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Arianna wins bronze for The Bahamas!
Arianna wins bronze for The Bahamas!
Obviously feeding off the momentum from her home crowd, Canadian Chantal Van Landeghem breezed through the waters to shock her more high-profiled opponents, American Natalie Coughlin and Bahamian Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, as the first night of swimming of the 17th Pan American Games got underway last night.
The Bahamas begins competition at 17th Pan Am Games
The Bahamas begins competition at 17th Pan Am Games
It was a quick exit for The Bahamas in the tennis competition of the 17th Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Improved gymnastics scores snag surprise cash awards
Improved gymnastics scores snag surprise cash awards
It's said that promises are easy to make and hard to deliver, but Pete Deveaux easily delivered on a promise made to the "sensational six" gymnasts from Bahamas Star Gymnastics (BSG), who competed at the Gymnastics Around the World competition hosted last October in Jacksonville, Florida.
7 Year Old Bahamian Earns Top Honors At Cancer Awareness Pageant in Georgia
ATLANTA, GEORGIA?At seven years old, Alejandra Stack has gone from honor roll gifted scholar and Student of the Month, to a ray of hope when it comes to cancer awareness. Born in the Bahamas, which has one of the highest rates of cancer per capita, the youngster asked her mother to enter a fundraiser to bring about cancer awareness after a relative and family friend both lost their battles.
1,000-strong anti-doping unit fighting to keep the Games clean
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is responsible for the testing programme executed during the period of the Games, which end on 12 August, with the local organisers implementing all practical methods of collecting and sealing samples in compliance with the international standards. Some 5,000 tests (3,800 urine and 1,200 blood) will be carried out in total, a record for an Olympic Games. A...