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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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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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Judo 2016 Rio Olympic Preview
Baker once again won by ippon in the semi-final and would take on Liparteliani who also won by ippon.
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20228 min read
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Hockey 2016 Rio Olympic Review
In the semi-finals, the Netherlands beat Germany after an epic 14-shot penalty shootout. Great Britain joined them in the final
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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Handball 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Brazil could not continue the hot streak and were knocked out in the quarter finals by Netherlands. The other ties went to form
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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Football 2016 Rio Olympic Review
In the other semi-final once again Sweden and Brazil would head to a penalty shootout. This time Sweden would get the win
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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Fencing 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Men’s Individual Epee Five of the six seeded fighters came through the round of 32, with only Francisco Limardo (Venezuela) upsetting...
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20224 min read
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Equestrian 2016 Rio Olympic Review
Only three riders got no time penalties in the cross country, Burton leading Michael Jung (Germany) and Astier Nicolás (France).
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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BMX 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The two Australians would go on to dominate the semi-finals, both Dean and Willoughby winning all three semi-finals.
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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Canoe Sprint 2016 Olympic Review
The fastest time came in the second semi as Danuta Kozák (Hungary) took the win ahead of Emma Jørgensen (Denmark)
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20224 min read
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Canoe Slalom 2016 Rio Olympic Review
The final was incredibly close though with five men separated by less than a second.
Cain Bradley
Sep 18, 20222 min read
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