Usain Bolt received a lot of accolades for ripping apart the 100m world record and winning a gold medal for his country however the Jamaican athlete did not stop there. He wanted to make this olympics special and he did that by ensuring that he got one more gold medal to his name and that too in world record time as he thrashed the 200m world record to claim another gold at Beijing 2008.

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Beijing Olympics 2008 would be remembered for various reasons by the Indians, while Abhinav Bindra won a gold medal and Sushil Kumar has won a bronze in wrestling, another medal is assured for the nation as Vijender Kumar has made it to the semi final of the 75 kg boxing event. This assures that the boxer would at least win a bronze if not a gold or silver in this category.

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While the economies around the world are taking a huge hit due to the rising crude prices it is the common man who is suffering and is tired of the continuous rise in fuel prices. People are trying to find an alternative so that they can replace gas with something that is easily available as well as is friendly to the environment, more than anything else it would also help them in ensuring cheaper transportation.

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NOt many had expected that Nigeria and Belgium would make it to the semi finals of the olympics but since they made it the match promised to be a stunner with the Africans starting off as favorites due to their impressive past performances during the qualification rounds.

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Anju Bobby George has promised a lot to Indian athletics but the performances have been very disappointing at the world stage. This olympics was probably her strongest chance and she was one of the favorites for the long junp event when it had come to counting on the medal winners but the thing that all Indians feared happened yet again. Anju Bobby George failed to qualify for the finals of the event and hence went down the drain

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