Olympics: Czech Knapkova glides to rowing gold
August 4th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Czech world champion Miroslava Knapkova won Olympic gold in the women's single sculls Saturday by a huge margin.Knapkova went three lengths clear in the first ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Britain storms to women’s sculls gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British world champion crew Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins stormed to Olympic gold in the women's double sculls final here Friday.Grainger and Watkins opened up ... Read more...
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Rowing world champion Drysdale eyes maiden Olympic gold
July 26th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) Five-time rowing world champion in men's single sculls Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand is recovering from a cycling accident and has set his sights on his ... Read more...
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List of Indian athletes at London
July 26th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) The list of Indian athletes participating at the London Olympic Games - 81 athletes, the highest ever Indian contingent to Olympics, will take part in ... Read more...
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Three Indian rowers qualify for Olympics
April 29th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chung Ju (Korea), April 29 (IANS) India's Swarn Singh Virk along with Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar won their individual events at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers and booked their berths ... Read more...
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Some sports brought India unexpected glory in 2010
December 29th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As India recorded its best haul at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games this year, sports like gymnastics, rowing, wushu and roller sports brought ... Read more...
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Indian athletes receive grand welcome for bagging Asian Games laurels
November 27th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur/Jalandhar/Bhiwani (India), Nov.27 (ANI): Indian athletes were accorded a warm welcome in various parts of the country on Friday after bringing national glory through their performance at the XVIth Asian Games being ... Read more...
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This day in Olympic history: August 11
August 10th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 10 (DPA) This day in Olympic history: August 11. 1988 -- Tickets for the Seoul Olympics, which sports fans had started ordering months ahead of the start of the Games, ... Read more...
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Four countries likely to dominate Olympic rowing
July 16th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 16 (Xinhua) With all three pre-Olympic rowing World Cup regattas now concluded, the sport is turning its full attention to Beijing Olympics where China, New Zealand, Britain and Germany look ... Read more...
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Two million Beijingers join Olympics planting day
April 6th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by admin
(Olympics Snippets)
Xinhua
Beijing, April 6 (Xinhua) Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders took part in a voluntary tree planting activity at the Olympic Forest Park here ahead of the Olympic Games ... Read more...
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