Issue: August 03, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 19, 2013   

Top mentor says protege Ye no doper
An Australian mentor of Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen has slammed claims her Olympic achievements were fuelled by drugs, saying he was "100 percent certain" the 16-year-old was clean.



Mighty Serena on course for golden breakthrough
Serena Williams, pictured, remained on course for her first Olympic singles gold medal after crushing Danish eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals.

British touch as pin-up girl set for battle
The opening day of the athletics program has a distinctly British tinge with pin-up heptathlete Jessica Ennis and Welsh 400-meter hurdles world champion Dai Greene both figuring.

Golden Uchimura banishes demon
Kohei Uchimura says he felt like he had outrun a "demon" after winning his first Olympic title to confirm his position as the world's outstanding male gymnast.



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