8 year old Nigerian boy bags 2nd in UK Child Genius competition

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 8 year old Tudor Mendel-Idowu and his sister 11 year old Hazelle Mendel-Idowu (pictured bellow) were the only Nigerians to take part in the Child Genius of the Year 2014 in the UK.  The competitors consist 20 highly gifted youngsters between 7-12 who face two grueling rounds: Logic and Reasoning and Memory Recall - where they've only one hour to commit 104 randomly shuffled playing cards to memory. 

Hazel Mendel-Idowu was out from the competition in the 2nd round but Tudor Mendel-Idowu scaled to the ultimate stage on Sunday August 10th and made to the 2nd position. 11 year old Sharon from Bolton won the competition. Tudor Mendel-Idowu is the son of Pastor and Mrs Tolu Mendel-Idowu from Nigeria. Congrats to him...

Photos; Doctors Ok 8 Months Pregnant Olympian to Run 800m Race

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 8 year old Olympian and five-time U.S. national champion Alysia Montano ran an 800m race at the Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California, yesterday and people are now questioning if it's safe. 
Alysia received a standing ovation after completing the race in 2 minutes, 32.13 seconds, 35 seconds slower than her personal best of 1:57.34, which she smashed back in 2010 in a race in Monaco.
"I've been running throughout my pregnancy and I felt really, really good during the whole process.' Alysia said after the race...

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