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IAAF Council Meeting, London 2012
London – UK, July 31, 2012: IAAF President Lamine Diack chaired the traditional Olympic Games meeting of the IAAF Council which took place today in the Pullman Hotel, St. Pancras, adjacent to the British Library Conference centre in which the IAAF Offices are based during the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012. President Diack…
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Ruolin Chen revalidates title10m platform synchro
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: Like in the men’s event, Mexico managed to be the best representative of the “rest of the world” against China in the women’s 10m platform synchro, the third event of the Olympic diving programme of London 2012. Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang were naturally the athletes to beat, but…
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Nine-time Olympic champions lose second game
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: Denes, Hungary, a 9 time Olympic champion in men’s water polo was beaten for the second time this week at the Olympic water polo competition. In today’s Group B match Montenegro came out on top 11-10. On Sunday, the team from Serbia upset Hungary by an even wider margin,…
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FEI announces judges of Awards on closing day
Lausanne (SUI), July 31, 2012: On the last day of nominations for the FEI Awards 2012, the FEI is pleased to announce the names of the three National Federation representatives who will compose the judging panel of this year’s hunt for equestrian heroes. Rosana Maria Roig, Director and Secretary General of the Puerto Rico Equestrian…
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Gold for Slovenia and for Korea Women
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: Urska Zolnir took Slovenia’s first ever gold medal in judo, after putting on a judo masterclass in the women’s -63kgs weight category. The male gold medal was won by Jae-bum Kim in the -81kgs category, which gave Korea their first gold medal and second overall medal of the judo…
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Cubans fighters show their pedigree
London, Great Britain, July 31, 2012 – Cubans, Day four of the London 2012 Olympic Games and it was the turn of the Men’s Light Fly (46-49kg) and Light Welterweight (64kg) to step on to the ring in the first round of preliminaries at the ExCeL arena. The afternoon session bore witness to eleven pulsating…
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The Germans simply do it all again to clinch double gold at Greenwich
London – (GBR), July 31, 2012: Team Germany repeated their 2008 Olympic medal-winning performance when claiming Eventing team and individual gold at the London 2012 Olympic equestrian venue in Greenwich Park today. Such was their supremacy that they clinched the team title even before their last rider went into the ring, and Michael Jung set…
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Agreement on the Participation of Saudi Athlete
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: The International Judo Federation (IJF) and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee are pleased to announce that they’ve agreed on a solution to ensure the participation of female judo athlete Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani at the Olympic Games in London 2012. Working with the IOC a proposal was approved…
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Top players enter mixed doubles competition
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: The ITF today announced the entry list for the Olympic mixed doubles competition that is scheduled to start on Wednesday 1 August. Thirty-five pairs from 26 countries signed up for the first Olympic mixed doubles competition as a full medal discipline since 1924, with the combined ranking cut-off for…
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IPC Website to Feature Revolutionary
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: IPC website, The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) website www.paralympic.org will feature a groundbreaking new video player for the London 2012 Paralympic Games which integrates live footage and results in a single unified and synchronized view. Developed by the IPC’s worldwide IT partner Atos, and integrated with cloud streaming media…
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