Sebrle soars as Americans struggle in first day of decathlon
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Reigning world champion Tom Pappas suffered from a crisis in confidence Monday as he faded from the medal picture in a tough first day of the Olympic decathlon.
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Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay &#151; a race the American men usually dominate.
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Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic won the men&#39;s decathlon world title here on Saturday, amassing 8,676 points.
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Americans claim three medals, including the United States' first ever in the women's 10,000 meters, at the track and field world championships Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Gail Devers failed once again in the Olympic 100-meter hurdles, falling to injury just steps into her first heat. Devers, 37, who has three world championships in the event, pulled up short and screamed as she slid under the first hurdle Sunday...
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Tom Pappas, the strapping American golden boy with Greek roots, seemed born to challenge the mighty Czech decathlete Roman Sebrle in the land of his great-grandfather.
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Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., won her first World Cup skiing event yesterday, taking the season&#39;s first downhill in 1 minute, 23.44 seconds.
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An inspired European team was dominant Friday, while a fragile United States team was demoralized while falling behind, 6Â½-1Â½.
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NEW YORK - Pounding ferocious forehands and covering the baseline with the muscular legs of a Tour de France rider, Svetlana Kuznetsova overwhelmed Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 Saturday night in the U.S. Open's first all-Russian final...
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race Friday, taking the season&#39;s first downhill in 1 minute, 23.44 seconds.
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ATHENS -- Gail Devers stared straight ahead, her eyes focused on the first hurdle. &quot;I was trying to block it out,&quot; she said later.
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Olympic bronze medallist Maurice Greene  anchored the United States team to an easy victory in the  first-round heats of the 4x100 meters relay Friday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay - a race the American men usually dominate.    U.S...
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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It would&#39;ve been understandable if American Matt Emmons had a bad first Olympic experience. The way things had been going, he seemed destined for that.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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Her credentials are impeccable &#151; No. 1 player in the world, winner of the Olympic gold medal. And yet, there were moments Tuesday at the U.S. Open when Justine Henin-Hardenne was in trouble, challenged by a teenager who had never played in a Grand Slam event before.