China Grabs 1st Men&#39;s Olympic Gold in Track and Field
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China grabbed its first-ever men&#39;s Olympic gold in track and field on Friday, but it was a night of misery for Americans, who saw any chance of a fourth consecutive gold in basketball crushed.
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ATHENS, 22 August - Shooters from China and Italy have won the last gold medals in shooting events at the 2004 Olympic Games. The Men&#39;s 50m Rifle 3 Positions final finished in high drama as China&#39;s JIA Zhanbo
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China turned out a great surprise in the 12-day-long 12th Paralympic Games which closed here on Tuesday, topping the gold medal tally with 63.
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A victory in taekwondo late Sunday marked China&#39;s 32nd gold medal and highlighted the Chinese storm that has swept over Athens.
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China grabbed its first-ever men's Olympic gold in track and field on Friday, but it was a night of misery for Americans, who saw any chance of a fourth consecutive gold in basketball crushed.
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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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Table tennis players Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak won here Saturday the first Olympic medal for Chinese Hong Kong since the former British-occupied territory returned to China on July 1, 1997.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - China outclassed their rivals easily to retain their men's team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.
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American Justin Gatlin won the Olympic 100 metres Sunday night, and China, in a race almost as close, picked up four gold medals to edge ahead of the United States after nine days of competition at the Athens Olympics.
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Australia won their first men&#39;s Olympic team pursuit title in 20 years yesterday to take their medals haul from track cycling at the Athens Games to four from four days of competition.
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Justin Gatlin of the United States became the fastest man in the world after winning the men&#39;s 100 meters dash at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday.
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Britain took advantage of a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race to beat the United States and win the gold medal Saturday in the men&#39;s Olympic 4x100 meter relay -- a race the American men usually dominate.
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China led the Olympic medal race going into the fourth day of competition on Tuesday with 10 golds.
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ATHENS The remarkable Chinese surge up the Olympic medal table spread to the track Friday as Liu Xiang won the men&#39;s 110 meter hurdles and Xing Huina won the women&#39;s 10,000 meters.
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ATHENS : Felix Sanchez gave the Dominican Republic their first ever athletics Olympic gold medal with a devastating display in the 400 metres hurdles.
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The 27-year-old ran a personal best of 9.85 seconds - one hundredth of a second outside the Olympic record - to strike gold as five men ran under 10 seconds.
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ATHENS   India's Rajyavardhan Rathore won the country's first medal at the Athens Games by winning silver in the men's double trap shooting event on Tuesday.