Fridman sails on Israeli hopes en route to gold
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GLYFADA, Greece - The singing was so loud, Gal Fridman said, he could not hear the music. He made an attempt at his national anthem, but the volume of live voices drowned out the soundtrack.
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By the time Aaron Peirsol made his last turn and headed into the final 50 meters of the 200 backstroke, he had a body-length lead and was chasing his own world record en route to his second gold of the Games.
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HICHAM El Guerrouj wrote his name large in the annals of Olympic history last night when he bestrode athleticsâ middle and long-distance disciplines by completing a 1500m and 5,000m double gold.
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is Olympic gold medal safe in his parents&#39; Wisconsin farmhouse, lovingly tucked into a white gym sock, the gymnast Paul Hamm had one goal in mind when he boarded a plane for Europe last week: to remain the Olympic all-around champion.
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ARE, Sweden  - Anja Paerson will set out to become the first woman to win four gold medals at the same world championships when she lines up for the slalom on Friday.
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Britain's team pursuit quartet will race off for gold against Australia on Monday.
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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One way or another, Paul Hamm&#39;s gold-medal odyssey is about to end. Whether he gets to keep the medal and the title he won a month ago in the Olympic men&#39;s gymnastics all-around will be up to the sporting world&#39;s highest authority.
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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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Israeli windsurfer Gal Fridman makes sporting history by winning his country's first gold medal in the men's Mistral.
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ATHENS - Windsurfer Gal Fridman won his country&#39;s first gold medal since Israel began competing in the Olympics at Helsinki in 1952 when he captured the men&#39;s Mistral sailboard title at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre on Wednesday.
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The 27-year-old took out bronze in the men&#39;s 20km walk -- winning Australia&#39;s first Olympic medal for walking in almost 45 years.
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ATHENS, Greece  Take Mark Spitz off his back, and this Phelps kid is pretty fast. &quot;It is,&quot; Michael Phelps conceded, &quot;a little bit easier to get up on the (starting) block.&quot; ...
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ATHENS - Hicham El Guerrouj was about to run into disappointment yet again at the Olympics. Kenyan Bernard Lagat of Tucson caught the world record-holding Moroccan miler coming down the stretch of the 1,500-meter Tuesday.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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Fifth-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel moved through to the second round of the Australian Women's Hardcourt tennis championships on Sunday with a three-set win over American Julie Ditty.
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Windsurfer Gal Fridman said in Athens yesterday that his plans for the immediate future were to take a month-long break from the sport, after he won Israel&#39;s first ever Olympic gold medal Wednesday.