MEDAL FOR CYPRUS

The Associated Press For the first time at an Olympics, there's a medal for the country of Cyprus — and a new hero who will carry it home.

Sailing champion Pavlos Kontides has earned the small island nation's first-ever Olympic medal. The 22-year-old Kontides has assured himself at least a silver medal in the Laser class and has a slim chance

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August 05, 2012