London Olympics 2012 News
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 London Olympics 2012: Paddler Ankita Das crashes out
Indian challenge in women`s table tennis ended in the first round itself as Ankita Das crashed out losing 1-4 to Spain`s Sara Ramirez at the ExCel centre here.
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 London Olympics Rowing: Virk 4th in singles sculls heats, to fight in repechage
India`s Swarn Singh Virk finished fourth in the heats of the single sculls event of rowing competition in the London Olympics here today.
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 London Olympics: Phelps scrapes into 400m individual medley final
Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps scraped into the final of the men`s 400 metres individual medley of the London Games Saturday, qualifying last in eighth.
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 Usain Bolt can’t be faster than a cheetah
Even Usain Bolt, currently the fastest man in the world, couldn’t outpace greyhounds, cheetahs, or the pronghorn antelope, according to a light-hearted comparison of the extraordinary athleticism of humans and animals in the Veterinary Record.
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 Olympic 2012: South Korean swimmer disqualified from 400m freestyle
South Korean swimmer Park Tae Hwan will miss the chance to defend his men`s 400metre freestyle title at the London Olympics Saturday after he was disqualified for a false start in the heats.
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 Al Hamad becomes first female Qatar Olympian
Two points away from reaching the women`s 10m air rifle final, Bahya Mansour Al Hamad still made history by becoming the first female Olympian of Qatar.
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 Albanian lifter banned from London for steroids
Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been excluded from the London Olympics after testing positive for steroids, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Saturday.
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 Olympics 2012: Second seed Xue/Zhang lose beach volleyball opener
Beijing Olympic bronze medallists Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China were defeated Saturday by Russian duo Anastasia Vasina and Anna Vozakova in the opener of the women`s beach volleyball
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 London Olympics: India clueless about mystery woman at march past
An unidentified woman was spotted with the Indian contingent on Friday during the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012, according to a news report.
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 China`s Yi Siling wins London Olympic Games` first gold medal
Yi Siling of China won the first gold medal of the 2012 London Olympic Games bagging a total of 502.9 points in the women`s 10m air rifle event here Saturday.
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 London Olympics: Parupalli Kashyap kicks off India's winning campaign
It’s the first good news for India at the London Olympics as Parupalli Kashyap playing his inaugural match in badmintons’ men`s singles, defeated Belgian`s Tan Yuhan, 21-14, 21-12.
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 London Olympics 2012 archery: Indian men knocked out
The Indian men`s archery team was knocked out of the Olympic Games after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off at the Lord`s Cricket Ground on Saturday.
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2012 London Olympics, Day 1 Highlights
Vijender Singh moves into the round of 16 defeating Danabek Suzhanov 14-10 on Saturday.
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 London 2012: Malaysia`s pregnant shooter competing at Olympics
Malaysia`s Nur Suryani Mohammed Taibi, an eight-month pregnant markswoman, will be competing at the London Olympics in the 10-metre air rifle Saturday.
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 London Olympics 2012 badminton: Jwala-Diju pair loses opening match
India's badminton campaign in the Olympics was off to a disappointing start as the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju went down in straight games to Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in their opening group match here.
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 London Olympics: Spain, Argentina bring high hopes to Olympic basketball
The Spanish, Argentine and Brazilian Olympic men`s basketball squads will all be battling for podium spots and looking to pull off a huge upset over a powerful US team
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 London Olympics 2012: Most stylist Olympics ever?
The athletes` parade during Friday’s opening ceremony might as well have been a catwalk show, with some of fashion`s biggest names, Armani, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney designing the team uniforms.
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 Olympics: Bolt hopes to `continue flying`
Jamaican sprinter and world and Olympic record holder Usain Bolt said he was feeling "very good" at the London Games and that he hopes to "continue flying".
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 London 2012 football: Brazil are favourites
This year’s Olympics offers the ‘Samba Kings’ an opportunity to get back into rhythm and resurrect their status as the best footballing nation.
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 London Olympics: Super Saina starts off on Sunday
One of India`s brightest medal prospects at the Olympics, in-form badminton star Saina Nehwal will start her campaign on Sunday by taking on unheralded Swiss Sabrina Jaquet in her opening group match at the Wembley Arena here.
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