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Vote Now: The most handsome and FIT Male Sportsmen at Beijing Olympics 2008 !

Milieunet must not be allowed to get away with his "vote for the sexiest female athlete" - here's your chance, girls (and guys...?) to put forward your nominations for the male athlete or sportsman with the...

created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Norway's Thorkildsen Gave up the Day Job to Concentrate on Getting 90m.

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Norway's Thorkildsen Gave up the Day Job to Concentrate on Getting 90m.

Olympic Beijing 2008 Champion and Olympic record holder, Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway gave up the "day job" in financial services two years ago to practice on his 90 metre shots. Well, it has...

created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Men's Javelin: All Three Finns Through to the Final!

All three Finnish javelin throwers are through to the Finals on Saturday 23rd August. They are: Tero Pitkämäki , who finished third in today's qualifying round, Tero Järvenpää, fourth and Teemu...

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Javelin Throw - Andreas Thorkildsen - 91_59m

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Norway's Thorkildsen Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final

Norway's Thorkildsen has qualified! (As expected!) Latvia First - Vasilevskis - 83.51, Russia - Korotkov - Second - 83.33m and Pitkämäki Third - 82.61. Thorkildsen managed...

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Norway's Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen Makes the Javelin Trendy

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Norway's Olympic Champion Andreas Thorkildsen Makes the Javelin Trendy

The winning 90m throw was with a red swirl-on-white javelin. Of rival Tero Pitkamaki, Thorkildsen revealed, "Some days are his, some days are mine". Today was all Thorkildsen's. "Beijing – “Some...

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Paavo Nurmi -Finland Medal Hopes Beijing 2008: Faster, Stronger, Higher (& Furthest in Javelin!)

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Finland's Javelin World Champion Pitkämäki Gears up for Encounter with Norw...

Scandinavian eyes will be on the Men's Javelin qualifying rounds tomorrow (Thursday 21st August 2008, Final: Friday 23rd August 2008, times below), when World Champion Finland's Tero Pitkämäki squares up to...

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A Louisiana Flavor at the Beijing 2008 Olympics

"Twenty athletes with ties to the Pelican State will represent the United States during the 17-day athletic extravaganza. It is believed to be the largest Olympic contingent ever from Louisiana. Click to see what Olympians have Louisiana ties The athletes range in age from 18...

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Report: Some Americans cut Credit Card use

Some Americans are cutting back on their credit card use as the economy continues its downward spiral, yet many of those are still having trouble paying off their balances.The Federal Reserve Board says...

created by Rob Walker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Snapper shoots own injury

Getting pierced in the leg by a javelin would certainly be a 'downfall' to a photographer's day. Having had lots of photo shoots myself in areas of sports and other potentially dangerous situations, I have...