The 27-year-old became the first Irishman to win a gold medal at the championships for 117 years.

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The US failed to win the gold medal in Athens - the first time an NBA-based team had done so at the Olympics.

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The first one is special in some respects because you have a dream to try and achieve something and if you have your dream of trying to win Olympic gold medal the first one is that becoming reality.

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He changed the face of the Games forever by being the first Chinese man to ever win a track gold medal, with victory in the 110m hurdles.

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Mohamed Salah increased the pressure on Brazil, who are seeking to win their first Olympic football gold medal, with his goal 14 minutes from the end, but Egypt couldn't find an equalizer.

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The latest winner is Nicola Adams, from Leeds, who became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal.

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It was marvellous to see David Gale win his first gold medal in a major championship in the F51 discus while Beverley Jones, who won Great Britain's first gold in the shot, should continue to develop her talents in the field and also on the track.

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He was also recently the Chef de Mission of Indonesian delegation in the 2012 Olympics, but later resigned because of the failure of the athletes to bring home a gold medal the first time this has happened in two decades (although Indonesia did win one silver and one bronze).

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