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...finally winning a gold medal in the Olympics. Thailand has already won two golds this year. The Philippines has not yet bagged a gold victory but it got its first Olympic medal intwenty years after Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn F. Diaz claimed silver in in the women’s 53-kilogram weightlifting. This article was originally published by Global Voices under a CC-BY licence...

...article explains how Team GB's cyclists peak at the Olympics. ...[Dunc Gray Velodrome] To say that Team GB have dominated the Olympic cycling would be the biggest understatement of the games. British track cyclists seem to have made peaking in line with the Olympic cycle their speciality. They won seven of the ten gold medals on offer at both London 2012 and Beijing 2008,...

...After the shock of the Artykov doping scandal, many fans are now actually thanking Tynybekova for taking the longer, more honest route to a podium finish, notwithstanding the pain of just missing out this time around. This article was originally published on Global Voices under a CC-BY licence The opinions featured in this article are those of the respective contributors...

...Gastromotiva plans to build on its success by launching a paid lunch service. The profits will help offset the cost of providing free dinners for the hungry at night. There are also plans to try out the RefettoRio idea in Montreal, Los Angeles and New York. This article was originally published by Public Radio International and Global Voices under a CC-BY licence...

...Olympic champion. That honour belongs to another hammer thrower, Andrei Abduvaliyev. But Abduvaliyev won his gold in Barcelona in 1992 representing the Unified Team consisting of former Soviet states. Nazarov's is therefore the only gold medal that officially counts in the republic's totals. This article was originally published by Global Voices under a CC-BY licence...

...the seasonal outbreaks. Aster-MIMS has already started a newly approved protocol for the treatment of Tiger moth disease. Infectious fever cases are evaluated for moth allergens by western blot analysis. Positive cases are treated with antihistamines and, in severe cases, corticosteroids, Varma says. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...

...with where I am and how everything went.” Bolt, Ennis-Hill and Phelps have all left their mark in Olympic history and as they move towards new chapters in their lives they face new challenges which they will hopefully take on with the mental strength of an Olympian. This article was originally published on the OU Sport & Fitness Team Blog Try our Olympics challenge...