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AP Online
| 9 months ago
Track official Gordon Staines has two special words for Usain Bolt: Thank you!
Staines is the guy who fired the gun to start the men's 200 meter final, and he's downright thrilled that Bolt and his other competitors stayed "steady" at...
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Daily Nation
| 9 months ago
Rating When Team Kenya went for the Olympics, expectations were high that the team would exceed the performance of the Beijing Olympics four years ago. These hopes faded fast as the top prizes of the races that have been our domain for a long time...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Police are briefed at the Olympic Park on the first day of the London 2012 Olympic Games July 28, 2012. British police vowed on Friday no let up in vigilance at the Olympics with only three days to go, saying their low visibility security had...
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The independent
| 9 months ago
Bosses of Heathrow are on their marks to cope with one of the busiest-ever days at the west London airport when thousands of athletes fly off after the end of the Olympics. A specially-constructed Games terminal will be in operation on Monday when...
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Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
They crisscross his legs, up above his knees, and Bryshon Nellum doesn't let them bother him anymore...The last few days, hanging around the Olympic village, waiting for his next race, Nellum has thought about that night in 2008 when two men gunned...
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Wellington Dominion
| 9 months ago
Usain Bolt has blasted in athletics immortality with gold in the 200m final at the London Olympics. In a Jamaican clean-sweep, Bolt blasted clear from the start to push Yohan Blake and Warren Weir into the minor medals. Bolt, the two-time 100m...
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AP Online
| 9 months ago
The Czech team has a uniform and they are sticking to it.
They marched into Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony in blue wellies, colorful long shorts and zany umbrellas — a humorous nod to London's unpredictable weather. And on...
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All Africa
| 9 months ago
Athletes headed to the Olympic Games in London have more in common than talent and hard work. Whether they're sprinting the 100 metres or diving off a springboard, they know that without eating the right foods, they can't give their best...They need...
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Money Morning
| 9 months ago
Like any host city, London expected a three-week surge in visitors to draw record revenue for the region and its vendors. But the 2012 London Olympics, like global sporting events before, will disappoint. Instead of luring money to the city, it...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Russia's team are seen underwater as they perform in the synchronised swimming teams technical routine competition during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 9, 2012. A routine playing on folk themes and military music...
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The Globe & Mail
| 9 months ago
Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius was on the track but didn't get to run in the 4x400-metre relay at the London Olympics. He never even received the baton because South Africa crashed out in the first heat Thursday morning. Pistorius got onto the...
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The independent
| 9 months ago
Suggested Topics Former champion Liu Xiang will have surgery on his Achilles tendon in Britain after crashing out of his 110 hurdles heat at the London Olympics on Tuesday, Chinese officials said. "The doctor has been chosen. He is the expert in...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) runs to take first place next to South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana in their men's 200m semi-final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 8, 2012. Usain Bolt's bid for an unprecedented Olympic...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
Schedule of events for Day 13 (Thursday) London: London Olympics Schedule of events for Day 13 (Thursday) for athletics.The marquee event of the day will be 200m final featuring defending champion Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. Men`s Decathlon 09:00(BST)...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 9 months ago
Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson go 1-2 in 110-meter hurdles 4:44 p.m. Aries Merritt dominated the 110-meter hurdles most of the season, and he again demonstrated his superiority Wednesday by winning the Olympic final. Merritt, of Marietta, Ga., was...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 9 months ago
Jason Richardson of the United States celebrates after winning the silver medal in the Men's 110m Hurdles Final on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 8, 2012 in London, England. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Cedar...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 9 months ago
Aries Merritt led a US one-two in the men's Olympic 110m hurdles on Wednesday as Cuba's defending champion Dayron Robles pulled up injured halfway through the race. Merritt, the fastest hurdler in the world this season, clocked a personal best of 12.
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Aries Merritt of the U.S. (C) crosses the finish line ahead of compatriot Jason Richardson and Jamaica's Hansle Parchment (L) to finish first during the men's 110m hurdles final during the London 2012 Olympics Games at the Olympic Stadium...
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The independent
| 9 months ago
Suggested Topics American Aries Merritt stormed to gold in the 110 metres hurdles at the London Olympics, holding off world champion Jason Richardson to cross the line in 12.92 seconds. The 27-year-old made the most of perfect conditions on a balmy...
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AP Online
| 9 months ago
Aries Merritt led a 1-2 finish for the United States in the Olympic 110-meter hurdles, winning in 12.92 seconds Wednesday night. Defending champion Dayron Robles of Cuba pulled up midway through and clutched his right hamstring.
Jason...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 9 months ago
Red-hot American Aries Merritt roared into Wednesday night's Olympic final in the 110-meter hurdles with the fastest time of three semifinal heats. Merritt ran 12.94 seconds to win his heat, while teammate Jason Richardson took his heat in 13.13 and...
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NY Daily News
| 9 months ago
A Cuban pole vaulter is okay after having his pole snap in half during Wednesday's qualification round at the London Games. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Lazaro Borges, who also represented Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, had his fiberglass...
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Kansas City Star
| 9 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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Japan Times
| 9 months ago
They watched, anguished, and they cried and commiserated on social media, on the streets of the Chinese capital and, in the case of one anchor, even on state television. Many Chinese following the Olympics at home called hurdler Liu Xiang their hero...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics Brazil's players celebrate defeating Argentina in their men's quarterfinal volleyball match at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 8, 2012. Passions ran high at London's Earls Court on Wednesday as the latest chapter of one...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 9 months ago
Russia's sports minister warned of 'disciplinary decisions' in response to a fifth-place overall standing at London 2012. About a fifth of Russians say the Olympics were a 'complete failure' for Russia.
