Israelis celebrate first gold medal
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Israel&#39;s first gold medalist ever, Gal Fridman, Wednesday met an outburst of joy seconds after he won the men&#39;s Mistral sailing race at the Olympics.
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Paul Hamm became the first American man to claim the Olympic gymnastics men&#39;s all-round gold medal Wednesday.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 in the men&#39;s soccer final to win the nation&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in 52 years. It may get a second today in basketball.
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Athens: With a strong kick down the stretch and a kiss of the ground once across the finish line, Hicham El Guerrouj finally got what he was after: an Olympic gold medal.
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Israeli Arik Zeevi wins the bronze medal in the 100kg judo competition, Israel's first of the Athens Games.
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Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd Tuesday, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the 81-kilogram class.
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After 20 years of waiting, a United States men's gymnastics team had won an Olympic medal, its first since 1984. Japan won the gold and Romania took the bronze.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia won its first ever Olympic gold medal in men&#39;s field hockey with a 2-1 golden goal victory over the Netherlands on Friday night.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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ATHENS Gal Fridman became the first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal on Wednesday after edging Greece&#39;s Nikolaos Kaklamanakis for the men&#39;s windsurfing title.
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A delegation of Olympic gold medalists from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to a lofty welcome. On a three-day visit, the 68-strong delegation includes 50 gold medal winners at the Athens Olympic Games.
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Argentina beat nine-man Paraguay 1-0 in the final of the men&#39;s soccer tournament on Saturday to win their first Olympic gold medal in 52 years.
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WARSAW, Poland, December 20. OTYLIA Jedrzejczak, who became Poland s first-ever Olympic gold medalist in swimming when she won the 200 meters butterfly in Athens last August, auctioned her Olympic gold medal ...
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The wave of joy that swept through Israel as windsurfer Gal Fridman won the Jewish state&#39;s first ever Olympic gold medal crashes onto the pages of the press.
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Israelis celebrated the first day of the festival of Hanukkah on Wednesday, praying at the gravesides of the Jewish heroes the holiday honors, lighting candles and eating traditional deep fried foods.
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Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the US women&#39;s basketball team atoned for their men&#39;s failure by storming to victory.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, President Moshe Katsav, right, and Education Minister Limor Livnat, attend a reception for Israeli athletes from the Athens paralympic games, in Jerusalem Sunday Oct. 10, 2004.