| Lightning Bolt crosses Beijing at London |
LONDON, Aug 6: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt sealed his status as the greatest sprinter of all time after retaining the men’s Olympic 100m title with an electrifying display on Sunday.
The world record holder turned on the after-burners at 60m to clock an Olympic record of 9.63sec, the second fastest time in history.
“I executed and that was the key,” Bolt said. &... |
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| Mary Kom in semis, ensures medal for India |
London, Aug 6: Boxer M.C. Mary Kom ensured another medal for India from the 2012 London Olympics with a convincing 15-6 victory over Tunisian Maroua Rahali in the quarter-finals of the women’s 51kg category at the ExCel Arena here on Monday.
The winners of the two semi-finals compete for the gold medal while the losing semi-finalists are awarded a bronze each.
The Indian, ... |
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| Vikas Gowda qualifies for discus throw final |
London, Aug 6: India’s Vikas Gowda became only the seventh Indian to qualify for the finals of the track and field event at the Olympic Games when he hurled the disc to 65.20 metres for an automatic selection.
Gowda, who trains in the United States, breached the 65m mark in his second attempt, having managed a throw of 63.52 m in his first throw.
The automatic qualificatio... |
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| Narang, Rajput fail to qualify |
London, Aug 6: Indian rifle shooters Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput failed to qualify for the London Olympics finals of the men’s 50-metre rifle three positions here at the Royal Artillery Barracks on Monday.
Narang, Olympic bronze medallist in 10m air rifle, finished 20th with a score of 1,164 while Rajput ended at 26th with 1,161.
Narang shot 398 in prone, 377 standing ... |
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| Tears flow for Gatlin and Gay after 100 final |
London, Aug 6: Tyson Gay was so choked up, he couldn’t speak. Justin Gatlin was so happy he struggled to find the right words.
Once again, Gay walked away empty-handed from the Olympics when he finished fourth in the 100-meter final that was dominated by Usain Bolt last night.
“I tried, man,” Gay said as tears streamed down his face. “I tried my best.&rdq... |
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| Hopes of Vikas dashed, CAS rejects India's appeal |
LONDON, Aug 6: India’s hopes of boxer Vikas Krishan being restored to the Olympic Games competition after he was controversially eliminated on a protest by his American opponent were dashed when the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected the country’s appeal on Monday.
The world’s top sports tribunal ruled that the appeal was not maintainable as there was no pr... |
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| No promotions, will quit Army: Vijay Kumar |
New Delhi, Aug 6: London Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar on Monday said that he wants to leave Indian Army as he has not been given a single promotion in last six years despite performing well at both the national and international levels.
Unheralded Vijay, who is a subedar with 16 Dogra Regiment, provided the silver lining for India in London Games last week, clinching the... |
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| Trap shooter Sandhu finishes 16th |
London, Aug 6: India's Manavjit Singh Sandhu failed to enter the final of men's trap event as he finished 16th in the qualification round of the 2012 London Games here at Royal Artillery Barracks on Monday.
The former World Champion got a total score of 119 with an average of 0.952. His best performance came in the fourth round where he had a perfect score of 25. However, it was a littl... |
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| Men's 100m Final Results: |
1.Usain Bolt [Jamaica] 9.63sec
2.Yohan Blake [Jamaica] 9.75sec
3.Justin Gatlin [United States] 9.79sec
4.Tyson Gay [United States] 9.80sec
5.Ryan Bailey [United States] &nbs... |
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| Blade Runner's 400 metre dream over |
London, Aug 6: The first half of Oscar Pistorius’ incredible Olympic adventure came to an end on Sunday night when he failed to qualify for the final of the men’s 400 metres.
The 25-year-old received a huge ovation as he took to the blocks in his semifinal , but finished last place in his race with a time of 46.53 seconds.
Pistorius made history on Saturday when he b... |
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| Ezekiel Kemboi regains steeplechase gold |
LONDON, Aug 6: Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi set aside thoughts of an assault charge he faces at home to regain his Olympic men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase title in emphatic fashion on Sunday and extend Kenyan dominance in the race.
