Slutskaya leads after short program
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Olympic silver medalist and 2002 world champion Irina Slutskaya presented an almost flawless program to take the lead after the short program at the Cup of Russia on Friday.
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The best antidote for Cristie Kerr's head cold was a hot new putter. The nine-time LPGA Tour winner shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the first round of the Wegmans LPGA, giving her a one-stroke lead over Canada's Alena Sharp at the tricky, tree-lined Locust Hill course.
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Carolina Kostner holds off a strong challenge from two Finnish teens to lead the women's competition after the short program at the European Figure Skating Championships.
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ASPEN, Colorado  - Austria's Marlies Schild led after the first leg of a women's World Cup Alpine skiing slalom on Sunday.
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Ian Crocker of the United States  set a short course world record of 22.71 seconds in the 50  meters butterfly at the world championships on Sunday.
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Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under-par 65 yesterday to share the lead after the first round of the Scottish Open.
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American Bryan Clay took the lead through the first three events of the Olympic decathlon Monday. Allyson Felix of the United States also posted the fastest time in the opening round of the 200-meter dash, a 22.
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The temporary pool set up for the World Short Course Championships is, well, short. Swimmers dive in and a few breaths later, they reach the wall at the other end.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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After a course record on Thursday, the six-time tour winner manages just two birdies. Jonathan Byrd&#39;s second-straight round of 66 is good for a share of the lead.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an unexpected victory in the women&#39;s 100 meter final at the Athens Olympics Saturday. The high-striding Belarussian, the first woman
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At St. Paul Today - Championship compulsory dance; junior men short program; championship pairs short program.
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Yanukovich had a lead of about six percentage points over opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine&#39;s presidential run-off, according to the first results announced early Monday.
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As previously mentioned, Nick Halstead will be revealing the top three places in the results from the programming competition he was hosting. Today starts the top three list with third place - an entry from Karol Grecki:   I was really impressed with Karol's entry and if it was not for the fact that it did not 'run out of the box' it would have been a close cut thing to be the winner. The fact is that because it was a pain to get running the two other judges only gave it 1 point each.   The post includes Karol's solution - a method that involved using the Zend Framework as a backdrop. You can see the application in action on Karol's website or just download the code and play along at home.
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Venus Williams carved out a testy 6-4,  6-4 win over qualifier Alina Jidkova, while French and U.S.  Open runner-up Elena Dementieva led seven Russians into the  second round of the Kremlin Cup Tuesday.
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Grace Park had four straight birdies on the back nine in a 6-under 66 that put her in a tie for the lead with Kim Saiki and Silvia Cavalleri after Thursday's opening round of the LPGA Asahi Ryokuken International Championship.
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Mikhail Ignatyev of Russia produced an awesome display to win the gold medal in the men&#39;s points race on Tuesday. Ignatyev coasted to victory on 93 points after making the vital breakthrough with two of the 16 sprints remaining in the 40km race.