Posted on August 12, 2012. Tags: African Nation, Bahrain, Carlo Molfetta, Curling, French West Africa, Gabon, Heavyweight Division, Medals, National Anthem, National Hero, Olympic Games, Olympics, People, Persian Gulf, Silver Medal, Wins, Woman Athlete
Isn’t it exciting! Two new nations left the terrible never medalled at the Olympics club this summer: Gabon and Bahrain (who won with a woman athlete to boot!). Gabon is in former French West Africa and Bahrain, where we used to/still have a base, is an island in the Persian Gulf. Gabon’s medal came in […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 11, 2012. Tags: Associated Press, Australian Anthem, Cypriot, Cypriots, Cyprus Flag, Golden Letters, Gymnastics Events, Imperialists, Island Nation, Larnaca Cyprus, Laser Class, National Anthem, National Hero, Olympic Champions, Olympic History, Olympic Medal, Olympic Medalist, Ron Paul, Silver Medal, Summer Games
The island nation of Cyprus, alas divided into two zones, won their first Olympic medal ever – in sailing! Here’s the WashPo (Associated Press) coverage: Kontides won a sailing silver medal Monday in the Laser class, giving him the first metal won by Cyprus since the island nation began taking part in the games in […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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