Peirsol Wins 100 Backstroke
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American Aaron Peirsol won the gold medal Monday in the men's 100-meter backstroke with a time of 0:54.06.
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Ultra-competitive Bevan Docherty rated himself a golden chance in the Olympic men&#39;s triathlon last night - but he had a satisfied smile as he fingered the silver round his neck shortly after the finish.
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Dwain Chambers advances in the men's 100m in the European Championships in Gothenburg.
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Yulia Nesterenko of Belarus became the first non-American since the 1980 Olympics to win the women&#39;s 100 metres Olympic title on Saturday.
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Michael Phelps wins the gold Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time, his fifth gold medal of the Athens Games.
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The swimming judge who disqualified gold  medal winner Aaron Peirsol at the Athens Olympics is standing  by his claim that the American backstroker broke the rules.
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The swimming judge who disqualified gold medal winner Aaron Peirsol at the Athens Olympics is standing by his claim that the American backstroker broke the rules.
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The Winnipeg native won her third gold medal of the Games on Wednesday, finishing first in the women&#39;s 100-metre freestyle event for visually impaired athletes in a time of one minute 1.74 seconds.
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps won his second and third gold medals of the Athens Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Romania won the women&#39;s artistic gymnastics team gold.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field ever to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86 and defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze in 9.87.
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Sport: Craig Pickering registers an emphatic 100m victory at the European Cup in Athens.
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On a night when Michael Phelps settled for bronze in his much-anticipated showdown with Ian Thorpe, Phelps' American teammates Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol won their first Olympic gold medals Monday. Coughlin, the top female on the U.S. team, won the 100-meter backstroke, while Peirsol touched first in the men's 100 back.
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Roland Schoeman of South Africa won the 50-meter freestyle Wednesday at a short-course swimming World Cup meet, one day after setting a world record in the 100 individual medley.
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Torri Edwards, who missed the 2004 Summer Games and 15 months of competition because of an unintentional doping violation, wins the 100 meters Friday.
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RIETI, Italy  - Asafa Powell cruised to victory in the 100 meters final of the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday after breaking his own world record in his heat.
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ATHENS: Michael Phelps won gold in the 100m butterfly on Friday to take his Olympic medal tally to five gold and two bronze. A medal of any colour now will him equal the record for most medals at a single
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American swimmer Aaron Peirsol set a world record of one minute and 50.52 seconds in the men&#39;s 200-meter backstroke final here Monday at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.