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Article: Britain's superkids give great week of sport a golden Finnish
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- The Independent (London, England)
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- July 26, 2009
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Tom Daley - and his blubbing dad - have been hogging the
headlines in Rome but elsewhere in Europe more British kids were
brilliantly emphasising that the nation's got real talent. The BOA-
backed Team GB finished third again in the European Youth Olympic
Festival in Tampere, Finland, behind Russia but with the same number
of golds (10) as Germany. Among these were double golds for gymnast
Sam Oldham and one for swimming's 400 metres freestyler Myles Crouch-
Anderson, both only 16 and featured in our Going for Gold series.
"What was really pleasing was to see how the medals were spread
across all sports," said team leader Mark England. Great stuff.
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