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Perfect’ China on top after dramatic Team Final
London – (GBR), July 30, 2012: A “perfect” China celebrated reclaiming their Olympic crown in the Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Team event but that was not the only talking point of a dramatic contest in which Japan took silver only after an appeal to the judges and Britain claimed an historic bronze. For China, the first…
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First Gymnastics Gold up for grabs!
London – (GBR), July 30, 2012: Top qualifiers USA have a strong chance of their first Olympic team Gold since 1984 in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Team Final at the North Greenwich Arena on Monday. USA, the defending Bronze medallists, outscored their nearest rival, Russia, by almost three points in Qualifications on July 28. They…
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Butdee wows crowds with sumptuous win
London, Great Britain, July 31: 2012 – Butdee, The action continued with the evening session on the third day of boxing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. A capacity crowd at the ExCeL Arena welcomed the Flyweight (52kg) and Light Heavyweights (81kg) for ten bouts of high-octane drama. 2011 World Series of Boxing (WSB) Individual…
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China Pair Breeze Through to Women’s Singles
London – GBR, July 30: China Pair, The top two seeds in the women’s table tennis singles tournament progressed to the quarterfinals without great difficulty, while there were several upsets in the men’s singles fourth round at ExCel on Monday. Women’s No.1 DING Ning (CHN) beat JIANG Huajun (HKG) 4-1 in their fourth round match.…
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2012 Olympic Tennis Event results
London – GBR, July 30, 2012: Please find below Monday’s results for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event being held at the All England Club, Wimbledon from Saturday 28 July until Sunday 5 August. MEN’S SINGLES FIRST ROUND (9) Juan Monaco (ARG) d. David Goffin (BEL) 64 61 (13) Marin Cilic (CRO) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT)…
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Second Gold for Russia, First One For Japan
London – GBR, July 30, 2012: A great day of judo came to an end in the EXCEL centre with Russia leading the medal table in the judo, after Mansur Isaev took Russia’s second gold medal in the -73kgs to add to Arsen Galstyan’s in the -60kgs Meanwhile, Japan, finally took their first gold medal…
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Italian superstars take APB to another level
London, Great Britain, July 30, 2012: Italian, Charismatic Lightweight (60kg) Domenico Valentino and Heavyweight (91kg) Clemente Russo have today signed five year contracts with AIBA Professional Boxing (APB), further underlining the popularity of the new programme amongst the world’s top boxers. Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, APB Board Chairman said: “These two exciting additions add further legitimacy…
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China’s error-free routines win them Artistic
London – (GBR), July 30, 2012: Routines, The enthusiastic crowd at North Greenwich Arena witnessed a dramatic first Gymnastics medal event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Monday, with the Men’s Team Final providing a surfeit of excitement. China, the 2008 Olympic Champions, had faltered in qualifying two days ago when they progressed in…
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USA leads Women’s Artistic field to finals
London – (GBR), July 30, 2012: Artistic field, USA led the standings in team, individual all-around and two apparatus in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Qualifications at the North Greenwich Arena on Sunday. The top eight teams advanced to the final on July 31. The top 24 individual all-around gymnasts (maximum two per country) went through to…
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Duke Micah showcases skills with victory
London, Great Britain, July 31, 2012 – It was a good day for some of the boxers of the AIBA Road to London program with Duke Micah and Jordan’s Ihab Mahmoud Darweesh Al-Matbouli both moving into the second round of preliminaries. Jordan’s first ever boxer to qualify for the Games, Arab Games winner Ihab Mahmoud…
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