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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

December 11th, 2007

News on Olympic Berth: China, Great Britain

Here are a couple of articles on Olympic berths for China and Great Britain, respectively.
China reaps two Olympic quota places at Asian Shooting Championships
KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — World champion Jia Zhanbo raised up and waved to the audiences after he made the last shot. A smile on his face, the Chinese shooter knew […]

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December 11th, 2007

Hasli Wins Silver in Asian Championships, First Malaysian to Qualify for the Olympics on Merit

KORAT: A dream came true for Malaysian pistol shooter Hasli Izwan Amir Hasan when he made the cut for the Beijing Olympics from the Asian Championships in Kuwait on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Hasli earned the ticket in style, bagging the silver in the 25m rapid fire pistol event and breaking his own national record. The […]

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December 4th, 2006

2006 Asian Games Headlines - 03 December

Gulf Times gives us a great news round up of the 15th ASIAN Games, Doha 2006 held in Doha, Quatar.

India cueing up for medals
India’s shooters protest against ‘rude’ officials
Murofushi pulls out
Blatter defends decision to allow Iran to play at Games
Australians could join Asian Games: Blatter
India unfazed by Rasquinha’s shocking ouster
Japan aiming to restore judo pride
India […]

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April 8th, 2006

Olympic Summer Sports

In the upcoming Summer Olympics, we can expect the following disciplines:

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

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March 24th, 2006

Great Scott!

Bruce Scott won a Commonwealth Games Gold yesterday in the Shooting event, Full bore category.
To say that he fired fourteen of his best shots in his life to describe the winning performance is quite dramatic, you might think but if you were in his shoes, aiming at small targets from 900 yards away, then […]

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March 21st, 2006

India Dominates Shooting Events

It’s Day 6 of the Games and India leads with 11 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze in the Shooting events. I reckon this is due to their very own sharpshooter, Samaresh Jung, who now has a total of four Gold medals and running for yet another three.
Australia follows with 7 Gold, 5 Silver and […]

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