US Wins Gold Fencing Medal

By Parke Brewer Women's fencing became an Olympic sport in 1924 and after 80 long years the United States finally has its first medals in the event. Both came in women's saber, which was added to the

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Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

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Phelps Fails to Medal in Olympics Swimming Opener American swimmer Ryan Lochte won the mens 400-meter individual medley (4:05.18) by an impressive margin of more than three and a half seconds, capturing the gold medal. Brazils Thiago Pereira took the

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The London Paralympics competition is now finished and the closing ceremony is tomorrow morning New Zealand time. New Zealand sent 24 athletes to the games and received 17 medals. Four swimmers won medals: Sophie Pascoe from Christchurch won three go

Louis Smith 体操运动员

Welcome to Talking Sport! Today we meet a male gymnast from the UK. Louis Smith is already an Olympian. Louis won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics for his performance on the pommel horse. He is hoping to win another medal at this year's Olympic

south Korean speed skater Lee sets new world record in 500m

CALGARY, Canada, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa established herself as the fastest woman on skates Sunday when she set a new world record in the 500 meters at the Essent ISU World Cup speed skating event in Alberta. In a field that fe

Tunisian Mellouli becomes first-ever Olympic medalist in pool and open water

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli outclassed a field of experienced rivals to win the men's 10km marathon swimming at the London Olympics on Friday, making himself the first swimmer to win medals both in pool and in open w

Colombia honors Olympian Pajon, soccer star Falcao

BOGOTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Colombia on Tuesday honored its top athletes, including Olympic gold medal winner Mariana Pajon and soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia. Pajon, winner of the BMX cycling competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, received

Russians grab last two golds at rhythmic gymnastics worlds

MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics（艺术体操） World Championships concluded here on Sunday as the host Russia grabbed the last two gold medals in group finals. China's group was not qualified for Sunday's finals as they

China wins table tennis men's team gold in Olympic Games

LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's table tennis team final against South Korea on Wednesday, making a clean sweep of gold medals for the second consecutive Olympics. It was the 24th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis co

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LONDON There was a shocking result in the very first swimming race at the London Olympics. American swimmer Ryan Lochte won the mens 400-meter individual medley (4:05.18) by an impressive margin of more than three and a half seconds, capturing the go

Chen Ruolin wins women's 10m platform gold at london Olympic Games

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan

Jamaica breaks men's 4x100m relay world record for gold medal

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds to win the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay Saturday at the London Olympic Games. Jamaica broke their old record of 37.04, which they set in 2011, to defend the title the

Armstrong stripped off Olympic bronze medal

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- American cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of a bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, hours before the airing of his interview with Oprah Winfrey in a

Sun Yang: Nobody can challenge my dominance in 1,500m freestyle

LONDON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- No one can challenge my dominance in the 1,500m freestyle, said China's Olympic champion Sun Yang after setting a new world record to win the men's longest event at London Olympics on Saturday. The 1,500m freestyle is my st

French cyclists win gold, silver at U-23 road worlds

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- French cyclist Arnaud Demare won gold on the fouth day of the UCI U-23 Road World Championships Friday. Another Frenchman Adrien Petit grabbed the silver medal. Demare and Petit had solid performance in the last sprin

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模仿文本： Jameshas known nothing but success, world youth and junior titles before capturingWorld Senior gold in 2011 and then winning the Olympics. Here the Grenadian wasonly seventh, having occupied the bronze medal position off the final ben

Britain wins first rowing gold in women's pair at London Olympics

ETON DORNEY, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women's pair rowing gold for Britain at the London Olympic Games at the Eton Dorney Lake here on wednesday. This is the first gold medal for the host at the Games as the britis

Mexico has best Olympics in over 40 years

LONDON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican delegation for London 2012 Olympic Games had its best performance in over 40 years in the summer games, winning seven medals, including one golden, three silver and three bronze. It is the second best Olympics