By Abdul Vahid V Gymnastic enthusiasts are anxiously waiting for Women’s Floor Exercise final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The event, to take place on Tuesday, August 7, is a great opportunity for the U.S. gymnasts to dominate the Romanians. No one will discount the dexterity of the Romanians on gymnastic floors. But, they were [...]
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By Raaj Datta (NVONews.Com) The Russian duo of Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina are yet again doing what they do the best. They are machines at synchronized swimming and they have done it since the Sydney Olympics in 2000 – in both Duet and Team. Both Ishchenko and Romashina are crowd favourites and the Russian [...]
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has made a successful comeback. He looked out of form merely a few months ago with many reports suggesting that he couldn’t run due to severe pain in his thighs. But he appeared again in the Olympic trials and won the nomination along with Yohan Blake, who beat Bolt to retain [...]
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The British track and field athlete Jessica Ennis has won gold in the 2012 Olympic heptathlon at the Olympic Stadium in London. The 26-year-old athlete was lucky enough to make the amazing victory in front of an excited home crowd. She walked to the top position of the Olympic heptathlon with a set of great [...]
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Team USA almost lost it but narrowly escaped a loss at the hands of the basketball team from Lithuania. The ‘Dream Team’ announced on Saturday included elite basketball players of the NBA and the likes, made it look like silver was always for losers, but their last game proves that gold isn’t that easy after [...]
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Many say Jordyn Wieber is an athlete that peaked before right time and then couldn’t perform when the right time came. She was being talked about as another big thing in the American sports, another Michael Jordon in the making, if not already. She had no role in this hype. Top gymnasts, particularly from among [...]
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It is a small nation of less than three million people. But the way it manages to bring out the best sprinters in the world, is nothing short of amazing. Usain Bolt who, at the age of 21, came from nowhere before the Beijing Olympics to conquer the world and become an instant hero, has [...]
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He was on teh cusp of history when he ran for the men’s 400 metres. Though he failed to find a place in the list of finalists, he still made the history by becoming the first amputee runner to actually qualify and run in abled bodied men’s Olympic race. It was a history. So even [...]
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She has made her country proud with her scintillating performance throughout the tournament and finally was rewarded richly. Olympic gymnastics 2012 results suggest that Romania’s Sandra Izbasa has won gold medal in women’s vault. USA’s McKayla Maroney won silver in the same tournament. Though McKayla Maroney was the main favorite to win the gold, but [...]
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Athletes not just from USA and Russia are making their mark in Olympic 2012 Gymnastics. Hungary’s Berki has won gold in Olympic men’s gymnastics 2012 pommel horse gold London, (IANS/RIA Novosti) Double World Champion Krisztian Berki kept his cool under immense pressure to beat two British gymnasts to the Olympic gold in the men’s pommel [...]
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Jessica Ennis has become an instant superstar not just in Great Britain but across the US too. Her sudden stardom may put her in direct competition with the most known faces in fashion, sports and media and she is sure to attract as much limelight as top models in the Western world. There are reports [...]
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South Africa’s double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has made history by rallying into the semifinals of the Olympic 400 meter race. In front of 80,000 fans on hand and millions across the globe, the Blade Runner, as he is known, became the first amputee to compete in track at the Olympics with a great performance. [...]
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Despite windy conditions, Serena Williams played smart and easily managed to beat her Russian rival Maria Sharapova for gold at the London Olympics 2012. She was ecstatic after winning the Women’s singles final. She seemed on seventh heaven after winning single’s title. “I was so focused here,” the younger Williams said. “I remember I was [...]
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Olympics 2012 shooting results: S Korea bags gold, silver in 50m pistol gold
August 5, 2012 No CommentSouth Korea has continued its great run at London Olympics 2012. Today it seems to be on a roll winning medal after medal. In the men’s 50 meter pistol shooting they bagged gold and a silver medal. (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Korean shooters took the gold and silver in the men’s 50 metre pistol at the [...]
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