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Wrestling
12 August 201214:41
Japan and USA claim Wrestling golds
Japan won their first male Wrestling gold in 24 years after Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu defeated India's Sushil Kumar, while the USA took home their second of London 2012.
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- Athletes: Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu ... See all Athletes
  YONEMITSU Tatsuhiro
  KUMAR Sushil
  TANATAROV Akzhurek
  LOPEZ AZCUY Livan
  VARNER Jacob Stephen
  ANDRIITSEV Valerii
  GAZYUMOV Khetag
  GOGSHELIDZE George
Wrestling
11 August 201219:54
Golden night for Azerbaijan
It was a memorable night for Azerbaijan at the ExCeL as Toghrul Asgarov and Sharif Sharifov claimed Wrestling gold.
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- Countries: PUR, GEO, ... See all Countries
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- Athletes: Jaime Yusept Espinal ... See all Athletes
  ESPINAL Jaime Yusept
  MARSAGISHVILI Dato
  ASGAROV Toghrul
  KUDUKHOV Besik
  SCOTT Coleman
  DUTT Yogeshwar
  SHARIFOV Sharif
  LASHGARI Ehsan Naser
Boxing
11 August 201200:48
Day 14 Review: Boxers close in on gold
Reigning Super Heavy Weight Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle is one fight away from retaining his title after he won a tight semi-final against world champion Magomedrasul Medzhidov at the ExCeL.
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Gymnastics - Rhythmic
10 August 201216:59
Russians in charge ahead of final
Russia dominated qualifying in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around event with a top-two finish.
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- Athletes: Evgeniya Kanaeva ... See all Athletes
  KANAEVA Evgeniya
  DMITRIEVA Daria
  GARAYEVA Aliya
  MITEVA Silviya
Jamaica
10 August 201201:15
Review: Bolt strikes a double
Usain Bolt made history on Day 13 as he became the first man ever to win the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession.
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  DIETZE Tina
  SMITH Dave
  SMITH Tate
  STEWART Murray
  CLEAR Jacob
  KOZAK Danuta
  DUJARDIN Charlotte
  CORNELISSEN Adelinde
  BECHTOLSHEIMER Laura
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  SHIELDS Claressa
  JONES Jade
  YOSHIDA Saori
  VERBEEK Tonya Lynn
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  RATKEVICH Yuliya
  VOROBIEVA Natalia
  HRISTOVA Stanka Zlateva
  UNDA Maider
  MANYUROVA Guzel
  LOKE Heidi
  BULATOVIC Katarina
  SPOTAKOVA Barbora
  BOLT Usain
  EATON Ashton
  HARDEE Trey
  SUAREZ Leonel
  RISZTOV Eva
  PAYNE Keri-anne
  ANDERSON Haley
  CHEN Ruolin
  BROBEN Brittany
  PAMG Pandelela Rinong
  STEFFENS Maggie
  LLOYD Carli
  OGIMI Yuki
  BRINK Julius
  RECKERMANN Jonas
  PLAVINS Martins
  SMEDINS Janis
  NUMMERDOR Reinder
  KRETSCHMER Peter
  KUSCHELA Kurt
Wrestling
09 August 201219:40
Yoshida completes Olympic hat-trick
Saori Yoshida won her third successive Olympic gold to maintain Japan's dominance of women's Freestyle Wrestling at London 2012.
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  YOSHIDA Saori
  VERBEEK Tonya Lynn
  RENTERIA CASTILLO Jackeline
  RATKEVICH Yuliya
United States of America
09 August 201201:07
Review: Team USA set gold standard
Day 12 saw records set straight in the Olympic Stadium on a good night for Team USA, while Usain Bolt warmed up for another night in the headlines in his usual style.
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- Athletes: Allyson Felix ... See all Athletes
  FELIX Allyson
  FRASER-PRYCE Shelly-Ann
  JETER Carmelita
  MERRITT Aries
  RICHARDSON Jason
  PARCHMENT Hansle
  ROBLES Dayron
  REESE Brittney
  ANTYUKH Natalya
  DEMUS Lashinda
  HEJNOVA Zuzana
  SPENCER Kaliese
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  JENSEN Iain
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  LARSEN Eirik Veras
  van KOEVERDEN Adam
  HOFF Max
  CAL FIGUEROA David
  OLDERSHAW Mark
  DOMBI Rudolf
  KOKENY Roland
  PIMENTA Fernando
  SILVA Emanuel
  HOLLSTEIN Martin
  IHLE Andreas
  GUERDAT Steve
  SCHRODER Gerco
  O'CONNOR Cian
  MA Long
  ZHANG Jike
  WANG Hao
  ICHO Kaori
  JING Ruixue
  OBARA Hitomi
  STADNYK Mariya
  MAY-TREANOR Misty
  WALSH JENNINGS Kerri
  KESSY Jennifer
  ROSS April
  WU Jingyu
  YAGUE ENRIQUE Brigitte
  SONKHAM Chanatip
  ZANINOVIC Lucija
  GONZALEZ BONILLA Joel
  LEE Daehoon
  DENISENKO Alexey
  MUNOZ OVIEDO Oscar
Wrestling
08 August 201220:32
Double Wrestling gold for Japan
Hitomi Obara won gold in the 48kg women's Wrestling and compatriot Kaori Icho took the 63kg title at the ExCeL on a brilliant night for Japan.
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- Athletes: Hitomi Obara ... See all Athletes
  OBARA Hitomi
  STADNYK Mariya
  ICHO Kaori
  JING Ruixue
  HUYNH Carol
  CHUN Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling
Gymnastics - Rhythmic
08 August 201216:40
Russia confident ahead of Rhythmics
The London 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics is set to get under way tomorrow, with Russia aiming for a clean sweep of gold medals according to coach Irina Viner-Usmanova.
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  UZB
  KAZ
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- Athletes: Daria Dmitrieva ... See all Athletes
  DMITRIEVA Daria
  KANAEVA Evgeniya
Boxing
07 August 201201:05
Day 10 Review: GB duo march on
Anthony Ogogo admitted shedding tears over Mo Farah's epic 10,000m triumph on Saturday night and said the exploits of his fellow Great Britain Olympians inspired him to guarantee a medal of his own at ExCeL.
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- Athletes: Nicola Adams ... See all Athletes
  ADAMS Nicola
  REN Cancan
  SAVELYEVA Elena
  SHIELDS Claressa
  LAURELL Anna
  OGOGO Anthony
  HARTEL Stefan
  FALCAO FLORENTINO Esquiva
  JOSHUA Anthony
  ZHANG Zhilei
  LAISHRAM Devendro Singh
  ATOEV Abbos
  BARNES Paddy
  PETRAUSKAS Evaldas
  VALENTINO Domenico
  MEDZHIDOV Magomedrasul
  OMAROV Magomed
  RAHALI Maroua

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