Olympic winning streak of Chinese Olympic divers Tuesday, winning the men's 3-meter springboard gold medal. Needing to average 9.0 on his final dive, a forward 4 1/2 somersault in the tuck position,...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
She notched just 5.98 meters on her first attempt, followed by 6.21 meters on her second try, before winding up with her best distance of 6.22 meters. Great Britain's Shara Proctor topped the qualifiers with a 6.83 meter performance, one of four to...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
China won another gold medal in a sport it dominates like no other, taking the women's team table tennis title Tuesday with a 3-0 victory against Japan. Despite the loss, Japan won the silver for its first Olympic medal of any color in table tennis,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Dutchman Epke Zonderland showed off a flamboyant gravity-defying routine to snatch the Olympics horizontal bar title on Tuesday. Zou Kai had been the favourite to win the gold medal as China had won every Olympic and world title on the apparatus...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
China won another gold medal in a sport it dominates like no other, taking the women's team table tennis title Tuesday with a 3-0 victory against Japan. Despite the loss, Japan won the silver for its first medal of any color in table tennis at the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Disheartened by a streak of losses last year, Saina Nehwal wanted to stop playing badminton, revealed Pullela Gopichand , the London Olympics bronze medallist's coach. " Saina came up to me the day after she lost to Tine ( Baun ) in Denmark. (She was)...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
I went to London with a belief of winning a medal and I was able to achieve what. An Olympic medal was the reason started playing at the age of nine," said Saina Tuesday at the felicitation ceremony organised in her honour. Saina became the first...
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The Dish Rag
| 10 months ago
Grenada gets on the leaderboard for the first time ever While the United States and China may be battling it out atop the medal count leaderboard for 2012 Summer Olympics surpremacy, a great story of the games is the small country of Grenada winning...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
China's track record in sports was further tarnished recently when its badminton players were disqualified for match-fixing at the 2012 London Olympics. It is the latest in a series of incidents overshadowing the sporting excellence of its athletes...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
China collected seven points from two vicories, one draw and two losses in the round-and-robin phase to finish third in pool A. Only the top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. It was China`s first loss to Japan in a major tournament.
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Chinadaily
| 10 months ago
The Chinese computing equipment firm is sponsoring this summer's Games for the first time, having already sponsored the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. [Full Story] Leading Chinese creative group of digital and visual services. The firm impressed...
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
Japan's women will need a large supply of hankies and tissues for their Olympic gold-medal match. The Japanese trio of Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa and Sayaka Hirano won 3-0 against Singapore on Sunday, putting Japan in Tuesday's women's final and...
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Asbarez
| 10 months ago
Arsen Julfalakian won silver in the 74kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympics. Earlier today, Hripsime Khurshudyan secured a bronze medal for Armenia in the women's +75kg weightlifting competition...In the semifinals, the Armenian...
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People.com
| 10 months ago
The figure skater, who placed sixth in the 2010 Winter Olympics, has been skating professionally since he was 12 and is no stranger to fierce competition and fantastic costumes !...The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy and...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
6 August 2012 Beth Tweddle added to Team GB's medal tally today when she won a bronze and became the oldest competitor to win an Olympic gymnast medal for 48 years. The 27-year-old performed brilliantly on the uneven bars this afternoon and won third...
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The Mercury News
| 10 months ago
American star Gabby Douglas was shut out in uneven bars competition in Olympics gymnastics on Monday. Aliya Mustafina was delighted to finally get Russia a gold in gymnastics...But Douglas failed to medal, finishing eighth in the individual...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
India's new shooting sensation Vijay Kumar, who clinched a silver medal in Olympics, on Wednesday said the low-profile build-up to his participation in the London Games turned out to be a "blessing in disguise" as it helped him to focus more on his...
