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India's Mary Kom had to settle for bronze as she lost to Britain's Nicola Adams in her 51 kg semifinal bout here Facing the toughest bout of her life, Mary Kom was outclassed and outpunched by Nicola Adams as she lost the match 11-6. The 29-year-old Indian mother of twins, who put up a gritty fight in every round, will now return home with bronze. Mary Kom apologised to the nation for not winning a gold medal saying, "My whole country was hoping for me to win a gold medal, and I am sorry I have not come back with that." A five-time World Champion, Mary Kom has created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic boxing medal. Every Indians congratulated Mary Kom on her winning the bronze medal I join the nation in congratulating boxer Mary Kom for winning the Olympic bronze medal in the 51 kg women's boxing event. She showed great discipline and determination and has done India proud

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My next hope Kashyap win the medal , then saina nehwal Parupalli Kashyap kept Indian hopes for an Olympic medal alive in badminton as he entered the London Olympics men's singles pre-quarterfinals in style, outplaying tenth seeded Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen in straight games on Tuesday. The Indian displayed sublime skills to defeat his higher ranked opponent 21-9, 21-14 in 39 minutes at the Wembley Arena and topped Group D. With the win, Kashyap equalled his head-to-head record against Nguyen to 3-3. Prior to the match, he had not beaten the Vietnamese since June 2010. The first game started with a neck-and-neck fight as neither player could hold serve as the score read 6-5 in favour of Kashyap. The 25-year-old Indian found legs and started extending his lead with the help of some exquisite drop shots and in no time went ahead 16-7. Aided by some good smashes, he gained an 11-point advantage at 20-9 before sealing the game. In the second game, Nguyen put up a better show earl...

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal started her Olympics campaign with a win while the mixed doubles pair of Jawala Gutta and V.Diju jeopardised their chances of making the knockout round at the 2012 London Olympics here Sunday. Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet , the World No.65, proved no match for Saina, World No.5, as the latter romped to a straight games win in the women's singles event. Saina thrashed the Swiss 21-9, 21-4 in 24 minutes in a Group E match at the Wembley Arena and looks good to move to the knock-out stage. In the mixed doubles, it wasn't a great outing for Jwala and Diju as they suffered their second successive defeat. The Indians lost to Danish Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in straight games, 12-21, 16-21, in a Group C match. The gloom in the badminton camp was lifted after Saina won her first match. Saina started well in the first game as she took an early lead of 12 points. However, Sabrina earned earned a few points back but was ...

To mark the third day of the London Olympics 2012, Google has replaced its usual logo with a new doodle - London 2012 fencing. The new doodle shows two fencers fighting against each other using bladed weapons. The letter 'L' in "Google" is shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by one of the fencers, while a helmet on the head of a fencer is modishly depicted as the first 'O' of the word "Google". The rest of the letters are placed in the playing area near the boundary. The London 2012 fencing doodle is the fourth London Olympics doodle. The Fencing events at London 2012 Olympics are scheduled from July 28(Saturday)to August 5(Sunday).  At London 2012, 35 Fencing pistes will be used during competition. There are 10 events - men's and women's Individual Epee, Foil and Sabre, men's Team Foil and Team Sabre, women's Team Epee and Team Foil - which are scheduled to be contested. The number of participants in Fencin...

Parupalli Kashyap gave India its first win in badminton while the mixed doubles pair of V. Diju and Jwala Gutta went down in their opening group match of the London Olympics at the Wembley Arena here Saturday. Olympic debutant Kashyap beat Yuhan Tan of Belgium in straight games in the men's singles. Kashyap won 21-14, 21-12 in 38 minutes. It was the Indian's second win over Yuhan in three encounters. The 25-year-old Kashyap took a seven point lead early in the first game only to give away a few. However, the nippy shuttler kept the score-line ticking and sealed the game with his second game point. My wishes to Mr. Kashyap

Huge cheers welcomed the colourful Indian delegation into the Olympic Park Friday night during the opening ceremony of the London Games. The 81-strong Indian contingent, the biggest ever, was led by wrestler Sushil Kumar, a bronze medallist in the 2008 Beijing Games. It was a smartly dressed Indian contingent. The men wore yellow safas, navy blue blazers, cream-coloured trousers, off-white shirts and ties, and the women were dressed in elegant sarees. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh waved at the contingent from the VIP box.Indians will take part in 13 disciplines. Four years ago, India won three medals, gold for shooter Abhinav Bindra and bronze medals for Sushil and boxer Vijender Singh.(IANS) Sushil Kumar of the India Olympic wrestling team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 in London, England

NAME Teenage athletes from around the globe have punched their ticket for London 2012. Ranging from ages 15 to 19, these young adults qualified to participate on behalf of their nations at the Summer Olympics. I proud of them NAME AGE SPORTS COUNTRY Gabrielle Douglas 16 Swimmer USA Kathleen Ledecky 15 Swimmer USA Erica Wu 16 Table Tennis USA Lily Zhang 16 Table Tennis USA Missy Franklin 17 Swimmer USA Ivan Garcia 18 Diver Mexico Kexin 18 Gymnastics China Wang Xin 19 Badminton China Alejandra Valencia 17 Archery Mexico Victoria Komova 17 Gymnastics Russia Jennifer Pinches 18 Gymnastics Britain Tom Daley 18 Diver British Aljendra 15 Diver Mexico Dominique Pegg 17 Artistic Gymnastic ...

I am Expecting London Olympics.Its not only sports,its gives me fun.Daily I am exploring Olympics news and sports persons who is going to participate in London Olympics from India. I Hope India will get at least more than 5 golds in London Olympics this Year.Im confident that we will get Gold in Weight Lifting. But i dont know Why these tennis players are fighting each other to play for India.This is too bad.They have to play united for our country.