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Mustafina gives Russia 1st gym gold in London

Just 18 months after seriously injuring her knee and putting her chances for London at risk, Mustafina won the title on uneven bars Monday. It gave …
Associated Press

Poll: 70% of Russians disappointed by performance of national team in London

Out of the interviewed Russians 48% said that the performance of the team in London is unexpectedly poor and 21% more described the small number of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian athlete Radivilov wins Olympic bronze

South Korea’s Hak Seon Yang took the gold, and Russia’s Denis Ablyazin won silver in Men’s Vault. Ukraine’s Olympic team currently has two gold medals …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kyiv authorities promise apartment to Olympic champion Natalia Dovgodko

“Kyiv will not violate the good tradition of addressing the housing issues of Olympic champions this year. Therefore, in the near future, Natalia …
Interfax-Ukraine

Olympic officials condemn bottle throwing incident

“The incident had no impact on the competitors or the event,” the London organization committee said Monday. “Locog does not tolerate abusive …
Associated Press

Australia beats Russia 82-80 at Olympics

The win meant little, however, with Russia (4-1) assured of top spot in Group B and Australia (3-2) sure to finish fourth and scheduled to face the …
Associated Press

Cyclist without a team in spotlight at velodrome

The only track cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago, a tiny island nation with little cycling tradition to speak of, would be at some World Cup race in …
Associated Press

Bolt defends his Olympic 100 title in London

Any questions that Yohan Blake raised by beating the defending 100-meter Olympic champion during the Jamaican trials a month ago were emphatically …
Associated Press

Alexandr Dolgopolov wins Citi Open

The 25th-ranked Dolgopolov’s previous three finals appearances, including one victory, came in 250-level events. Dolgopolov relied in his high-risk, …
Associated Press

Dolega could give Poland 2nd weightlifting gold

The three-time world champion was fourth in the Beijing Olympics with a total of 420 kilograms and will look to crown his career with a podium finish …
Associated Press

Ukraine’s Olha Saladuha takes bronze in women’s triple jump

 Rypakova’s season’s best mark of 14.98 metres was enough to see off Colombia‘s Caterine Ibarguen and Olha Saladuha of Ukraine who took silver and …
Interns

2 Ukrainian weightlifters withdraw from Olympics

Ukraine`s Olympic Committee says Svetlana Cherniavska has not recovered from an injury she received a month ago and cannot compete in the women’s …
Associated Press

Williams sisters win women’s double gold

 The American sisters, who also won doubles gold in Beijing and Sydney, took an hour and a half to wrap up their defeat of the number four seeds under …
Reuters

So far, London Olympics doping cases are good news

 Still, every day a different name of a suspected offender has emerged because of an extensive pre-Games testing program to weed out drugs cheats …
Associated Press

Phelps collects 18th gold medal in final race

 This time, he received a trophy rather than a medal, an award that sought to sum up a career like no other. “To Michael Phelps,” it said, “the …
Associated Press

British women set another world record

The team of Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell improved on the mark of 3:15.669 they had set the previous day in qualifying. The British team …
Associated Press

Top Russian pair of weightlifters withdrawn

Dimitriy Klokov, who won silver at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, left the competition because of an unspecified medical condition according to the …
Reuters

Serena Williams beats Sharapova for Olympic gold

The victory completed a remarkable run of domination by the No. 4-seeded Williams, who lost only 17 games in her six matches. She went 13-0 this …
Associated Press
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