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BOLT, JAMAICA CELEBRATE
Kingston :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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Leave it to Usain Bolt, the ultimate showman, to come up with an original way to get to the top step of the Olympic medal podium: He jumped. A night after outclassing a stacked field to win his second consecutive Olympic 100-
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Katie Ledecky Wins Gold, Heads Back to School
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | 11 months ago
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Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, later this month. "I've been away for a pretty long time." "They had a viewing party at my school," she adds of her gold-winning 800m freestyle race. "They got really excited." Meanwhile,
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Former Boise State All-American Jarred Rome fails to qualify at Olympics
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 11 months ago
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Former Boise State All-American Jarred Rome finished 31st among 41 competitors during discus qualifications at the London Olympics on Monday...Rome threw 59.57 meters (195 feet, 4 inches), far short of the distance needed for qualification. The last
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Britain win first ever Games basketball game
Shanghai :: China | 11 months ago
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Content Chinese centre Yi Jianlian (L) British basketball fans now have something more than a moral victory to celebrate after the Olympic hosts beat China 90-58 on Monday in a men's preliminary round contest that could give the game a boost. "It's
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How Korbut changed gymnastics
Montreal :: Canada | 11 months ago
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There are few Olympians who can say they redefined their sport, but that is what former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut did at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. She won balance beam, floor exercises and team competition gold as well as silver in the uneven bars
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Britain wins team show jumping in gold jumpoff
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Britain has beaten the Netherlands in a jumpoff for the gold medal in team show jumping at the London Olympics, its first gold in that equestrian discipline in 60 years. Three members of Britain's four-man team — Nick Skelton,
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Country of the day: France
Paris :: France | 11 months ago
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Paris (capital) 10.41 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Lille, Nice-Cannes. (Figures from CIA.gov.) Top exports: Machinery, aircraft, beverages, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agriculture. Top Olympic sports: Fencing, cycling, track
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Mustafina wins bars gold, Tweddle gets 1st medal
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Aliya Mustafina couldn't take her eyes off the scoreboard, staring it with pride and delight. She capped an impressive comeback from a serious knee injury with the gold on uneven bars Monday. It was Russia's first gold in women's
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Olympics: London Games have had their melodrama
Shanghai :: China | 11 months ago
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The values underpinning the games are certainly noble, but on the surface, the Olympics sometimes look like a soap opera -- security breeches, social media snafus, and dreams crushed on camera. For those of you who didn't have time to follow the
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Medalist accused of stabbing attempt
Nairobi :: Kenya | 11 months ago
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Olympic gold medalist accused of trying to stab woman From Bharati Naik , CNN updated 7:06 AM EDT, Mon August 6, 2012 Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi after winning gold in the men's 3000 meter steeplechase at London 2012. London (CNN) -- Ezekiel Kemboi, who
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