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Chinadaily
| 10 months ago
All sports eyes are on London today as the spectacular Olympic Games are finally kicking off. The three-hour opening ceremony is watched by "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle, and will be watched by a crowd of 60,000 in the British capital's...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
An article in the Op-Ed section of Global Times asked whether Olympic gold medals have a stigma attached to them? Does the Chinese public no longer cherish hard-won Olympic medals? "The answers are no," it responded. The daily admitted that it was...
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Phayul
| 10 months ago
A 22-year-old Tibetan girl is all set to walk a path which no Tibetan has ever taken before. Come August 11, Choeyang, will become the first ever Tibetan Olympiad. Born in Tsochang in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, Choeyang will debut at...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Women boxers brought an end to the last all-male sport at the Olympics when they fought for the first time on Sunday, but for some the momentous occasion meant nothing in defeat. While some wept after their fight as they recounted the long battle it...
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Telegraph India
| 10 months ago
When I woke up, I had a strange feeling, Saina told The Telegraph . I looked at the mirror and asked myself whether I have achieved something big...On Saturday, Saina won the bronze after her Chinese opponent Xin Wang, who was leading 21-18, 1-0,...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics China's Wu Minxia confirmed her status as one of the best women's divers in history by easily winning the three-metre springboard at the Aquatics Centre this evening. The world champion crushed her rivals, and claimed the first...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Chinese diver Wu Minxia sealed her legacy on Sunday with a gold medal, bringing her all-time Olympic medal tally to six and equalling the record held by her one-time partner Guo Jingjing. Without missing a beat, Wu performed a polished series of...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Zhou Lulu brought China its fifth weightlifting gold medal of the Olympics Sunday by winning the heaviest women's weight class in the sport. Zhou hoisted a world record total of 333 kilograms in the over 75-kilogram class, becoming the second person...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 10 months ago
Reuters WU Minxia made it five gold medals from five diving events for the Chinese after winning the 3m springboard final at the London Olympics on Sunday. Wu, who teamed with Zi He to win the 3m synchronised last week, scored a remarkable 414.00...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Stanford graduate Cassidy Krug finished seventh as China continued its domination of diving events at the Olympics Sunday. Wu Minxia won the women's 3-meter springboard, earning the Chinese diver her first individual gold medal and record-tying sixth...
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CNSNews.com
| 10 months ago
China's Sun Yang reacts on the podium after winning in the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter freestyle swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. As of...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Michael Phelps ended an Olympic career like none other Saturday, winning on the biggest sporting stage of all for the 18th time. He and his American teammates closed out a dominating weeklong performance during which the United States won 30 swimming...
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India Abroad
| 10 months ago
S aina Nehwal's bronze medal win at the Olympics is the happiest moment of her career. For her coach Pullela Gopichand, however, it means the world. He may have not won an Olympic medal during his playing days, but his protege made him proud after...
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Sacramento Bee
| 10 months ago
It is not the American way for an athlete to bid farewell from the top of the mountain. There is always one more season, one more challenge, one more contract...Gone. "I did everything I wanted to," he said. "If you can say that about your career,...
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China News
| 10 months ago
Kim Sang-ryul cares about China's women's hockey on and off the field As the only South Korean coach in China's sports delegation, Kim Sang-ryul isn't lonely at the London Games. His Chinese women's hockey team has become his family. "I'm not alone...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Doug Mills/The New York Times The United States Women's 4x100-meter relay team posed after winning gold on Saturday. It was going to take a lot of bling to deflect attention from the brilliance of Michael Phelps, who won his sixth medal and fourth...
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Chandler Republic
| 10 months ago
The Republic azcentral.com Every four years at about this time, thousands of young girls begin dreaming of being the next "Flying Squirrel." They want to emulate 16-year-old Gabby Douglas, the new Olympic all-around gold medalist with the amusing...
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CNSNews.com
| 10 months ago
Olympic team has pulled ahead of the People's Republic of China in the competition for the overall number of medals won at the London Olympics. At the close of competition on Friday, the U.S. team had 45 total medals and the People's Republic of...
