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Hoy knighted in New Year honours
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Britain's Olympic heroes have been recognised in the New Year Honours list, with cyclist Chris Hoy knighted. Team-mate Bradley Wiggins and sailing star Ben Ainslie become CBEs, swimmer Rebecca Adlington receives an OBE and boxer James DeGale is made an...
Tags: Britain, Rebecca Adlington, olympic champion, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, royal recognition, Chris Hoy, sir chris, gold medals
Wahida wins Second gold medal
New Delhi :: India | 11 months ago
Credibility Manprit Kaur of Punjab came second and Sangita Yadav of Uttar Pradesh got third place. In Long jump, Swati Bhumi of West Bengal won the First place with a jump of 5.67 meters followed by Rakhi Thakur of Uttar Pradesh and Meenu of Kerala. Puja Jakhar of...
Tags: gold medal, silver, bronze, gold, allnews, gold medals, silver medals, bronze medals, Kerala
Phelps, controversial space-age swimsuits and 108 world records
Rome :: Italy | 11 months ago
Credibility Michael Phelps, space-age swimsuits and 108 world records made 2008 a year in swimming that might never be matched...A big hint of the suit's impact on the sport was evident at the short-course World Championships in April, when 18 world records were...
Tags: michael phelp, record, phelps, olympics, swimmer, gold medals, gold medal, swimming, football, american
Team of the Year: Great Britain Cycling Team
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
Credibility Britain established a complete hegemony over the cycling track at the Olympic Games in Beijing: ruthless, unforgiving, tyrannical...Britain won seven of the ten gold medals available for track cycling...If British cycling was a country they’d have come...
Tags: Eleanor Simmonds, gold medals, Great Britain, Beijing
Yahoo! Sports: Mixed legacy
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
Credibility China completed its stint as Olympic host Sunday with a superstar-studded closing ceremony that capped a 16-day pageant of state-of-the-art logistics and astounding athletic feats, set out for a curious world. The games did little, though, to erase concerns...
Tags: gold medal, phelps, gold medals, allnews, gold, 2008, olympics, usa, Beijing
Phelps' next challenge: becoming star sprinter
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility of himself as a swimmer. Phelps, 23, won every time he raced at last summer's Beijing Olympics, collecting eight gold medals, more than any other athlete at a single Games. The next time he competes, at this summer's national and world championships,...
Tags: phelps, olympics, gold medals, swimming, Rusty Phelps, Michael Phelps, world championships, Beijing, Bob Bowman
IHT Global sports forum with Christopher Clarey
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
Credibility the victory of the Spanish soccer team in the European championship...Almost nobody believed in this team: slight and small players, with reputations as underachievers and a long history of disappointments...Spain played the best football in the world...
Tags: swimming, olympics, gold medals, Michael Phelps, Christopher Clarey, IHT Global
Bolt is L'Equipe's top athlete
Paris :: France | 11 months ago
Credibility Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was honoured Wednesday as French sports daily L'Equipe's athlete of the year, beating out American swimmer Michael Phelps and Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal. Bolt, who won gold medals in the 100- and 200-metre races as well...
Tags: phelps, swimming, record, jamaican, olympics, gold medal winner, gold medals, athletics, Michael Phelps, statement
Hoy named BBC Sports Personality
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
Credibility Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy has been named 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The Scot, who won three gold medals in Beijing, beat Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington to the honour. He becomes the first cyclist to win the prestigious award...
Tags: sporting personality, Chris Hoy, Lewis Hamilton, bbc sporting, BBC Sports Personality, Beijing, Rebecca Adlington, gold medals
Olympic swimming star Phelps' book signing draws long line of fans
Phelps :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The first fan arrived not long after midnight, 12 hours before Michael Phelps would be signing copies of his new book...Those further back craned their necks around shelves to catch a glimpse. Phelps signed copies of "No Limits: The Will to Succeed" for...
Tags: phelps, swimming, gold medals, olympics, Michael Phelps, gold
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