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	<title>Sportolysis - The World Sports Blog &#187; Olympics</title>
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	<description>A few wins, a few lessons. Never any losses.</description>
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		<title>A new sporting nation</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2008/08/11/a-new-sporting-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abhinav Bindra, by winning the gold in shooting, becomes the first Indian individual gold medalist ever. 
A lot of media has been bemoaning the past disasters by India at the Olympics. It is important at this juncture to realise that we are seeing a new India. 
Our shooting team is very strong and I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympics torch on Everest</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2007/01/03/2008-olympics-torch-on-everest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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Every one expects China to do well in the 2008 Olympics including me. A question of course is &#8216;exactly how well will they do?&#8217; How close will they come to the USA in the medals tally and will they even topple the USA? 
China had a great Asian games but the people who matter are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Records tumble</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/08/22/records-tumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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The 10th Pan Pacific Swimming Championship is over. The highlight was the number of world records broken &#8211; six which is huge considering the number of swimmers missing the event. 
The biggest star of the meet was Michael Phelps who makes a statement of sorts and sets up things for next year&#8217;s World Championships and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best by an Indian</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/07/25/best-by-an-indian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
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That&#8217;s what Abhinav Bindra achieved as Telegraph reports:
Abhinav Bindra overcame back pain to become the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold in Zagreb on Monday. Dr Karni Singhâ€™s silver in 1962 was the best by an Indian in a World Championship meet before Monday.
That no Indian had ever won a gold before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/07/16/china-and-the-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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In 1936, Hitler&#8217;s Germany finished with 11 golds and 33 total medals more than the next best &#8211; USA. As we inch closer to Beijing, we realise how real the USA versus China battle is going to be.
Every sport has the Chinese imprint on it now. As 2008 draws closer, the imprint grows bigger. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should India not host the Commonwealth Games?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/04/15/should-india-not-host-the-commonwealth-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/04/15/should-india-not-host-the-commonwealth-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sharad Yadav directly protests against India hosting the Commonwealth Games. Reports Rediff:
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Yadav said participation in the Games is wasteful expenditure and a country like India can ill-afford to spend such a huge amount of money for a few medals. &#8220;I understand that the Indian Olympic Committee, headed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India can host Asian Games and Olympics?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/04/05/india-can-host-asian-games-and-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/04/05/india-can-host-asian-games-and-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Manmohan Singh has said that India will bid for the Asian Games 2014 and Olympics 2016 reports New Kerala. Can we build infrastructure to host an Asian Games so soon? We have the Commonwealth Games in 2011 and so infrastructure would be boosted any way. So Asian Games 2014 is possible if India pursue it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kudos Gibson!</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/18/kudos-gibson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/18/kudos-gibson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Records]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Duff Gibson created history when he became the oldest individual gold medalist at the Winter Olympics at the age of 39 (Men&#8217;s skeleton title). He broke the record of Magnar Solberg who was 35 when he won his last gold. The oldest athlete to win it in a team event remains, as CNN reports:

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does India not win at the Olympics?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/17/why-does-india-not-win-at-the-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2006/02/17/why-does-india-not-win-at-the-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indian Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Indiaâ€™s population, it surprises many that India is not a force at the Olympics. R.J.Elliott wonders the same in a comment in Aamanâ€™s recent article:

I&#8217;ve always found it a bit baffling that India, with over one billion citizens, doesn&#8217;t seem to have much success in either the Winter OR the Summer Olympics&#8230;and that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mum, can you imagine having the Olympics at Wimbledon?</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/14/mum-can-you-imagine-having-the-olympics-at-wimbledon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/14/mum-can-you-imagine-having-the-olympics-at-wimbledon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wimbledon 2005]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sportolysis.com/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Federer is a kid at heart. Aren&#8217;t we all. But this regardin Federer is out of the closet now.
Federer and all Federer fans like me are very excited that Wimbledon will host the 2012 Olympics. Will it be the fitting end to a superb career, the crowning glory when Federer wins the Olympic Gold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cricket in the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/06/cricket-in-the-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/06/cricket-in-the-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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Cricinfo has put up this article on cricket and the Olympic games as Lords is likely to be host of the Archery event in 2012.
Apart from the sole Olympic cricket game, 26 first-class cricketers have competed at the Games in other sports.
And the legend of WG Grace has so much more to it:
A teen-aged Grace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guess who will be in London in 2012!</title>
		<link>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/06/guess-who-will-be-in-london-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sportolysis.com/2005/07/06/guess-who-will-be-in-london-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pratyush</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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Olympics will be held for the first time in Britain since 1948 when London host it in 2012. London won outdoing favourites Paris 54-50 as BBC Sport reports.
Personally I would have liked to be in Paris in 2012 but London is not that bad either. Any way the French Open and Wimbledon being my favourite [...]]]></description>
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