Kemboi, the 2004 champion, made the most of defending champion and compatriot Brimin Kipruto falling on the penultimate lap to sprint clear and win in ... |
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| Mirnyi, Azarenka win mixed doubles gold |
LONDON, Aug 6: Belarus’ Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka won mixed doubles gold medals on Sunday with a 2-6, 6-3, 10/8 victory over Britain’s Andy Murray and Laura Robson.
Mirnyi and Azarenka were the top seeds as mixed doubles returned to the Olympics for the first time since the Paris Games in 1924 and they lived up to their ranking by denying Murray a second gold after hi... |
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| Niccolo Campriani wins 50m three position gold |
LONDON, Aug 6: Italian Niccolo Campriani thrashed the field to win the men's 50 metre three position rifle shooting event at the London Games on Monday as American Matthew Emmons endured another Olympic nightmare.
Campriani finished with a total of 1278.5 ahead of Kim Jong-hyun of South Korea in second on 1272.5 and Emmons third on 1271.3.
The Italian puffed out his cheeks after... |
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| Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler wins gold |
London, Aug 6: Iran’s four-time world champion Hamid Sourian won the country’s first gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, defeating Azerbaijan`s Greco-Roman wrestler Roshan Bayramov in the 55kg category here on Monday.
The Iranian wrestler had a wonderful start in the London Games and defeated wrestlers from Hungary, Kazakhstan and Denmark before meeting Bayram... |
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| Brazil's Zanetti takes gold |
London, Aug 6 : Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti from Brazil Monday created a sensation when he won the gold medal bettering China's reigning champion in the men's rings final competition at the London Olympics.
Zanetti had never won a major title before he scored 15.900 to beat Chen Yibing, who scored 15.800.
Italy's Matteo Morandi won bronze with a 15.733 score.
Russia's Aleks... |
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| Olympic sailing: China's Xu wins gold |
London, Aug 6: China's Xu Lijia won gold in the women's Laser Radial at the Olympics on Monday. Xu sealed her victory with a win in the medal race as Marit Bouwmeester from Netherlands finished second and won silver. The bronze went to Belgium's Evi Van Acker, who took third place in the medal race. IANS... |
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| U.S. judoka expelled for cannabis |
London, Aug 6: American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been disqualified from the London Olympics after testing positive for cannabis, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.
Delpopolo, 23, failed a July 30 doping test that he took immediately after competition, where he finished seventh in the 73kg category, the IOC said.
He is one of the five athletes announce... |
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| South Korea's Yang soars to vault gold |
LONDON, Aug 6: Yang Hak-seon became the first South Korean gymnast to strike gold at the Olympics when he won the men's vault title on Monday.
The world champion lived up to his billing as favourite after he earned an average score of 16.533 from his two vaults, edging out Russia's Denis Ablyazin on 16.399.
Yang powered down the 20-metres runway and launched into a spectacular t... |
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| Pars wins men's hammer gold |
London, Aug 6: Krisztian Pars of Hungary won the men's hammer throw gold at the London Olympics here.
The Hungarian world silver medallist threw 80.59 metres for gold Sunday, with defending champion Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia taking the silver with 79.36.
The bronze went to Athens gold medallist Koji Murofushi of Japan, who threw 78.71. IANS ... |
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| Italy wins gold in men's team foil |
London, Aug 6: After nine days of lunge, parry and riposte with epee, foil and saber, Italy fought its way back to the top of the fencing medal table in the London Olympics on Sunday, claiming the men’s team foil gold on the last day of competition for its third title of the games. Italy had finished second to France in Beijing in 2008. “It’s very important to confirm we&rsquo... |
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| Phelps reveals future: Working with kids and swimming with sharks |
London, Aug 6: Swimming legend Michael Phelps has revealed a little of what he plans to do after recently announcing retirement from international competition.
