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Rio is certainly a place of extremes.
Extreme beauty matched with equally extreme poverty makes up the backdrop of this sprawling city, which is home to Brazil’s biggest ever-sporting event.
It seems regardless of your location you’re only ever a sho...
DATE: Jul 19, 2007
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It was a disappointing night for Bermuda’s swimmers who took to the pool yesterday for the heats series at the Aquatic Park on a rainy night in Rio.
Kiera Aitken, who carried the Island’s flag at the Opening Ceremony finished 21st out of 23 swimmers ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2007
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They say everybody enjoys five minutes of fame and that certainly seems to be the case for one member of Bermuda’s Pan-Am delegation.
Enter Chef De Mission Philip Guishard, who has become somewhat of an unlikely celebrity in Rio after enjoying the ca...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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Fireworks, frivolity, and a frenzied atmosphere engulfed the Maracana Stadium last night as Brazil’s biggest ever sporting event raised its curtain in spectacular fashion.
Once the largest stadium in the world, the Maracana was transformed into a sea...
DATE: Jul 14, 2007
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Preparations are underway for the 2007 Pan-Am Games Opening Ceremony at the Maracan|0xe3| Stadium in Rio, Brazil. Bermuda are taking a squad of 20 athletes, competing in eight different sports, to the showpiece event.
This year's competition will see...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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Budding Bermudian athletes from the Flyers Track Club have returned from a successful meet in the US where they claimed 29 medals.
Under the watchful eye of former Island track star Donna Watson, the 28 athletes, aged between nine and 15, went head t...
DATE: Jul 12, 2007
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The curtain has only just come down on the 2007 Island Games but organisers are already preparing meticulously to ensure Bermuda has a shot at hosting the 2013 showpiece.
Bermuda’s Island Games delegation have until next summer to make sure their b...
DATE: Jul 11, 2007
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Budding Bermudian athlete Arantxa King warmed up for the 2007 Pan-Am Games by clinching a bronze medal at the Games’ sister competition — the Pan-Am Junior Athletics Championships.
The Island’s number one long jumper leaves Sao Paulo — the scene of h...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown believes the decision to hold the PGA Grand Slam of Golf outside the US for the first time has been justified with tickets doubling from last year’s sales.
The much-anticipated tournament will be hosted at Bermuda’s Mid Ocean Clu...
DATE: Jul 10, 2007
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Athletics
Xavier James 100m - bronze, 200m - bronze
Melissa Clarke 100m bronze, 200m - silver
Shianne Smith 200m bronze, 400m - silver
Terrance Armstrong - men's half marathon - gold
Albert Donawa - men's half marathon - bronze
Dawn Richardson - wome...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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