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| Olympics 2008 » Olympic Moments |
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| Olympic Moments |
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| When Saina had Bill Gates in audience |
| On a day, when the entire Indian contingent's attention was focused on
Abhinav Bindra's golden effort, Saina Nehwal, the 18-year-old
Hyderabadi shuttler, was writing her own script. |
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| When Dhyan Chand & Co defied Hitler |
| They had the gift to mesmerise opponents and crowd alike. Few know Dhyan Chand and his teammates had the guts as well to defy the Fuhrer at his backyard. |
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| India at Athens, 2004 |
| The high of a silver medal in the first week was overshadowed by the doping scandal in the second. Indian sport found itself with a few things to celebrate but much to deliberate. |
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| Some myths and realities about Athens |
| A reality check on the Athens Olympics overturns some old, new and well-entrenched fallacies about the world's greatest sporting event and the athletes who are its stars. |
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| Oh! those were Olympic games? |
In the 1900 Olympic games, held at Paris, there was organisational confusion due to the hosting of the World Fair that year. Many participants only later came to know that they had in fact competed in Olympic games.
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