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The appropriate hairstyle

Moment of the Year by Anton Kislyakov At the European Junior and Under 23 Championships held in Bucharest, Romania from 9 to 18 September 2011 two Russian female athletes wanted to enter the competition in the 53kg bodyweight category: Mariia Lubina and Ksenia Maximova. [...]

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Encouragement for victims of the disaster

Moment of the Year by Masashi Inoue Japanese ace Hiromi Miyake is determined to deliver a strong performance at the London Olympics this summer to provide encouragement to those still feeling the effects of one of Japan's worst-ever natural disasters. [...]

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Why did Ilya Ilyn cry in Paris?

Moment of the Year by Sultan Shokbytov A child can deceive when he cries, but he cannot succeed in deceiving when he laughs. An adult can deceive, when he laughs, but can also deceive when he cries. This is the law of nature. But in the modern world all moves to that adult start to deceive even when they cry. [...]

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Falling from heaven down to earth

Moment of the Year by Kornel Jancso Each competition – World Championships especially – is full of noteworthy moments; the only question is which one will be burned in your memory forever. The Paris 2011 World Championships Paris, France, was no exception: dramatic fights for the medals abounded and the intensity of duels, the bitter fights, [...]

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Godelli’s unique medal collection

Moment of the Year by EBSNIK DIZDARI Look at this boy! In fact, he is a World Champion. Daniel Godelli, was born in 1992 in Peqin, a small town in Central Albania with only 9.000 inhabitants. I think it is not easy to find such a small town where a World Champion has been grown up. He is only 19 years old, but already became World Champion in 2011 [...]

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