Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly Orville London has saluted T&T sprinter Lalonde Gordon, who created history by becoming the first Tobago-born athlete to earn a medal at an Olympic Games.
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Minister of Sports, Anil Roberts, yesterday congratulated Lalonde Gordon on his bronze medal success at the Olympic Games in London.
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Never discount an underdog!
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Finally! They all shouted in unison as local sprinter LaLonde Gordon sparked jubilation among his countrymen when he captured the bronze medal in the men’s 400-metre final of the 2012 London Olympics yesterday.
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Even in London, the television is king. Yes, it is. Simply because not everyone is able to watch the Olympic Games, either in a stadium or in one of the very cold parks, where you have to be dressed to the limit, with temperatures in the range of 15...
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Ecstactic Grenadians are now hopeful their government will announce an official holiday commemorating the country’s first Olympic medal. Son of the soil Kirani James, 19, won gold in the men’s 400 metres final in the 2012 London Olympics yesterday...
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Yelena Isinbayeva finally lost an Olympic pole vault final and left the London Games with a bronze medal, unable to master the fickle British weather and beat the winning performance of American Jenn Suhr.
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No, we did not shoot ourselves in the foot, neither did our athletes shirk the chances which appeared before them.
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President of the National Associations of Athletics Administrations (NAAA), Ephraim Serrette, yesterday described Lalonde Gordon’s bronze medal success in the 400 metres at the Olympic Games as a tribute to perseverance and noted that Gordon was one...
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Lalonde Gordon showed true grit when he won T&T’s first medal at the 2012 Olympic Games—bronze in the men’s 400 metres final yesterday—at the Olympic Stadium, London, England.
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