Olympics: Greeks Dive for Joy, More Gold for Thorpe
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Greece was plunged in national  self-satisfaction on Tuesday after its synchronized divers won  the host nation's first gold medal of the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS  The United Arab Emirates and India scored Olympic firsts on day four of the Athens Games on Tuesday and there was good news also for host Greece, which landed its second gold of the competition.
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ATHENS There were flops by opponents, a clown, and a short preparation time before a joyous surprise for Greece&#39;s divers.
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Australian Ian Thorpe beat arch-rival  Michael Phelps in a nail-biting Olympic men's 200-meter  freestyle final on Monday between the four fastest swimmers in  history.
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Greece hailed a new sporting diva on Wednesday when Fani Halkia surged from relative obscurity a few days ago to be crowned the women&#39;s 400 meters hurdles Olympic champion.
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Michael Phelps took his haul of gold medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay.
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Six-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps says Ian Thorpe was "an inspiration and a terrific champion".
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Three cheers for the Greeks. Their show opening the Olympic Games was the most spectacular presentation I have ever seen, on stage, in the air, on ice or anywhere. What a way to begin sports&#39; grandest parade! ...
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To the roar of an adoring home crowd, Fani Halkia completed her unexpected romp through the Olympics on Wednesday with a victory in the women&#39;s 400-meter hurdles.
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Britain's men's 4x100m relay team win a stunning gold medal in Athens.
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ATHENS: While India continued to wallow in the misery of a lone silver medal, it was euphoria for China as it celebrated its best performance at Olympics after sprinting home in Athens in the final few days of competition with an unexpected surge of gold
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TONY EASTLEY: Ian Thorpe now has the full set of Olympic medals, winning bronze after coming surprisingly close in trying to win the Games treble  that is the 100, 200 and 400 metres freestyle events. In winning bronze in the 100 metres final, Thorpe ...
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A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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Greece found a new athletics god to replace the disgraced Kostas Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou in their hearts when Fani Halkia won gold in the 400 metres hurdles in the Olympic Stadium last night.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - With one gold medal already, he could have packed it in. But it wouldn&#39;t have been right, not after what his teammate accomplished Saturday night.
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Michael Phelps took his haul of gold  medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning  the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat  Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay.