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Chyba w każdym sporcie szybkość zawodnika odgrywa dużą rolę ale w futbolu ta cecha jest na każdej pozycji bardzo doceniana. Poza tym cóż warte byłyby mecze bez popisowych akcji returners, biegowych pojedynków WR lub RB?

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LONDON – It wasn’t the script Michael Phelps would have chosen, but there still were tears of joy at the end.

With a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly and a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay Tuesday, Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time.

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Olympic Notes from the Rolco Sports Network

LONDON–   Poland competed in Olympic beach volleyball for the first time and on prime time television in America had a giant victory.  The Polish duo of Mariusz Prudel and Grzegorz Fijałek beat veteran USA tandem of Gibb/Rosenthall.  Beach Volleyball is getting plenty of attention.

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Day three of the London 2012 Olympic Sailing competition was as tricky as could be with the full works of weather conditions experienced and the Kiwis made gains.
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, sailing the 49er high performance skiff, opened the day with a race win, clocking boat speeds of up to 20kn downwind.
“The breeze built a lot in the first race and we were a little bit over powered but the whole fleet was” said Peter after racing.

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Mało kto się tego spodziewał! Sylwia Bogacka wywalczyła srebrny medal w finale strzelectwa w strzelaniu z karabinu pneumatycznego na 10 metrów!

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James Bond, the queen, the Industrial Revolution, rain, Paul McCartney: The London Olympics open with a celebration of Britain

By Philip Hersh
July 27, 2012

LONDON — In a city that knows how to do ceremony, from hoary rituals formalized in the Middle Ages to celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee last month partly through theTwitter feed @BritishMonarchy, an atmosphere of whimsy and party won out over pomp and circumstance during an Olympic opening ceremony that allowed an economically beleaguered Britain to pat itself on the back.

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LONDON — The London Olympics opening ceremony will be a grand spectacle – but will it be a surprise?

In a word, no.

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Avenel, N.J.–   Dagmara Woźniak, born in Wrocław, Poland will be fencing for Team USA in the 2012 London Olympics.  The recent St. John’s University graduate in New York was a four time women’s NCAA All-America in saber.  She posted a 78-16 record in her last varsity season (2011) at St. John’s. 

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Futbol amerykański powróci na Stadion Narodowy. Po NAC VII SuperFinale na najnowocześniejszy stadion w Europie wybiegną przedstawiciele drużyny Europy i Stanów Zjednoczonych. Wszystko w ramach Collegiate Development Football League (CDFL).

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Ralph Lauren and there is a major wrinkle.  The USOC announced that the 530 athletes that will represent the USA will all be wearing a ‘classic’ elegant look.  This soft-retro was achieved for the American athletes with a look back to the 1948 London Olympics.

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