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‘Missile Missy’ is tearing up Olympic pool

Even Bieber’s a believer. The 17-year-old girl with the can’t-miss smile and catchy “Missile Missy” nickname is cheerily living up to the outsized …
Associated Press

Olympics: Lithuanian schoolgirl wins maiden gold in swimming

Meilutyte, who set a European record in qualifying for Monday’s race, was ahead from the start, racing neck and neck with American world champion …
Reuters

Olympics: Tearful wait for South Korean fencer; Shemyakina of Ukraine wins the gold

Shin A-lam of South Korea waited like that for an hour Monday, helmet laid to one side, sometimes sitting cross-legged on the strip, sometimes with …
Associated Press

China wins 2nd straight Olympic gold in gymnastics, Ukraine off the medals podium

Why wait? The Chinese won their second straight Olympic title in men’s gymnastics and third and in four games in a rout Monday, making fools of …
Associated Press

Business Insider: Ukraine robbed of a bronze in the men’s team gymnastics final after huge scoring controversy

Japan’s Uchimura received a shockingly low score of 13.466, dropping Japan off the podium altogether. Team Great Britain and Ukraine celebrated, but …
Business Insider

RIA Novosti: Epee Gold for Ukraine’s Shemyakina

Shemyakina prevailed after an even match, winning in overtime after her German opponent came back from behind in the third period to level the …
RIA Novosti

Yana Shemyakina wins Ukraine’s first gold in London Olympics

 Results Table Yana Shemyakina (Ukraine) beat Britta Heidemann (Germany) 9-8. Here’s her biography on the official website of the London 2012 …
Reuters

Kalina and Kostevych give Ukraine two bronze medals at London Olympics

In the weightlifting compeition, China‘s Li Xueying won the gold medal in the women’s weightlifting 58kg competition and Thailand‘s Pimsiri Sirikaew …
Reuters

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Olympics: Pool records fall as Phelps gets 17th medal

South Africa’s Cameron Van der Burgh and American Dana Vollmer set world records in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke and women’s 100 butterfly, Van …
Reuters

Olympics: Football Spain eliminated after second straight defeat

Spain, beaten 1-0 by Japan in their opening Group D match, could not respond to Jerry Bengston’s first half goal at St James’ Park, Newcastle, and …
Reuters

Eljanov takes sole lead after 3rd round of Ukraine chess championship

The two top-100 globally rated grandmasters played into an endgame in which Moiseenko was made to play defensively, eventually falling a pawn behind …
Mark Rachkevych

China’s Guo Wenjun wins women’s shooting, Ukraine gets bronze

Guo finished with 488.1 points at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London to claim China’s fifth gold medal of the games. France’s Celine Goberville …
Reuters

Uzbek gymnast provisionally suspended from Games for doping

Galiulina provided a urine sample on July 25th that tested positive for the prohibited substance furosemide – a diuretic that can be used as a masking …
Reuters

Cheers for the queen in opening ceremony

The queen’s show-stopper has given the London Games a fresh start from security concerns, grousing about traffic and some ill-received comments by …
Interns

2012 Olympic Medals Table

 Through 5 of 12 medal eventsCountry G S B TotBrazil 1 0 1 2China 1 0 1 2Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1Russia 1 0 0 1South …
Associated Press

Daily Mail: British archery men lose to Ukraine‎

Having ranked in eighth place on Friday, they had a first-round assignment against ninth seeds Ukraine. But despite being a close match on paper Larry …
Daily Mail

Shevchenko quits football to enter politics (updated)

“Perhaps, I will shock everyone: my future has nothing to do with soccer” Shevchenko was quoted as saying in the statement. “…It is related to …
Reuters
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