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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: 800m final was one of the greatest races of all time

9:00am Saturday 11th August 2012

THE ICONIC Usain Bolt did it again on Thursday night – and the streets of Stratford joined forces with those in Kingston, Jamaica, as the Caribbean people on both sides of the Atlantic had one heck of a party.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: Get ready to cheer Fred on to victory

9:00am Friday 10th August 2012

YOU will be able to hear the roar for Fred Evans all the way down the M4 from London to Newport when he walks into the ring tonight.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: Fred fortunate to be in semis, now let's hope he goes all the way

8:00am Thursday 9th August 2012

FRED Evans can count himself lucky to have reached the boxing semi-finals – on two fronts.

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GARY BAKER SAYS: Fred's enjoying his Olympic adventure

8:00am Saturday 4th August 2012

GWENT’S latest Olympian was back in action yesterday and it was further progress for Fred Evans in boxing’s welterweight 69kilos division.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: Without the 'also rans' there would be no Olympics for Phelps and Bolt to win gold medals

6:00am Thursday 2nd August 2012

A LOVELY lady volunteer had a chat with me as I walked the 600-metre length of the ExCel Centre in London among the mass of people there to watch the various sports housed in the huge complex.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: British gymnastics has come on leaps and bounds

7:40am Wednesday 1st August 2012

ANYBODY who has been lucky enough to visit the 02 Arena in London will understand why the Olympic Games people have chosen it to host the gymnastics competition.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: Christian Malcolm may carry on after the 2012 Games

10:00am Saturday 28th July 2012

CHRISTIAN Malcolm is likely to be extending his athletics career beyond the Olympic Games, the Newport ace’s long-time mentor Jock Anderson has said.

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GARY BAKER'S OLYMPIC BLOG: Cardiff sets the bar high for London

6:00am Friday 27th July 2012

THE OLYMPIC Games have finally arrived and Wales has shown London the way forward.

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