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PRWeb
| 10 months ago
15 August 2012 KeyJewellery.com is pleased to announce the launch of an amazing Olympic gold medal discount voucher of 29%. to match the 29 gold medals won by the GB Olympic team. “This is the largest discount we have ever given off our products,”...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
The Daily Star Is there a link between economic power and Olympic medals? Is a form of multipolarity in sports emerging as political multipolarity sets in? In 1992, immediately after the end of the Cold War, the United States and the former Soviet...
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Star Phoenix
| 10 months ago
The 24-year-old Canadian Olympic basketball player arrived home in Saskatoon Monday, and while she was appreciative of the whole experience, she was still clearly smarting from some of her team's defeats. "Of course we're happy," Phillips said. "It's...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics South Africa's Caster Semenya reacts after receiving her silver medal during the women's 800m victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 11, 2012. Olympic silver medalist Caster Semenya has defended herself...
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Natural News
| 10 months ago
American athletes could face paying taxes for the gold and silver medals they have won in the Olympic Games. This has outraged many, who feel that Olympians are ambassadors for their country and state and have undergone years of training and...
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Canadian Free Press
| 10 months ago
London Olympics 46 Gold Medals No Apologies There's nothing in sports that quite compares to going head-to-head against another country's athletes in Olympic competition...Competition has always played a big part of what makes the United States of...
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
US athletes who won medals at the London 2012 Olympics are in for a disappointment: They will have pay taxes on their prize money. But some question if the Olympic medal should come with prize money at all...Clary Russian athletes may have failed to...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
He was supportive of the efforts of the Olympic team that just clung to a top-10 medal table placing. "It's damn hard to win and we had seven athletes and teams that did and a whole lot more that won medals and a whole lot more that did PBs, so I...
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News 24
| 10 months ago
Caster Semenya's brave silver medal in the Olympic women's 800-metre final in London on Saturday night. Caster Semenya wins silver Semenya left it late before powering her way down the final straight in front of a packed Olympic stadium to clock a...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
The U.S. men's and women's basketball teams made their expected sweep of London gold but it was not an open and shut case for the NBA stars in a tough test in the gold medal game against a polished Spain team...A spate of injuries before the final U.
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
12 August 2012 They may have just finished days of grueling competition, but the Olympic athletes showed no signs of running out of steam as they took centre stage in the closing ceremony. Thousands of the stars of London 2012 from all the nations...
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China Post
| 10 months ago
Extending their Olympic dynasty run to a fifth gold medal in a row, the United States women's basketball team overpowered France 86-50 in Saturday's championship final. Candace Parker produced game highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds to power the U.S.
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Indian Express
| 10 months ago
The world champions endured a tense second half to hold off Sweden's comeback attempt and hold out for a 22-21 victory. "We were superb...What a magnificent game, atmosphere and occasion," said coach Claude Onesta. "To win it four years ago was...
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India Abroad
| 10 months ago
You have made the country proud," Tendulkar told him over the phone. The ace cricketer also expressed his desire to meet Sushil, who scripted history by becoming the most successful Indian Olympian. He is the only Indian to win medals at successive...
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The Age
| 10 months ago
AP Now that the Games have come to a close, here are my five great Olympic myths...This phrase, which appeared for the first time during Atlanta 1996, gained greater currency in London when Australia slipped to 24th in the ''medal tally'' with one...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
France beat Sweden 22-21 on Sunday to win its second consecutive gold medal in the Olympic men's handball competition...It played catch up throughout the second period as France missed several chances to take a four-point lead.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 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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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the glittering American basketball team face Spain on Sunday for Olympic gold only hours before London shuts down its successful Summer Games. "I just want to go out the right way," Bryant...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
The United States extended their long reign in Olympic women's basketball by claiming their fifth successive gold medal with an 86-50 rout of France at the London Games on Saturday. With Candace Parker leading the way, the Americans extended their...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
United States' team pose bitting their gold medals after defeating France in the women's basketball game final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Victor R. AP Sports Columnist 5:53 p.m., Aug. 11, 2012 Also of...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Australia extended their medals streak in women's basketball to five consecutive Olympics by beating Russia 83-74 to win the bronze medal on Saturday. Australia, who claimed silver medals in the three previous Olympics and a bronze in 1996, surged in...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
The U.S. women's basketball team routed France 86-50 in the final Saturday, winning their fifth straight Olympic gold medal and putting more distance between themselves and the rest of the world heading to Rio for the 2016 Games. Candace Parker...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Candace Parker 's 21 points and a smothering defensive effort Saturday brought the United States Olympic basketball gold in an 86-50 win over France. The French had marched through group play unbeaten, but found it difficult to get off a shot against...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 10 months ago
The Sports Network For the fifth consecutive Olympics and seventh time in eight tries, the American women are gold medalists. Candace Parker led the charge with 21 points, and Team USA used a stifling defensive strategy to run France off the court...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
The United States extended their long reign in Olympic women's basketball by claiming their fifth successive gold medal by beating France 86-50 at the London Games on Saturday. The victory ensured the Americans extended their Olympic winning streak...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
American Brigetta Barrett has won the silver medal in the women's high jump, setting a personal best of 2.03 meters (6 feet 8 inches) to eke out a spot on the podium between two Russian athletes: Anna Chicerova, who jumped 2.05, and Svetlana Shkolina,...
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Sacramento Bee
| 10 months ago
The U.S. women's basketball team routed France 86-50 in the final Saturday, collecting their fifth straight Olympic gold medal and putting more distance between themselves and the rest of the world heading to Rio for the 2016 Games. Candace Parker...
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Dutch News
| 10 months ago
The Dutch came out strongly in the first half but the German defence proved too solid. The Germans scored the first goal early in the second half and began to take control of the match. A penalty corner provided the Dutch with a 1-1 score line but...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
France will have history in their sights when they play Sweden tomorrow as they attempt to become the first team to defend the men's handball Olympic title. Les Bleus, who are also reigning world champions, topped the podium in Beijing four years ago...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
England — Julie Bresset of France won the mountain bike gold medal in her first Olympics, rolling through the English countryside and waving her country's flag as she finished.
Bresset dominated the picturesque course at Hadleigh Farm...
