London Olympics 2012 News
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 Parupalli Kashyap: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Parupalli Kashyap qualified for the London Olympics with third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin pulling out of the quarterfinal match, citing a wrist injury, in India Open Super Series badminton April 28, 2012
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 Sahana Kumari: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Sahana Kumari: Like most of the other athletes, this 31-year-old high jumper has also gone through several ups and downs in her career.
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 Sudha Singh: Profile 2012 London Olympics
The 26-year-old holds the current Indian national record for 3000m Steeplechase with a mark of 9:55.67, which she clocked while winning the Gold in the XVI Asian Games at Guangzhou on 21 November 2010.
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 Basanta Bahadur Rana: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Basanta Bahadur Rana, the best of the ‘B’ qualifiers in the 50 km has received training from the former national record holder Gurdev Singh. He serves in the Indian army and qualified for the Olympics at the World Race Walking Cup in Russia in May.
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 Olympics security ‘not compromised’ by staff shortfall fiasco, avers Coe
Security for the Olympics has not been compromised even after the failure of private security firm, G4S, to recruit enough security staff, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has said.
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 Terror suspects ‘waived through’ UK airport by inexperienced staff ahead of Olympics
Eight terror suspects have entered Britain ahead of the Olympic Games after security lapses by inexperienced immigration staff allowed them into the country.
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 Ram Singh Yadav: Profiles 2012 London Olympics
Army man Ram Singh Yadav made it to the London Olympics winning the Mumbai marathon with a time of 2:16.59 surpassing the Olympic qualifying ‘B` standard of 2:18:00.
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 Mayookha Johny: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Mayookha Johny qualified for 2012 Olympics in triple jump, going past the London Games `B` qualifying standard of 14.10m.
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 Renjith Maheshwary: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary managed a leap of 16.85m in his fifth attempt on the opening day of 16th Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala to achieve the `B` standard for the London Olympics.
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 World Cup winner Mata says Spain no favourites for London Olympic gold
Midfielder Juan Mata has said Spain isn’t a favourite to win the Gold Medal at the London Olympics despite winning the last three major football tournaments.
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 Tintu Luka: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Tintu Luka (women’s 800 meters): A prodigy to one of India’s finest athletes PT Usha, Tintu Luka is the current national record holder in 800m.
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 Yogeshwar treating London Olympics as his last chance
Set for his third Olympics appearance, Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt wants to leave no stone unturned in his quest for the elusive medal at the London Games and is treating the marquee event as his last chance.
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Yogeshwar treating London Olympics as his last chance
Set for his third Olympics appearance, Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt wants to leave no stone unturned in his quest for the elusive medal at the London Games and is treating the marquee event as his last chance.
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 Om Prakash Singh Karhana: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Om Prakash Singh Karhana (men’s shot put) announced his arrival at the international stage at the Asian Championships in 2009, when he won a gold medal and defeated top Asian shot putters in the process.
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 Thinking about medals will hamper my performance: Sushil
Doing an encore in London is not something that Sushil Kumar wants to lose his sleep over, but the Beijing Olympics bronze medallist has assured to put in the hard yards to ensure a podium finish in the upcoming Olympics.
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 London witnesses 50 km long traffic jam as Olympians arrive!
Utter chaos prevailed on London`s streets today as athletes started arriving for the upcoming Olympics, with a 50 km long traffic jam hitting traffic and logistic problems forcing some of them to take an unintentional `tour` of the city.
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 Vikas Gowda: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Vikas Gowda (men’s discus throw): Discus thrower Vikas Gowda, who threw to his second best ever mark of 64.89 metres while claiming the bronze in the invitational meet at Chula Vista, California, US became the first Indian athlete to make the grade for the London Olympics.
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 Kavita starts practising for 2013 world championship
Long distance runner Kavia Raut, who failed to qualify for the London Olympics, returned from Italy on Saturday night and started practising for the 2013 World Athletics Championship to be held in Moscow.
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 Seema Antil: Profile 2012 London Olympics
India`s female discus thrower Seema Antil qualified for the 2012 London Olympics after she achieved the `A` qualifying standard with a throw of 62.60 metres at the University of California (Irvine) Open Championships.
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 Krishna Poonia: Profile 2012 London Olympics
Krishna Poonia (women’s discus throw): Poonia completed the task of qualifying for the Olympics as she threw a distance of 61.12 metres - crossing the Olympic qualification `B` standard mark of 59.50m - to clinch the gold at the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, US in October 2011.
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