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Wrestling 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The random draw was felt harshly as the top two seeds Jordan Burroughs and Aniuar Geduev came up against each other in the quarter-finals
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20229 min read
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Weightlifting 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Lasha Talakhadze beat the old World Record with a lift of 215kg, but it was outdone by Behdad Salimi beating his own World Record
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20226 min read
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Water Polo 2016 Rio Review
Serbia and Croatia were seeded number one heading into the tournament, but neither won their group
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Volleyball 2016 Rio Olympic Review
There, they came up against China who had overcome Brazil, winning 3-2 in the shock of the tournament.
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Triathlon 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Soon, Luis was dropped, leaving the two brothers in the familiar position of battling for the gold.
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Trampoline 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The greatest difficulty and flight went to Gao Lei, but his execution let him down so he could only finish bronze.
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Track Cycling 2016 Rio Review
Kenny lost his first race in the semi but rebounded to qualify where he’d come up against teammate Callum Skinner.
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20224 min read
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Tennis 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The draw opened up in the top quarter when number one seed Novak Djokovic (Serbia) was eliminated in two tie breaks by Juan Martin Del Potro
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Taekwondo 2016 Rio Olympic Review
This tournament was thrown open in the preliminary round as the top two seeds Farzan Ashourzadeh and Kim Tae-Hun were upset
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20223 min read
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Table Tennis 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Just as impressive in the bottom half of the draw was Li Xiaoxia and Ai Fukuhara neither of whom dropped a set in making the quarter finals
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Synchronised Swimming 2016 Rio Olympics
Russia were absolutely dominant in this event, proving their status as pre-event favourites to be correct. They led in both
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Swimming 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The fastest ever breaststroke split by Adam Peaty took time out of his rivals and gave Britain the lead but America had Phelps and Adrian
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20228 min read
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Shooting 2016 Rio Olympic Preview
Batsarashkina, once again started fast in the final, leading on 39.8. That gap was closed by Zhang Mengxue
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20229 min read
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Sailing 2016 Rio Olympic Review
After five events, it was pretty clear that the race was going to come down to Dorian van Rijsselberghe and Nick Dempsey
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20226 min read
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Rugby Sevens 2016 Rio Olympic Review
New Zealand turned it on in the semi-final, with Portia Woodman scoring a hat trick to help beat Great Britain 25-7
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Rowing 2016 Rio Olympic Review
In the final, Britain got off to the better start but at halfway the gap was only 0.22 seconds. Britain entered the race having won the last
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20226 min read
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Road Cycling 2016 Rio Olympics Review
He edged Rohan Dennis’ time up the mountain and although he lost 25 seconds before the second check he would fly around the rest
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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Rhythmic Gymnastics 2016 Rio Olympic Review
In the final, performances only improved. Mamun scored 19 points in every event with Kudryavtseva managing it in all but one.
Cain Bradley
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Mountain Bike 2016 Rio Review
On lap two though, Indergrand went backwards with Neff trying to keep up with Rissveds.
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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Modern Pentathlon 2016 Rio Review
The quickest final stage came from Jun Woong-Tae (South Korea) but he was too far off to land a medal.
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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