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Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan has repeated as the Olympic freestyle wrestling champion at 120 kilograms (264 1/2 pounds). Taymazov denied Russia its seventh wrestling gold medal in Beijing, defeating Bakhityar Akhmedov 3-0, 1-0. Taymazov joins Russia's...
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He not only set the world record, beating his old record set in Athens in 2004, he obliterated it, lowering the number from 4:05.25 to 4:03.84...The second-place finisher, Hungary's Laszlo Cseh, finished nearly three seconds behind. "To be honest, I didn't...
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The official draw was conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Capital Indoor Stadium, the main volleyball venue during the Beijing Games, as twelve qualified teams in each tournament were divided equally into Pools A and B for the preliminaries with a serpentine...
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Asian champions Australia and South Korea kept their hopes alive for the Beijing Olympics as they each posted their third win in the men's volleyball final qualifying round on Saturday. Australia powered their way through to a 25-22, 25-19, 18-25, 25-20...
Tags: Japan, beijing olympic, Beijing Bound, Argentina, Australia, Italy, defeat argentina, final qualify, qualify round, olympic volleyball