LONDON (Reuters) - Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba attempts a track double on Friday in the 5,000 metres to add to the 10,000 Olympic crown she retained in thrilling fashion a week ago in London, but two doping cases overshadowed another action-packed day at the Games.
Mariana Pajon, Colombia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, earned her country their first gold medal of the London Games when she thundered to victory in the women's BMX event, where cyclists race each other over bumps and around banked corners.
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