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Olympics: Nigeria’s Akinyemi Drops Out Of Canoeing
London – Nigeria’s first-ever Olympic Games competitor in the canoeing event, Jonathan Akinyemi, on Sunday in London crashed out of the competition at his first attempt.
The overseas-based athlete, who was the event’s lowest-ranked entrant at 130 placed 20th in a field of 22 competitors after the first two runs to drop out of the chase for medals.
Akinyemi took part in the men’s kayak single (K1) competition of the canoe slalom event holding at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
His placing in the heats meant he was not part of the top 15 who qualified for the semi-finals of Aug. 1.
Akinyemi, who has a British mother, took to the water first during the first run and clocked 104.70 seconds to finish 20th, and then 146.95 seconds in the second run to finish 21st.
This, however, still
U.S. Wrestler (Elena Pirozhkova) Carries Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama’s visit with members of Team USA left them inspired, but one wrestler gave her a lift. Elena Pirozhkova, the 5-foot-5 wrestler, picked up the 5-foot-11 first lady.
“I hugged her, and then I asked her if I could pick her up. I think she was nervous. I went slow. I just picked her up. I wanted to ask her permission. There was security all around. And she gave it. I will only meet her once. I wanted to do something different.”
Michelle Obama is the head of USA Olympic delegation to London Olympic, 2012.
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Voula Papachristou Banned from the Olympics for Posting a Racist Tweet
A Greek athlete by the name of (Voula Papachristou) was all set for the Olympics, but a completely tasteless and now deleted tweet has ruined her chances to compete in London. Here is the tweet from the triple jumper, via Breaking News:
The Tweet Translated in English reads;
With so many Africans in Greece…at least the mosquitoes from the west Nile are eating local food
The president of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, decided to expel her from the Greek mission after word of the statement got out, and now the team has 104 competing athletes. She therefore made an apology
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