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DURANT Kevin
12 August 201220:03
Review: 'Dream Team' end the dream Games
As the curtain fell on London 2012, the USA overcame some fierce resistance from Spain to land their fifth Basketball gold in the six Olympic Games since the start of the 'Dream Team' era on a gripping final day of action.
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- Athletes: Kevin Durant ... See all Athletes
  DURANT Kevin
  JAMES Lebron
  BRYANT Kobe
  KIPROTICH Stephen
  KIRUI Abel
  KIPROTICH Wilson Kipsang
  LOMACHENKO Vasyl
  HAN Soonchul
  RAMIREZ CARRAZANA Robeisy
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  EVANS Freddie
  MEKHONTCEV Egor
  NIYAZYMBETOV Adilbek
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  CAMMARELLE Roberto
  YONEMITSU Tatsuhiro
  KUMAR Sushil
  VARNER Jacob Stephen
  ASADAUSKAITE Laura
  MURRAY Samantha
  MARQUES Yane
Volleyball
12 August 201220:00
Round-up: Russian comeback wrecks Brazil's double hopes
Russia produced the most magnificent of Olympic comebacks to prevent Brazil from leaving London with a gold medal double in the Volleyball competition.
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- Athletes: Cristian Savani ... See all Athletes
  SAVANI Cristian
  MIKHAYLOV Maxim
  HOOKER Destinee
  AKINRADEWO Foluke
  CASTRO Sheilla
  MENEZES Thaisa
Cycling - Mountain Bike
12 August 201219:05
Round-up: Absalon hopes of French double punctured
France missed out on an Olympic Mountain Bike double as Julien Absalon’s Midas touch deserted him at Hadleigh Farm, with Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic winning the final Cycling event of the London 2012 Games.
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  KULHAVY Jaroslav
  SPITZ Sabine
  GOULD Georgia
  BRESSET Julie
  ABSALON Julien
  SCHURTER Nino
  FONTANA Marco Aurelio
Boxing
12 August 201219:00
Round-up: Women punch their weight on Olympic debut
Women's boxing not only broke down one of the last remaining bastions of Olympic equality at the London 2012 Games, but served up a series of showcase sessions which eclipsed their male equivalents and ought to make more weights in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 a shoo-in.
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  SAVELYEVA Elena
  KIM Hye Song
  TAYLOR Katie
  JONAS Natasha
  SAPIYEV Serik
  REN Cancan
  ADAMS Nicola
  SHIELDS Claressa
  JOSHUA Anthony
  CAMMARELLE Roberto
  CAMPBELL Luke
  CONLAN Michael
  BARNES Paddy
  IGLESIAS SOTOLONGO Roniel
  LOMACHENKO Vasyl
  RAMIREZ CARRAZANA Robeisy
Water Polo
12 August 201218:30
Round-up: Croatia and USA sparkle in Water Polo
The historic London 2012 Water Polo tournament saw two new Olympic champions.
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- Athletes: Andrija Prlainovic ... See all Athletes
  PRLAINOVIC Andrija
  STEFFENS Maggie
Wrestling
12 August 201218:00
Round-up: Russia rule but Iran are catching
Russia may have been kings of the mat again at London 2012, but if the Wrestling competition proved anything, it was that Iran are catching up.
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- Athletes: Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour ... See all Athletes
  SORYAN REIHANPOUR Hamid Mohammad
  NOROOZI Omid Haji
  GHASEMI Reza
  VOROBIEVA Natalia
  BURROUGHS Jordan Ernest
  VARNER Jacob Stephen
Basketball
12 August 201217:50
USA claim another Basketball gold
The USA overcame some fierce resistance from Spain to land their fifth Basketball gold in six Olympic Games since the start of the 'Dream Team' era.
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  DURANT Kevin
  JAMES Lebron
  BRYANT Kobe
  NAVARRO Juan-Carlos
  ANTHONY Carmelo
  RODRIGUEZ Sergio
  FERNANDEZ Rudy
  LLULL Sergio
  GASOL Marc
  GASOL Pau
  LOVE Kevin
  WILLIAMS Deron
  IGUODALA Andre
  PAUL Chris
Athletics
12 August 201217:24
Round-up: Rudisha and Farah rival Bolt
It takes something special to upstage Usain Bolt, but David Rudisha and Mo Farah managed it with the best Athletics performances of London 2012.
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  BOLT Usain
  RUDISHA David Lekuta
  FARAH Mohamed
  LASHMANOVA Elena
  MADISON Tianna
  FELIX Allyson
  KNIGHT Bianca
  JETER Carmelita
  SANCHEZ Felix
  KIPROTICH Stephen
Cycling - Road
12 August 201215:40
Round-up: Road racers reach new levels
The Road Cycling events lived up to their reputation as some of the most gruelling on the London 2012 schedule, but when the dust settled the champions were able to reflect on a place in sporting history.
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  WIGGINS Bradley
  VINOKUROV Alexandr
  URAN URAN Rigoberto
  VOS Marianne
  ARMSTRONG Kristin
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

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