International Olympic Hopefuls

International
Olympic Hopefuls
General Knowledge for Kids

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Here is a short list of international athletes to look

out for at the London 2012 Olympic Games. You
can check out our people's section for full profiles
of other Indian and international athletes.
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After storming two Olympiads in a row

(Athens 2004 & Beijing 2008) America's
beach volleyball dream-team decided to
take a little time off to reconsider their lives.
May-Treanor has given birth to two babies
while Walsh continued to compete with
another partner. In 2011, in time to qualify for
the Olympics, the two teamed up once more
to qualify for the Olympics. Before they
retired the duo had won 112 straight matches
and 2 Olympic Gold medals. While they may not
be able to add to the 112 game streak, they are
definitely the team to contend with in London 2012.
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This Australian gold medalist in cycling
is right on track for a repeat show in
London 2012. Meares set the world record in
the 500 time trial minutes after China's Yonghua
Jiang in the 2004 Athens Games. 4 years later,
Anna Maree literally broke her neck during
the world cup but made an astonishing
recovery and fought her way to qualify for
the Beijing Games the same year. She won a
silver medal. It is this never-say-die spirit that
puts Anna Maree on the top contenders list once
more.
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The five-time World Champion and
Olympic silver medalist in sailing is the
most successful sailor (male or female) in
the 2 person 470 class- sailing a dinghy. Lobke's
is from a family of sailors. Her grandfather was
the skipper of a royal dutch yacht and she
herself was given her first boat when she was
8 years. Berkhout, along with her teammate
Lisa Westerhof, will try to show the regatta
lovers just how much they can dominate by
taking home gold in London 2012.
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For 5 years in a row (2006 2010) Marta
was named FIFA World Player of the Year.
Marta's talent was discovered when she was
just 14 and has been living and playing football
professionally ever since. She was part of the
Brazillian national team that came in second
to win silver at the Athens and Beijing games.
In London 2012 Marta will play with her
national team once more for a go at gold.
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At age 12, the Irish born Katie Taylor
began to train to be a boxer under the
guidance of her father. The current women's
world champion has been beating her
opponents to the ground and clinching gold
medals consistently since 2006 in both
amateur and professional boxing. Not only
this, Katie also plays professional football on
the Ireland Women's senior football team.
London 2012 will be Katie Taylor's first attempt
at Olympic gold and is a hot contender to beat.
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A left-handed table tennis champion
and German #1 player, Timo Boll, began
playing tennis at age four. With a shakehand
grip (a normal hold with the index finger
perpendicular to the handle) and strong
forehand topspin, Boll is one of the top
contenders at London 2012. Another reason
to look for him on the podium is after he
ended china's 88 month-month monopoly of
world #1 in 2011.
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Steven
For three Olympiads in a row, Steven
Lopez has made it to the winner's
podium, taking gold in 2000 and 2004, and
bronze in 2008. His siblings Mark and Diana
have also been on the Olympic team for
taekwondo and his brother Jean is his coach
in 2008 and have made this a repeat action
for London 2012. Will the trio all be able to
snag medals this time around?
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The Scottish track cyclist representing
Great Britain is a multiple Olympic Gold
medalist and most successful Olympic
(male) cyclist of all time. There is also the many
world championships Hoy has received. His
main events are the Kila (1km Time Trial) and
Team Sprint. When the time trial event was
removed from the Olympic line-up of events,
Hoy begain training for Keiran event and
other short sprints. It is no secret that
Christopher Hoy is one of the top contenders at
London 2012 and the one to beat.
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Commonly known by only his first
name, Neymar is a forward for the
Brazillian national team. This lover of futsal
(a Brazillian version of indoor football) was on a
junior professional team by age 11 and turned
professional before he was out of
high-school. The new Pele as some people
call was right there with the national team
during the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and will be
with them once more in London 2012 trying to
clinch the gold medal.
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Kevin
In his first season of the NBA back in
2007 when he was 19 years old, Kevin
Durant took home the rookie of the year
award. He was too new to the league to make it
onto the American dream-team in 2008.
However he is on the roster of the American
national basketball team that has won all but
4 times since basketball was added as an
Olympic sport back in 1936. (13/17 gold medal
wins)
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General Knowledge for Kids

Here is a short list of international athletes to look

After storming two Olympiads in a row

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