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Submitted by Pamela Snow on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 20:19

Leuris Pupo wins gold for Cuba in the 2012 London Olympics

Leuris Pupo kept his cool to win Cuba’s first gold of the Olympics in the men’s 25 meter rapid fire pistol Friday.

Pupo scored 34 to edge out India’s Vijay Kumar, who took silver with 30.

China’s Ding Feng won bronze after being edged out by Kumar by one point in the final elimination round at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

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Submitted by Pamela Snow on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 22:54

After 44 years Ruben Limardo wins gold for Venezuela

Ruben Limardo snared Venezuela's first-ever Olympic fencing medal on Wednesday, winning the gold medal match in the men's individual epee.

The win came 44 years after Francisco Rodriguez became Venezuela’s first and only gold medalist as a boxer (Men’s Light Flyweight) at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 22:21

Haiti, London 2012 Olympics

For many athletes all over the world reaching the Olympic Summer Games would be a dream come true – competing for your country’s honor and doing the sport you love.

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 08:17

Photos from Errol McKellar's walk with the torch for 2012 London Olympics

Photos from Errol McKellar's walk with the torch to mark the opening of the 2012 London Olympics.

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Submitted by Admin on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 20:03

Errol Alphonso McKellar – Torch Bearer representing Hackney at the opening of 2012 London Olympics

Errol McKellar is a Harlesden-born man with a mission, and on Saturday, July 21, he will be taking a giant step forward in that mission.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 07:37

Teofilo Stevenson the great Cuban Olympic gold medal-winning boxer dies at age 60

Cuban Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Teofilo Stevenson died from a heart attack in Havana, Cuban state media reported Monday.

Stevenson who won three Olympic gold medals fighting for Cuba and is still tied for the record in the sport was 60 years old.

Stevenson was born in Las Tunas province in eastern Cuba and fought his first bout at the age of 14.

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Submitted by Pamela Snow on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 14:50

Eternal hope for West Indies - the underdogs

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There is something unreal about cricket in England right now. The visitors, West Indies, might go into the first Test without having had a full day's game of cricket in the build-up, thanks to the weather. A grandson of the more famous Dennis, Somerset's Nick Compton is on the verge of completing a thousand first class runs before the end of May, a feat last achieved by Graeme Hick in 1988.