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| Usain Bolt pulled up over victory parade |
| The International Olympics Association says the athlete should have shown more respect towards his opponents after his world-record performances in the 100m and 200m races at the Beijing Games. |
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| Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins bronze |
| The grappler beats Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov in the 66kg category of freestyle wrestling. This is India's second ever wrestling bronze in Olympic history. The win takes India's overall medal tally to two. |
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| Vijender Singh boxes into history
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| The pugilist ensured another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he outpunched Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora in the quarterfinal of the 75kg category bout. |
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| Akhil's fairytale run ends |
| The Indian pugilist loses rather tamely in his 54kg quarterfinal bout against unheralded Moldovan Gojan Veaceslav. |
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| Phelps breaks Spitz's record |
| History was created on the ninth day of Beijing Olympics 2008 when US swimmer Michael Phelps became the first athlete to win eight golds in a single Olympics. |
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| Boxer Jitender through to quarters |
| The pugilist Jitender Kumar started off aggressively and never looked back. He defeated Uzbek Tulashboy Doniyorov to move to the last-eight stage of 51kg category. |
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| Michael Phelps equals Mark Spitz's record |
| The US swimmer Michael Phelps equals Mark Spitz's record by clinching seven gold medals in an Olympics. Phelps snatches the victory by one-hundredth of a second over Serbia's Milorad Cavic in men's 100m butterfly event. |
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| Akhil Kumar stuns world champion |
| Pugilist Akhil Kumar pulls off a major upset by stunning world champion Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia in the 54 kg pre-quarterfinal bout in the Olympics. |
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| I feel happy and proud: Bindra |
| India's shooting star Abhinav Bindra, who won the country its first ever individual Olympic gold, gets a rousing welcome on return to the country. |
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| Rathore leads Indians |
Shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore carries the Tricolour as the 56-member Indian contingent, cheered by Sonia Gandhi, takes part in the ceremonial walk during the opening ceremony of the Games.
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| Saina Nehwal shines at Beijing |
| Saina beat Ukrainian Gryga 21-18, 21-10 to make it to the last 16. She will now be up against the winner of the match between world number 3 Chen Wang of Hong Kong and Slovakia's Eva Sladekova. |
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| Rathore leads Indians |
| Shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore carries the Tricolour as the 56-member Indian contingent, cheered by Sonia Gandhi, takes part in the ceremonial walk during the opening ceremony of the Games. |
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| India's dress faux pas at Olympics opening |
| Indian contingent chief K Murugan says Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao weren’t in their official dress during the Olympics opening ceremony march as they were training before the event and there was no time for them to change. |
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