Olympic sailing: Finland snatches elliot bronze
August 11th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Finland won bronze in the Elliot class sailing Saturday, beating Russia in a close third place race.The Finnish crew of Silja Lehtinen, Silja Kanerva and ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Australia win men’s 470 class gold
August 10th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Weymouth/Portland, Aug 10 (IANS) Australian sailors Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page won the men's 470 class Olympic gold here Friday, the third for Australia at the Games sailing regatta following ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: New Zealand snatches gold in women’s 470
August 10th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The New Zealand crew of Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie sailed to victory in the women's 470 class to clinch gold here at the Olympics ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Gold for Australia in men’s 49er
August 8th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Australian crew of Nathan Outterridge and Iain Jensen won the gold in the Olympic men's 49er sailing class by a convincing margin here Wednesday.Outterridge ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Sweden takes star gold as Britain squeezed out (Lead)
August 6th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Swedish crew of Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen took Olympic sailing gold in the star class Sunday, winning the medal race as their British ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Brit Ainslie takes fourth successive gold
August 5th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British sailor Ben Ainslie continued his remarkable run of winning gold at every Olympics since 2000 with victory in the Finn class here Sunday.Ainslie finished ... Read more...
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Olympic sailing: Sweden takes gold
August 5th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Swedish crew of Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen took the Olympic sailing gold in the Star class Sunday, winning the medal race as ... Read more...
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‘Dulux dog’ looking cloud snapped
October 18th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): The dramatic image, looking uncannily like the 'Dulux dog' was snapped by a 55-year-old man near Chesil Beach.Graphic designer Van Allen said the cloud formed for just seconds ... Read more...
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Archaeologists uncover 1,000 yr-old burial site in England
December 31st, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): Archaeologists have found more than a dozen skeletons thought to be thousands of years old, at an ancient burial site in Dorset, England.According to a report ... Read more...
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Johal in 23rd place in sailing
August 11th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) India's Nachhatar Singh Johal remained with the rear pack in the 23rd position among 26 competitors after six races in the sailing event of the Beijing Olympics Monday. ... Read more...
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Sailor Johal trails way behind
August 10th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) India's sole sailor Nachhatar Singh Johal continued to anguish close to the bottom as he collected 23 and 24 points in the third and fourth races of the ... Read more...
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Thousands battle algae bloom in Olympic host city
July 4th, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Qingdao (China), July 4 (Xinhua) Thousands of soldiers and volunteers Friday in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, where the Olympic sailing events would be held, were battling to clear a ... Read more...
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Now, a technology that may help Olympic sailing
July 1st, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , July 1 (ANI): Participants vying for the gold during the sailing events at the Olympics have a new tool to lend them a helping hand - a mobile lidar ... Read more...
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Chinas diversion of major river to provide water for Beijing Olympics
February 29th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): China is diverting more than 150 million cubic meters (39.6 billion gallons) of water from the Yellow River through a network of canals to refill a lake near ... Read more...
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