The gold medal Phelps won on Sunday at the London Games as part of the US 4X100 metres medley team put the cap on a brilliant career in which he won 18 Olympic gold medals in a total of 22. It has made him arguably the greatest e... |
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| Love match on the beach |
Olympic diary
London, Aug 6: Beach volleyball is known for its glamour quotient but it also turned out to be the perfect backdrop for a marriage proposal when a British amateur player went down on his knees on the court to propose to his girlfriend.
A boisterous crowd of 15,000 cheered in appreciation as Elfi Czingeova of Slovakia nodded in agreement to Tom Holt’s m... |
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| India look to extend ODI domination in T20 against Sri Lanka |
PALLEKELE, Aug 6: The world number two ranking clinched following a dominating 4-1 triumph in ODIs, India will now look to stamp their authority against Sri Lanka in the only Twenty20 international on Tuesday.
India’s domination was reflected in the margin of victory and they would look to carry their rampaging form to the shortest version of cricket as well.
Sri Lanka and... |
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| Indians will be proud of Mary Kom, says husband |
London, Aug 6: Indian boxer M.C. Mary Kom's husband Onler Kom said on Monday that the pugilist made the country proud after assuring the country its fourth Olympic medal from the 2012 London Games.
"Every Indian will be proud of her. She was quite determined that she would do well and she has done that. She has won the medal she always wanted at last. She has always done well for her co... |
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| London Olympics 2012 |
Medal tally :
Nation G S B Total
China 31 19 14 64
USA 28 14 19 61
Great Britain 1... |
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| Will give my best for a bigger medal, says Mary |
London, Aug 6: Star boxer M.C. Mary Kom was jubilant after ensuring fourth medal for India from the London Olympic Games and said she wants to keep up the momentum for a bigger medal.
The 29-year-old Mary Kom, a mother of twins, is now assured of a medal after she booked a place in the semi-final, beating Tunisian Maroua Rahali 15-6 in a one-sided quarter-final at the ExCel Arena.
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| Federer, Azarenka retain top spot |
London, Aug 6: Swiss great Roger Federer and Belarus's Victoria Azarenka hung on to their top spot in the world tennis rankings released on Monday.
In the men's ATP rankings, the top ten remained unchanged except for Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro moving from ninth to eighth after winning bronze at the Olympics.
London Games' runner-up Federer retained the top spot, while Bri... |
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| Britain win team show jumping gold |
LONDON, Aug 6:Great Britain claimed team show jumping gold at the London Olympics on Monday in a gripping jump-off against the Netherlands at Greenwich Park.
The head-to-head showdown was required to split the two teams after they had finished the competition in a tie for first with eight penalty points. Saudi Arabia, with 14 points, finished in the bronze medal position.
This w... |
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| China forces into the men's team final |
London, Aug 6: China's men's table tennis team beat Germany 3-1 in a close game Monday to march into the final of the Olympic Games here.
China's Ma Long defeated Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov, London Olympic bronze medallist, 3-1 in the first singles match.Germany's Timo Boll, who failed to enter the men's singles quarter-finals, beat China's Zhang Jike, the new Olympic singles gold med... |
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| India take on Syria in Nehru Cup opener |
New Delhi, Aug 6: Defending champions India will take on Syria in the opening match of the Nehru Cup football tournament which kicks-off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Aug 22.
Besides the hosts, Cameroon, Syria, Nepal and Maldives make up the five-team group. Each team will play each other once in the group league matches with the top two advancing to the final. India has won the ... |
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| South Africa set England target of 253 to win 2nd Test |
LEEDS, Aug 6: An unexpectedly thrilling final session to the second Test is in prospect at Headingley after South Africa declared on 258/9, setting England a target of 253 to win from 39 overs on Monday.
The tourists collapsed from 120-0, after Jacques Rudolph and Graeme Smith had hit 69 and 52 respectively.
The game looked to be meandering toward a draw until part-time offspinn... |
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