Men's handball team gives Iceland 2nd silver medal
BEIJING (AP) As a 12-year-old boy, Iceland's president listened to the radio broadcast of his country's first Olympic silver medal.
More than 50 years later, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson watched as his nation claimed its second, losing to France in men's handball Sunday in the final event of the Beijing Olympics.
"The first one is still being remembered today, so you can imagine how this one is being received," Grimsson told The Associated Press after the match. "If anyone said one month ago we would play in the final, they would not have been believed. It shows what small nations can achieve."
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OLYMPICS_DOLY_HAN Headlines
- Men's handball team gives Iceland 2nd silver medal
- France beats Iceland for gold in men's handball
- Norwegian women beat Russia, take handball gold
- Norwegian women take handball gold
- France, Iceland advance to men's handball final
- Russia, Norway to play in women's handball final
- Croatia remains alive for men's handball repeat
- Russia beats France in women's handball
- World champion Germans ousted in men's handball
- Norway finishes 5-0 in women's handball pool play
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Men's handball: Top 8 plays from medal round
Top 8 plays from Croatia vs. Spain; and Iceland vs. France.
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Player of the day: Nikola Karabatic
Nikola Karabatic led France to the Olympic gold medal in the final against Iceland.
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Men's Medal Ceremony
The unbeaten Frenchmen clinched the Olympic throne for the first time. Iceland won its first silver medal.
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Men's Gold Medal Game - France vs. Iceland
Iceland's handball men aim to win the country's first ever Olympic gold medal against France.
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Men's Bronze Medal Game - Spain vs. Croatia
Spain aims to win its third Olympic bronze as it takes on 2004 champion Croatia.
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| G | S | B | Total | |
| AFG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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