Cuba"s world record holder Dayron Robles gave Cuba Thursday its second gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after easily winning the 110m hurdles.
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Robles Gives Cuba 2nd Olympic Gold after easily winning the 110m hurdles
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Cuba’s Yoanka González opens the door to Olympic glory
YOANKA González has written one of the most glorious pages in the history of the Cuban sporting movement. At dawn on August 18, Cuba time, afternoon in China, she regaled the island with its first Olympic medal in cycling by coming in second in the women’s points race at the 29th Olympics.
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World record holder Dayron Robles of Cuba breezed into the next round of the men`s 110m
World record holder Dayron Robles of Cuba breezed into the next round of the men`s 110m hurdles on Monday morning at the Beijing Olympics.
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For Beijing 24 Cuban Baseball Players Heading
Now that the final cut has been made to the baseball team that will represent Cuba at the Beijing Olympics, it is time to show our confidence in the selection made by our coaches.
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Cuba’s First: Vice President, met with a member of the Chinese Delegation
Cuba’s First Vice President, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, met this Monday with a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee, He Guoqiang, who is heading a Party delegation on an official visit to Cuba.
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Judoca Víctor Sánchez primer cubano en competir en Beijing
El judoca Víctor Sánchez será el primer atleta discapacitado cubano en competir en los Juegos de la XIII Paralimpiada, cuando comiencen las acciones de esa disciplina hoy en el Gimnasio de los Trabajadores.
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China Provides Cash Assistance to Cuba after Hurricane Gustav
According to Prensa Latina news agency, the Red Cross Society of China also announced cash aid of 50,000 US dollars to its Cuban counterpart.
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LAm Athletes among First Guests of Paralympic Village
The Paralympic Games Village officially opened doors Saturday, with the delegations of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela among is first guests.
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Hu Jintao China’s President Expresses Solidarity with Cuban People after Gustav
China´s President Hu Jintao sent Cuban President Raul Castro a message expressing his solidarity and concern with the Cuban people for the damage inflicted by Hurricane Gustav.
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Solidarity with the Cuban Five from Himalaya, Nepal
More than 200 students and professors from the Engineering College of Battapur, a small Nepalese city near the Himalaya Cordillera, showed their solidarity with the five anti-terrorist fighters now imprisoned in the US, mostly known as the Cuban Five.
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India Paid Tribute to Tomas Gutierrez Alea
The prestigious Indian university Islamic Jamia Milia paid tribute over the weekend to outstanding film maker Tomas Gutierrez Alea with the screening of several of his films in a packed theatre.
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Cuba and Vietnam Oil Co-op Prospers
Prospects are deemed bright for broadening Cuba-Vietnam oil cooperation, in the wake of a meeting of high ranking officials of the sector from both countries.
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Cuban boxers Andry Laffita (51 kg) and Emilio Correa (75 kg) Already in Boxing Finals
Cuban boxers Andry Laffita (51 kg) and Emilio Correa (75 kg) beat their rivals on Friday morning and advanced to the finales of their respective divisions in the Olympic boxing tournament.
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Cuban Boxers Secure 8 Medals in Beijing
Laffita defeated Puerto Rican McWilliams Arroyo 11-2 while Correa ousted Uzbek Elshod Rasulov by 9-7 ring at the Workers" Gymn.
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Cuba wallops USA 10-2 in Olympic baseball and advances to the gold medal game
Cuba did right everything they had to do. The challenge was: win and go to the fight for the gold medal or drop down to the bronze medal game. The pressure was ON!
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