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SHARP SHOOTING KORAKAKI ADDS GOLD TO HER RIO MEDAL TALLY
OLYMPIC DEBUTANT ANNA KORAKAKI TOOK GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 25 METRE PISTOL EVENT ON 9 AUGUST IN RIO, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER WINNING GREECE’S FIRST EVER SHOOTING MEDAL IN THE 10 METRE AIR PISTOL. The 20-year-old Korakaki prevailed over Germany’s Monika Karsch, 13 years...
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FRANCE'S GARGAUD CHANUT INHERITS ESTANGUET'S C1 SLALOM CROWN
FRENCH PADDLER DENIS GARGAUD CHANUT WON GOLD IN THE CANOE SLALOM C1 FINAL ON 9 AUGUST AS WORLD CHAMPION. Gargaud Chanut smoothly negotiated the 24 gates along the churning 242m whitewater course to finish 0.85 seconds ahead of Slovakia’s Matej Benus. Meanwhile, Japan’s Takuya...
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CHINESE PAIR WIN WOMEN'S 10 METRE SYNCHRONISED DIVING AS CHEN MAINTAINS 10-YEAR GOLDEN STREAK
CHINA’S CHEN RUOLIN AND LIU HUIXIA CLAIMED GOLD MEDAL IN THE WOMEN’S SYNCHRONISED 10 METRE PLATFORM DIVING ON 9 AUGUST IN RIO, AS DUOS FROM MALAYSIA AND CANADA TOOK THE SILVER AND BRONZE. Incredibly, Chen, who is competing at her third Games, has won every...
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WOMEN MAKE HISTORY AND INSPIRE THE WORLD ON THE OLYMPIC STAGE
WHETHER IT IS WINNING BRAZIL’S FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD OF THE GAMES, COMPETING IN THEIR SEVENTH OLYMPICS OR BECOMING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS IN RUGBY SEVENS, WOMEN AT RIO 2016 ARE ALREADY SETTING THE OLYMPIC STAGE ALIGHT WITH PASSION, INSPIRATION AND HISTORY-MAKING PERFORMANCES. On day three of...
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JUNG RETAINS INDIVIDUAL EVENTING TITLE, BUT FRENCH END GERMAN GOLDEN STREAK IN THE TEAM EVENT
FRANCE AND GERMANY SHARED THE EVENTING SPOILS ON 9 AUGUST TO DELIVER THEIR NATIONS’ FIRST GOLD MEDALS OF RIO 2016. REIGNING CHAMPION MICHAEL JUNG PRODUCED A SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE OF HIS INDIVIDUAL CROWN, BUT HE AND HIS GERMAN TEAM-MATES WERE NUDGED INTO SILVER PLACE BY A FORMIDABLE...
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IOC SANCTIONS FOUR ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TESTS AT BEIJING 2008 AND LONDON 2012
THE PROTECTION OF THE CLEAN ATHLETES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), AS OUTLINED IN OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020, THE IOC’S STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT. TO PROVIDE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR...
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Team GB's medal winners from Rio 2016 Olympics
Adam Peaty kicked off Team GB’s 2016 medal haul with gold in the pool on day two, but who else joins him in Olympic success. For good measure Peaty broke his old world record, set in the heats, in claiming gold to become the first British...
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YOG ATHLETES MAKE THEIR MARK ON DAY TWO
NO FEWER THAN SIX YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) GRADUATES MADE THE STEP UP TO THE GRANDEST SPORT STAGE OF ALL BY DELIVERING MEDAL-WINNING PERFORMANCES ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES RIO 2016. Greek shooter Anna Korakaki, who competed at the 2014 YOG...
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FIGUEROA GIVES COLOMBIA A GOLDEN LIFT, AS THAILAND ENJOYS A ONE-TWO
LONDON 2012 SILVER MEDALLIST OSCAR FIGUEROA WENT ONE BETTER IN RIO, WINNING GOLD IN THE MEN’S 62KG CATEGORY TO BECOME COLOMBIA’S FIRST OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTINGCHAMPION. The Colombian saw off fierce competition from Indonesia’s Eko Yuli Irawan and Farkhad Kharki of Kazakhstan, who won silver and...
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LUCK ON CAMPRIANI’S SIDE AS SHOOTING GOLD GOES TO ITALY
ITALY’S NICCOLO CAMPRIANI CREDITED A LUCKY LATE SHOT FOR HIS GOLD IN THE OLYMPIC MEN’S 10-METRE AIR RIFLE. Serihy Kulish of Ukraine made his final shot poorly, widening what had been a razor-thin gap between the two. Kulish shot first and Campriani, a 28-year-old,...
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