Posted on 12 August 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 [...]
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Posted on 11 August 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 [...]
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Posted on 05 August 2012. Tags: 23 Years, Basketball Nba, Commentators, Commissioner David Stern, Cross Country, Dream Team, Epee, Fab Five, Fencing, Fiba, Gymnastics Team, Indi, Nba Commissioner David Stern, Nba Players, Olympics, Podium, Silver Medal, Six Miles, Superstars, Women S Gymnastics, World Championships
Wasn’t it exciting at the Olympics yesterday? US wins a silver medal in the 10,000 meter yesterday – first time since we won gold in 1964! US finally reaches the podium in fencing in the next to last day of competition – the women’s epee team wins bronze! Several days ago, the women’s gymnastics team [...]
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Posted on 23 April 2012. Tags: 1972 Olympics, Aafes, Allegiance, Brave Americans, College Basketball, Communist Bloc, Empty Space, Forty Years, Gold Medal, Heirs, Hillary Clinton, Ioc President, Medal Ceremony, Medal Of Freedom, Personal Story, Podium, Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Secretary Of State, Silver Medal, Silver Medals, Soviet Bloc, Tangible Symbol, Team Medals, Team Play, Ticket Stub, United States Team, Us Allies, Usa Basketball Team, Ussr
I was pondering this issue that ought to be finally dealt with. It has been forty years since the USA basketball team was robbed of their gold medal due to politics and enormously bad calls. Try this conclusion: The US immediately protested against the result, with their appeal being heard by a five-man panel. The [...]
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