0
votes

Afghanistan Celebrates First Olympic Medallist

posted August 29, 2008 - 8:09am
Afghanistan Celebrates First Olympic Medallist

Rohullah Nikpai won the first ever individual olympic medal, a Bronze, for Afghanistan at the Beijing Olympics in Taekwondo. he was given a huge and very warm hero's welcome at the Kabul national stadium.


Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7587692.stm
Author: carracer
-A +A

A Xomba Account Lets You:

Read - Expand your mind. Write - Share your ideas Get Paid - Expand your pocketbook Get Started Today!


Comments

Post new comment

  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • You can use BBCode tags in the text. URLs will automatically be converted to links.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <p> <br> <b> <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <span> <object> <param> <embed> <table> <tr> <td> <div>
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

More information about formatting options

Join Xomba Today

Do you like to write? Would you like to make a little extra money on the side? These people do. Join the Xomba community today.
Become a Member