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Pistorius' Olympic 400 debut inspires fellow amputees
USA TODAY
How many Olympics do you get to write that? Never before. Which is why this
moment belonged to Oscar Pistorius. At 10:35 a.m. on a cloudy London
Saturday morning, a South African man with two prosthetic carbon legs took
his place in lane 6 and history.
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Phelps wins 17th career Olympic gold medal
Chicago Tribune
LONDON -- Michael Phelps showed no signs of complacency on the eve of his
retirement and provided an unforgettable reminder of his talent and
unquenchable determination to win by snatching the 100 meters butterfly
gold at the London Olympics on ...
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EYES ON LONDON: Bolt, Blake get in the mood
Businessweek
In his first appearance at the London Olympics, Usain Bolt did what he had
to do to advance to the 100-meter semifinals, overcoming a slow start to
win his heat in 10.09 seconds Saturday. Yohan Blake finished his heat a
fraction faster in 10.00 seconds.
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Shotputter keeps US streak alive with a bronze
Los Angeles Times
LONDON — Not much felt right to Reese Hoffa on a chilly evening at
Olympic Stadium. The American shotputter could not find a rhythm. His
technique was off. Only one thing made him believe he could pull things
together — a long stretch of U.S. success ...
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Britain dominates track cycling events
Los Angeles Times
LONDON – With apologies to Disneyland, Disney World and any other Disney
enterprise, the Olympic Velodrome was the happiest place on earth Friday.
And not because Kobe Bryant was in the crowd. The British men's track
cycling pursuit team defended ...
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Do some Olympic sports have too many teams?
Chicago Tribune
LONDON — The U.S. men's basketball team dispatched Nigeria on Thursday by
a scant 83 points, the sort of jackboot-to-grape decimation witnessed often
in preliminary rounds of Olympic competition and again in post-traumatic
stress counseling. Jim ...
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Defending Olympic champ LaShawn Merritt injured, out of 400
USA TODAY
LONDON - The U.S. track team suffered its first major setback Saturday
morning at Olympic Stadium when LaShawn Merritt, the defending 400-meter
Olympic champion and one of the surest things for an American medal, pulled
up early in his first-round heat ...
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Dave Barry: Legendarily named trampolinist makes mark at London Olympics
MiamiHerald.com
LONDON -- To the list of legendary athletes who have won Olympic gold
medals under great pressure — names such as Jesse Owens, Babe Ruth and
Charles Lindbergh — we can now add another name, a name that will stand
as a symbol of a person who, ...
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