Tag: Olympic Swimming
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Croatia captures first Olympic gold medal
London – GBR, August 12, 2012: The legend continues as Ratko Rudic guided Croatia to their first Olympic gold medal with a comprehensive 8-6 victory over Italy at the Water Polo Arena on Sunday. For Rudic, it was a record fourth gold medal as a coach, let alone silver as a player in 1980. Rudic…
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David Boudia wins the men’s 10m platform
London – GBR, August 12, 2012: The entire United Kingdom was waiting for this final since the beginning of 2008. In January of that year, Thomas (Tom) Daley became the youngest winner ever of a British 10m platform senior title, at the age of… 13! He got immediately spotted as a bright and talented diver,…
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Ruolin Chen (CHN) revalidates 10m title
London – GBR, August 09, 2012: The seventh final of the diving programme at these Games, the women’s 10m platform, was not very thrilling in terms of the gold medal outcome, but was amazingly interesting if we consider the minor medals. 2008 Olympic and 2011 world champion, Ruolin Chen (CHN) calmly displayed her supremacy during…
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Eva Risztov tired of the pool
London – GBR, August 09, 2012: Eva Risztov, a veteran of pool swimming at two Olympic Games, an athlete who retired from swimming eight years ago, found that she had the golden touch in The Serpentine in Hyde Park today. The 26 year old Hungarian survived a strong challenge from USA’s Haley Anderson to collect…
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Water polo women final day
London – GBR, August 09, 2012: The USA played their fourth Olympic water polo tournament before achieving their highest reward, an Olympic gold medal. Two USA players, Brenda Villa and Heather Petri now have four medals, one from each women’s tournament since competition was inaugurated in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Spain achieved its historic…
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Balkan powerhouses, Italy together in semi-finals
London – GBR, August 08, 2012: Balkan, Four nations each bordering the Adriatic Sea will play for Olympic medals in the semi-final round of the men’s 2012 London Olympic water polo tournament. In today’s biggest upset, Italy defeated Hungary, the 2008 Olympic champions to earn their spot in the next round. Italy’s opponent is Serbia…
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Ilya Zakharov gets the gold in an amazing
London – GBR, August 8, 2012: Four hours after the first gold in the Aquatics Centre (thanks to the duet in synchronised swimming), Russia could celebrate their second title in the FINA sports at these Games by winning the men’s 3m springboard of the diving programme. In the most thrilling and interesting final so far…
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Minxia wins 3m springboard gets sixth medal
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: If there was an image to retain from the final of the women’s 3m springboard, it would surely be the immense frustration of Tania Cagnotto (ITA), when after her fifth dive she saw a “3” next to her name. Minxia Wu, from China, had one last dive to perform…
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Spanish victory over Hungary earns top
London – GBR, August 04, 2012: Spain’s women sensationally finished at the top of Group A with a 13-11 victory over Hungary at the London Olympic Water Polo Arena on Friday. Spain has won two matches and drew even with the USA, but they win the group ahead of the USA based on the second…
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Phelps at his best continues to amaze the world!
London – GBR, August 03, 2012: If more records were needed to earn the title of “Best Olympian in the history of the Games”, Michael Phelps (USA) established one more in the sixth day of the swimming finals at the 2012 Games in London. In the duel of the day, the men’s 200m IM, Phelps…