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Largest Paralympics opens today

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The London Olympics 2012 was a huge showcase event for world sport. Today the Paralympic Games begin, promising to be the biggest ever and providing once again a window of opportunity for those with handicaps and disabilities to show that those of us who preach inclusion as a key to development are right.

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Russia: 82 medals, all-round improvement from Beijing

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For those wondering, yes the USSR would have come away from the London Olympics with a resounding victory: 47 Golds, 44 Silvers, 72 Bronze and 163 medals. As it was, the Russian Federation got the third highest tally of medals (82 - 24, 25, 33) and the fourth most Golds, an improvement on Beijing (23, 21, 29, total 73).

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Russia: 57 medals

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12, 21, 24. Gold, Silver and Bronze. Russia's tally is amazing, evoking memories of Soviet times when the USSR led the medals table, which would be the case this time around if all 15 Republics were counted. So, little has changed except the times and records which register new highs daily.

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Russia: 52 medals

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Eleven Golds, nineteen Silvers and twenty-two Bronze medals puts the Russian Federation in third place in terms of medals won so far at London 2012, in fourteen different sports. The Russian Federation is fifth counting first the Gold medals. Today's tally brought a Gold and Silver in Athletics, and Bronze medals in Tae Kwon-do and Wrestling.

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Russia: 48 medals

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Ten Golds, eighteen Silvers and twenty Bronze medals is the tally the Russian Federation has so far at London 2012, in thirteen different sports. 48 medals puts the Russian Federation fourth in the overall total of medals won behind the USA, the People's Republic of China and the host nation, Great Britain. In the soccer, Mexico and Brazil fight...

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