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Aug 18, 2016

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil’s Isaquias Queiroz tastes Olympic glory after a horrific childhood

ISAQUIAS QUEIROZ won bronze in the men’s 200m canoe sprint today his second medal of the games after winning silver in the men’s single 1000m canoe race. What a story alone for many athletes to win one Olympic medal is a dream that is never fulfilled however for Queiroz it was a dream that never seemed possible. […]

Aug 17, 2016

Rio Olympics 2016: Caster Semenya chases 800m world record but many say she has an unfair advantage – summed up by the jibe of Russian cheat Mariya Savinova

IT was the Russian runner Mariya Savinova who said after losing a world title to Caster Semenya: “Just look at her.” Savinova had to settle for silver behind the South African in the 800metres at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. The suggestion was as pointed as it was prejudiced: Semenya supposedly had an unfair […]