| Mary Kom goes down fighting, takes bronze |
London, August 8: MC Mary Kom had to settle for the bronze as she went down fighting in her 51 kg semifinal bout to Britain’s Nicola Adams at the Olympics here on Wednesday.
Buoyed by the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron and star professional boxer Amir Khan, second-seed Nicola put on a flawless performance beating the Indian 11-6 at the packed ExCel Arena.
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| Vijay Kumar returns to rousing Army welcome |
NEW DELHI, August 8: Two days after he had threatened to quit his job for being denied a promotion, London Olympics silver medalist Subedar Vijay Kumar was on Wednesday accorded a rousing welcome by the Indian Army on his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.
“It is a really fantastic reception and I am really touched by it. This is the first time I am getting s... |
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| Wrestlers keen to provide late sparks to India's Olympic campaign |
LONDON, August 8: Indian grapplers will join the Olympic action from Thursday hoping to provide the late sparks to the contingent’s campaign which has so far not really lived upto expectation with the flop show of many of the serious medal contenders.
The wrestlers had won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics Games through Sushil Kumar and will be keen to improve upon their tall... |
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| Tintu Luka qualifies for 800 metres semifinals |
LONDON, August 8: India’s Tintu Luka qualified for the women’s 800m semifinals in the Olympic Games after finishing third in one of the heats on Wednesday.
Luka clocked 2:01.75secs to finish third in heat number two behind reigning world champion Mariya Savinova (2:01.56) of Russia and Alice Schmidt (2:01.65) of United States at the Olympic Stadium.
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| Shooter Vijay deserves topmost award: Dhumal |
SHIMLA, August 8: Olympic silver medalist pistol shooter Vijay Kumar deserved the country’s topmost award for a sportsperson, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here on Wednesday. In a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Dhumal said awarding the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Vijay Kumar, who belonged to the hill state, would boost his morale further to bring more laurels for the ... |
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| Semenya sails through to 800m semis |
LONDON, August 8: South African star Caster Semenya moved a step closer to adding the Olympic title to her controversial 2009 world title as she eased into the 800m semifinals on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old, who is coached by 2000 Sydney Olympics 800m champion Maria Mutola from Mozambique, finished second in her heat behind American Alysia Montano.
Her time of 2min 00.71sec was t... |
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| Discus thrower Vikas finishes eighth |
LONDON, August 8: Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda finished eighth while the gold was clinched by German Robert Harting and the silver went to Iranian Ehsan Hadadi in the men’s event at the 2012 London Games here on Tuesday. Defending champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia had to settle for the bronze medal. The 29-year-old US-based Gowda got his best 64.79 in the first attempt at the packed Olymp... |
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| It has been a roller-coaster ride, says Gagan Narang |
PUNE, August 8: Olympic bronze medalist, shooter Gagan Narang said on Wednesday his journey from the Beijing Games to the London Olympics had been a roller-coaster ride.
The rifle-shooter failed to qualify for the final eight by a whisker, on a countback, in Beijing, where Bindra won the gold.
But destiny had something in store for Gagan in London as he went on to clinch the bro... |
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| Brazil on course for Olympic glory |
Mexico enter men's football final for first time
LONDON, August 8: Brazil edged closer to their dream of an Olympic football title on Tuesday, easing into a final showdown with Mexico after a comfortable 3-0 victory over South Korea.
The Brazilians, bronze medalists in Beijing four years ago, booked their place in Saturday’s showpiece match at Wembley after two goal... |
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| Sally Pearson fastest hurdler |
LONDON, August 8: Sally Pearson of Australia set a new Olympics record to win the gold in the women’s 100 metres hurdles while reinstated Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi produced a stunning burst in the last 300 meters to be proclaimed the men’s 1,500 metres champion.
Pearson, the silver medalist four years ago, clocked 12.35 metres and finished two-hundredths of a second ahead o... |
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| Trott powers to Olympic omnium gold |
LONDON, August 8: Britain’s Laura Trott sped to Olympic gold in the women’s omnium on Tuesday by winning a thrilling 500 metre time trial.
Trott clocked 35.110 seconds, with Sarah Hammer of the US, her nearest challenger, coming in fourth with 35.900.
It was enough to secure gold by one point for the Briton, who had been level with Hammer after the first five disciplines. &ld... |
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| Putin wants Russian Olympic performance's review |
MOSCOW, August 8: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the performance of the country’s delegation in the London Olympics should be assessed after the games.
“We must take a look at the results of the whole Olympic Games and only after that one would be able to say where we succeeded and where we failed,” Putin said on Tuesday.
“We failed in some spo... |
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| Zakharov breaks Chinese dominance for diving gold |
LONDON, August 8: Ilya Zakharov of Russia took diving gold in the men’s three-metre springboard on Tuesday, breaking 20 years of Chinese dominance in the event.
The 21-year-old had the most difficult programme and snatched the gold medal from China’s Qin Kai with his sixth dive, a forward four-and-a-half somersault, for 104.50 points to total 555.90.
Qin Kai notched ... |
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| Grenada celebrates maiden Olympic medal |
ST. GEORGE’S, August 8: Thousands took to the streets on late Monday to celebrate the country’s first ever Olympic medal after the mercurial Kirani James stormed to victory in the final of the 400 metres in London.
Huge crowds began an invasion of the west coast fishing town of Gouyave, James’s home town, moments after he stopped the clock at 43.94 seconds, to spark of... |
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