10 August 2012 Last updated at 09:34 ET

Team Ireland is celebrating its first gold medal at London 2012, thanks to boxer Katie Taylor, but the Irish also had an unlikely part to play in another, very special Olympic victory on Thursday.

Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, who took gold in the 800m final, also became the first athlete to set a new world record on the London track.

The 23-year-old is the product of a highly successful training regime set up by an order of Irish missionaries and headed by a 63-year-old Catholic religious brother from County Cork, Colm O'Connell.

Rudisha stormed to the finishing line in a time of 1:40.91 and the blistering pace he set helped to pull all but one of his fellow 800m finalists to a personal or national best.

For some, what he achieved was overshadowed by the colourful exploits of a victorious Usain Bolt, but not for Lord Coe.

Before the race, the London 2012 boss, who twice won silver in the same event, described him as "the most impressive track and field athlete at these games".

After the race, Lord Coe said it would go down as "as one of the greatest Olympic victories".

Rudisha is the latest in a long line of world and Olympic champions produced by a training regime first set up at a Kenyan boarding school.

St Patrick's High School, in Iten, was established in 1961 by Patrician missionaries from Ireland.

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Before theyre even old enough to walklet alone fill out a resumeexperts say the die is cast on a babys career success simply because of their name.

The pressure to name a child is heavy and the choices plentiful--if not endless--with names varying from Bob to Pilot Inspektor (the name of actor Jason Lees son). Even if youre convinced that your cute bundle of joy is destined to be an artist, she also might want to become a CEO, and an unusual name could be the only thing standing in her way.

To some extent the idea that a name will shape your destiny is a very old idea. In the modern day, its simply a fact that one doesnt expect to find a high-powered female executive named Bambi or Britney, says Catherine Connors, spokesperson for Babble, an online parenting magazine.

Connors says that while a person is always free to change their name when they come of age, it's best if parents put some real thought into a name that straddles the fine line between boring and extreme.

You are branding your child. To say that giving your baby a strange name would be a curse is a strong word, but youre definitely going to be hanging an albatross around their neck. At a certain point, if they want to move into a professional field, an oddball name is going to have to be something they address, says Connors. Theyre going to have to make the tough decision of whether to change it completely, adapt the name, or go by their initials only.

Likewise, choosing a name that doesnt pack enough punchlike John Smithparents run the risk of the child getting passed over because the name is too common, says Sharn Lynn Wyeth, author of Know the Name, Know the Person.

If the name is too common, hiring managers are going to think, This person has nothing new to bring to the table, so why hire them? says Wyeth. Unless youre looking for someone for a redundant task who will be seen and not heard, youre going to look at that name and say, This person is just more of the same.

Unfortunately, prejudice against names isnt limited to the initial point of hire, says Connors. Its also possible that a name can mean your child gets passed over for promotions.

If your name is extremely odd or extremely flashy, its almost like wearing a low cut dress or glittery pumps to a business meeting, says Connors. People dont take you as seriously, and they may bypass someone named Angel for a promotion over someone named Elizabeth.

Of course, the impact of a name all depends on the field.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Winning still means everything to Penn State linebacker Mike Mauti, but success this season won't be defined by titles or a bowl.

It's a view he holds in part by necessity after the NCAA imposed strict sanctions on the program for the child sex abuse scandal involving retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

After a stormy offseason unlike any other team has seen, the Nittany Lions have goals in mind other than championship banners and trophies.

''I'm not really a believer in moral victories,'' Mauti, a standout linebacker and senior leader, said Thursday. ''At the same time, when all is said and done, I don't think we're going to get judged on wins and losses.''

It's not the normal chatter heard at Penn State media day, when the talk is typically about jockeying with Ohio State and Wisconsin atop the Big Ten or pie-in-the-sky hopes for a trip to the BCS.

But this has been anything but a normal year in Happy Valley.

Among the NCAA penalties are a four-year postseason ban and significant scholarship cuts.

The Nittany Lions undoubtedly still want to win every game. But they're using other motivating factors like playing for each other and the fans who have rallied behind the squad, as well as bringing more awareness to the problem of child abuse.

But the sanctions remain a sensitive topic in Happy Valley. Several school trustees have told the NCAA that they intend to appeal the penalties, as have several former players.

''I respect everybody's individual decision to do what they have to do, what they think is right. That is their individual opinion or their group's opinion, and I respect that. I would never step into the middle of that,'' coach Bill O'Brien said when asked about the appeal notices.

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SETIA Badminton Academy (SBA) organised its first international basketball competition from Aug 3 to 5 in conjunction with its 10th anniversary celebration.

The SP Setia International Invitation Basketball Tournament 2012 saw top basketball teams from schools in China, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia compete.

The competition, held at the SBA in Shah Alam, saw 144 players from 11 under-17 school teams take part.

SBA's chief executive officer and tournament organising committee chairman Datuk Liew Siong Sing said SBA was originally set up in 2002 to develop new generations of world-class badminton players.

However, it realised that there were talented Malaysian youth who excelled in other sporting arenas as well.

"The academy has been actively promoting sporting excellence by organising not only badminton, but basketball tournaments and other activities," Liew said.

The San Beda College from the Philippines was the champion while SMK Yok Bin of Malaysia was the first runner-up.

The second runner-up was the Macau Basketball Association while the Academy's basketball team was the third runner-up.

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Who wins every time the environmentalists delay the TransCanada (NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL Pipeline?

China.

Canada has so much oil they want to sell it off. The United States is very dependent on oil. And yet, somehow the U.S. just can't seem to get its act together enough to buy it from its closest neighbors (or drill its own oil).

On the other hand, China is willing to go all the way across the Pacific Ocean to get the oil that the U.S. could have had first. This makes little to no sense on any financial or national security level.

What is China going to do with all of that Canadian oil? Sell it. And Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), the Senates number three Democrat, thinks that the Chinese should be forced to provide fair access for U.S. companies to its domestic markets.

Because that makes perfectly good sense- don't buy it yourself, and then let one of your biggest competitors on all world markets and threats to national security buy it and sell it back to you! Senator Schumer, please check your Harvard degrees, and retake simple business math.

The state-run Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) (NYSE: CEO) has offered $15.1 billion for Canadian firm Nexen (NYSE: NXY)and its highly coveted stakes in the Alberta tar sands. The deal would give China access to North American energy expertise and resources. And it gives Canada much-needed capital to better develop the tar sands.

But Nexen has American holdings, which means the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) is allowed to meddle in the deal. Senator Schumer is expected to interfere with the deal unless the U.S. gets some access to the Chinese holdings.

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Clarke wasnt expected to make the eight-man final but secured an impressive time of 13.39 seconds as USAs Aries Merritt stormed to victory in his personal best time of 12.92 secs.

And the 22-year-old Brit insists he was happy just to have qualified for the semi-finals, as he rounded off a dream Olympic campaign just outside the medal positions.

I cant believe I came fourth in the Olympic Games, I didnt even expect to make the final, said London-born Clarke, who qualified for the final in one of the fastest losers spots with 13.31 secs.

I went into the semi-final treating it as the final, I ran a personal best there and it was a dream come true.

The last four years have been an amazing journey. If you said at the start of the year that I would come fourth in the Olympics I would definitely have taken that.

To win a medal in the Olympic Games is very, very hard and I didnt come here with that expectation.

Ive beaten the European silver medallist and I was the only European in that final. I just cant believe it.

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