Women strike gold for US in fencing
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ATHENS As Mariel Zagunis yelled in triumph, her teammates charged, intent on hurling her into the air. What made their eagerness to celebrate a historic victory in this way all the more impressive was that Zagunis was still wildly waving a sword.
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ATHENS When Carly Patterson of the United States stepped onto the mat for the floor exercises that would close the women&#39;s all-round gymnastics competition on Thursday, the name of Svetlana Khorkina glowed golden at the top of the scoreboard above the ...
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The Americans are going for the gold &#151; in gold. The U.S. women's team unveiled its jerseys for the upcoming World Cup, and the look certainly is distinctive. The primary jersey is gold, with red, white and blue trimming.
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Russia beat the two-time defending champion United States 75-68 in the semifinals of the women's world championships on Thursday night, snapping the Americans' 26-game winning streak in this event.
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The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch.
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THENS, Aug. 17  As the American fencer Mariel Zagunis yelled in triumph, her teammates rushed her and hurled her into the air. What made their celebratory gesture especially notable was that Zagunis was still holding, and waving, her ...
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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking  open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia  74-63.
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory...
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All four of them were hoping it would come to this. America's two beach volleyball duos won Olympic quarterfinal matches yesterday in Athens to set up a showdown for a berth in the women's gold medal match.
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ATHENS, Greece - Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze...
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ATHENS, Greece - The woman who scored the gold-medal winner playfully jumped in the back row to get noticed as NBC television cameras gathered in front of the US women&#39;s soccer team after beating Brazil.
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Penny Taylor scored 28 points and Lauren Jackson added 16 to lead Australia past Russia, 91-74, yesterday in Sao Paulo for its first gold medal at the women's world championships. Kristi Harrower had 15 points and Taylor, the tournament MVP, added nine rebounds. Diana Taurasi had 28 points and Tina Thompson added 15 to lead the United States to ...
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The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
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The United States won the gold medal in  softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from  Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.
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A few US women&#39;s soccer players scooped up small pieces of sod at Karaiskaki Stadium after their emotional gold-medal victory last week.
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The United States had been confident of coming away from the first Olympic women&#39;s wrestling tournament with the maximum four medals.