American Phillips wins men&#39;s long jump gold
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Dwight Phillips of the United States proved he is the best long jumper in the world this year, winning the men&#39;s final tonight with a massive first leap of 8.59 meters at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.
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Gymnast Paul Hamm became the first-ever American to win the men&#39;s all-around title in one of the closest-ever Olympic competitions.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American Shawn Johnson won the floor exercise on Sunday to collect her third gold medal of the world gymnastics championships.
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British team won the gold medal for the men&#39;s 4x100m relay final with a time of 38.07 seconds at the Athens Olympics in Greece, Aug. 28, 2004.
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Athens, Greece -- In pictures beamed around the world Thursday, Dwight Phillips is soaring through the air, spraying sand while landing in the long jump pit or grinning with an Olympic gold medal around his neck.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool.    Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...
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Germany&#39;s Ralf Schumann Saturday claimed his third Olympic gold when he won the men&#39;s 25 metres rapid pistol event scoring 694.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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Dwight Phillips led a 1-2 US finish in the men&#39;s long jump Thursday, jumping 28 feet, 2\\ inches on his first try to win the gold medal.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Michael Phelps won his fourth gold medal at the Olympic Games in the men&#39;s 200m individual medley here on Thursday.
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Michael Phelps collected his fifth gold medal of the Games with victory in the men&#39;s 100 metres butterfly today.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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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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Paul Hamm etched his name into the  record books as he became the first American man to win the  Olympic gymnastics all-round crown Wednesday.
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* With star swimmer Michael Phelps watching from the stands after giving his spot to teammate Ian Crocker, the United States won gold in the men&#39;s 400-meter medley relay in a world-record time of 3:30.
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Ryu Seung Min of South Korea beats Wang Hao to take gold in the table tennis men's singles.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Bernard Lagat became the first American man to win a global 1,500 meters title for 99 years when he swept to victory down the home straight at the world championships on Wednesday.