Olympic modern pentathlon: Lithuania’s Asadauskaite wins last gold
August 13th, 2012 - 2:23 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Lithuania's Laura Asadauskaite won the last gold medal of the London Olympics in the women's modern pentathlon Sunday.Asadauskaite, the reigning European champion, set an Olympic ... Read more...
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Olympic modern penthathon: Svoboda wins gold for Czechs
August 12th, 2012 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) David Svoboda of the Czech Republic took gold Saturday in the men's modern pentathlon at Olympics here .Svoboda entered the final combined run and shoot ... Read more...
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Athlete barred from Olympics after marrying foreigner
April 5th, 2012 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A leading pentathlete, ranked 19th in the world and who represented Lithuania at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but received Russian citizenship in 2011 after marrying ... Read more...
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Pak tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi gets ‘Champion for Peace’ recognition
January 25th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan. 25 (ANI): Pakistan's tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi has been named the 'Champion for Peace' by the Peace and Sport World Forum of Monaco.Set up in 2007 by Olympic gold ... Read more...
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Dame Kelly Holmes is Olympian most Brit lesbians want to date
August 6th, 2008 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
London, Aug 6 (ANI): Dame Kelly Holmes has topped a list of Great British female Olympians that lesbians in the country would love to take out on a date.The middle distance ... Read more...
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