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BBC
| 9 months ago
The team's swimmers, skeet shooting competitor and 100m entrant also failed to get past qualifying rounds. The country's athletes have won 10 Olympic medals over 64 years at the games but have not brought home a medal since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 9 months ago
Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the 2012 Olympic city and around the world. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. The Associated Press Complete...
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Chicago Tribune
| 9 months ago
News photographers crowd around Jamaica's Usain Bolt as he celebrates victory after the men's 100m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 5, 2012. When Canada's Ben Johnson accelerated across the 100 metres finishing...
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CNN
| 9 months ago
The Internet giant on Tuesday embellished its search page with an animated, interactive doodle that lets users run the hurdles by tapping on their keyboards. Tapping the arrow keys makes the hurdler run, while hitting the space bar helps him leap...
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Big News Network
| 9 months ago
Liu Xiang hopped along the outside of the backstretch on his left leg, his injured right leg tucked behind him, then made his way over to the 10th and final hurdle to give it a kiss. Eventually, his 110-meter hurdles heat long over, the former world-...
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Fox
| 9 months ago
If you're on Google any time today, be sure to press the "play" button on the home page. You'll jump right into an arcade-style Olympic hurdling game. Increase your speed down the track by pressing the left and right arrow keys...Then click on the...
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The Dish Rag
| 9 months ago
It also falls on a day when U.S. hurdler Lolo Jones takes center stage. Jones famously caught her foot on the second-to-last hurdle at the 2008 games and finished out of medal contention in the 100m hurdles after coming in as the favorite (and...
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Reuters
| 9 months ago
Topics China's Liu Xiang kisses the last hurdle in his lane during his men's 110m hurdles round 1 heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 7, 2012. Liu crashed out of the heats in the 110 metres hurdles at the London...
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Mail Online UK
| 9 months ago
Google has released a 'Google Doodle' which lets you attempt to set a world-record on the hurdles. The addictive mini-game, which offers 1980s-style nostalgia for video game fans, gets you frantically hitting the arrow keys on your keyboard in order...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 9 months ago
In London, Liu hit his first hurdle and crashed to the track. The 29-year-old eventually got to his feet, hopped down the track and was embraced by fellow competitors before leaving the arena in a wheelchair. Jamaican megastar Bolt said he felt the...
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International Herald Tribune
| 9 months ago
Diego Azubel/European Pressphoto Agency Liu Xiang of China was frustrated in the hurdles for the second consecutive Olympic Games. Four years after Liu had to withdraw from the men's 110-meter hurdles in the Beijing Olympics, devastating his millions...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 9 months ago
China's Liu Xiang crashed out of the heats in the 110 metres hurdles at the London Olympics today in a dramatic echo of his injury-induced withdrawal from the same stage of the Beijing Games four years ago. The 2004 Olympic champion and former world...
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The Hindu
| 9 months ago
China's Liu Xiang, right, fails to clear a hurdle in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Tuesday. Photo: AP Former champion Liu Xiang left the Olympics Games in the first...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 9 months ago
Chinese athletics icon Liu Xiang suffered more Olympic pain here on Tuesday as he crashed out in the opening round of the 110 metres hurdles...Liu, who had been affected by back and foot problems in the past month, eventually got up and hopped down...
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Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
For the second consecutive Olympics, 2004 champion Liu Xiang has been eliminated without crossing a hurdle. Liu crashed heavily into the first hurdle in his first heat of the 110-meter hurdles at the London Games on Tuesday morning and fell to the...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 9 months ago
China's Liu Xiang falls onto the track during his men's 110m hurdles round one heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium. Photo: Reuters Four years after his shock walk-off the track with injury at the Bird's Nest stadium, China's...
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AP Online
| 9 months ago
Former world-record holder and 2004 Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China stumbled into the first hurdle and fell to the track in his opening heat of the London Games on Tuesday. It was his second consecutive first-round exit in the 110-meter hurdles.
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Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
Two American runners missed out on their chance to compete in 100-meter dash in the 1972 Munich games when they arrived late to the second round heat. Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the...
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Chinadaily
| 9 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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Indian Express
| 9 months ago
Now, the behemoth Internet entity wants employees, and everyone else too, to take time off at work to play, in the time of Olympics, what else, but an intensely competitive game...Google doodle hurdles game is catchy all right, but it is the venom...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Google Doodle on London 2012 Hurdles Google has come up with an interactive doodle on the London 2012 hurdles that allows the player to race in men's 110m hurdles. It is the first interactive doodle and the twelfth in the series of Olympic doodles...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Fresh from 100 meters glory Jamaica's Usain Bolt begins a highly anticipated 200m title defense at the London Olympics on Tuesday, while women's 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson is favorite to go one better than her silver in Beijing.
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
37 Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: London 2012 hurdles can be termed as the most fun Olympic doodle ever that Google has created. Today, as the biggest sporting extravaganza entered its 12th day, Google greeted its viewers with another doodle which shows...
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CNN
| 10 months ago
Nijel Amos, left, of Botswana and Fabiano Pecanha, right, of Brazil lead the field in the men's 800-meter heat Monday. Australian forward Brad Newley scores during the men's basketball preliminary round match against Russia. Kristina Hillmann, in...
