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Olympic gold medalist makes time for Kaua‘i’s kids
Lihue Garden Island, HI - Clay won the gold medal in the decathalon at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Prior to that two-day event, he won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and … |
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Finalists for World Rowing 2008 Awards decided
WorldRowing.com, Switzerland - There was no doubt coming into the Beijing Olympics that his men’s eight were the crew to beat and in the final they made winning look easy. … |
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NBA planning to play regular season games in London
New Haven Register (subscription), CT - China is one of the NBA’s biggest overseas markets, and Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics. The NHL opened the regular season in London last year, … |
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Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2, Already Reaching One in Four …
IT News Online, India - During the 17 days of the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, NBCOlympics.com, powered by Silverlight, had more than 50 million unique visitors, resulting in … |
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Beijing's new traffic rules fail to curb gridlock, pollution
AFP - The new measures, which are less strict than curbs used during the Beijing Olympics in August, are aimed at banning the city's 3.3 million cars from the … |
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Did The US Really Isolate Iran? (Guest Voice)
The Moderate Voice - At the beginning of 2008 Olympics basketball games, when the first murmurs of Hamed Haddadi’s enrollment to the Memphis were whispered, some in the US media … |
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Celebration marred by turnover The Flip Side
Baltimore Sun, United States - Barnes, an Irish canoe competitor, narrowly missed qualifying for the Beijing Olympics. She plans to give it another shot for the 2012 London Games, … |
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Racing shell's history alone is worthy of a gold
Seattle Post Intelligencer - It is "The Hunter," donated by a Seattle family and rowed to victory in the women's eight finals at the Beijing Olympics. University of Washington grads … |
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Women's Wrestling: Sakamoto goes out a winner
Asahi Shimbun, Japan - Last year, she again challenged for a spot in the Beijing Olympics in the 55-kg category, but she failed to earn the berth. "I made the decision to retire … Fill-in Nishimaki grabs 63-kg title |
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Steroids would have made a gold taste bittersweet - Chambers
guardian.co.uk, UK - Dwain Chambers missed out on the Beijing Olympics after his lifetime ban was upheld by the BOA in August. Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Getty Dwain Chambers … Sprinter Chambers welcomes IOC re-test move |
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