London 2012 30th Olympiad Ends Competition with Baltic Win of the Gold Medal by Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania in the Women's Modern Pentathlon

Laura Asadauskaite of the Baltic country of Lithuania won the Women's Modern Pentathlon competition to take the final gold medal to be awarded at the London 2012 30th Olympiad.

Eric Willemsen has the story at the Huffington Post in Asadauskaite wins Olympic pentathlon gold.

Maris Strombergs of Latvia Wins BMX Gold at London 2012 to Defend His Olympic Title

At the Huffington Post, Dave Skretta headlines that Latvia's Strombergs defends BMX Olympic gold medal. As Skretta writes:

"Maris Strombergs is content being the only men's BMX champion in Olympic history.

The rider from Latvia defended his title Friday...."

Read the rest at Huff Post Sports.

LONDON: Latvia wins Olympic beach volleyball bronze - Olympics - MiamiHerald.com

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Laura Ikauniece at Hurdler49 as Track Beauty of the Week

Nice writeup about Laura Ikauniece
at Hurdler49
in Track Beauty of the Week: Laura Ikauniece

Laura Ikauniece -- Rising Young Latvian Heptathlon Star

Latvian Laura Ikauniece is a rising young heptathlon star. See iaaf.org - Athletes - Ikauniece Laura Biography