Plushenko Wins European Skating Title
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Evgeni Plushenko of Russia captured the men's title for the fourth time Thursday at the European Figure Skating Championships with a solid but unspectacular program, rallying from a poor short program to defeat defending champion Brian Joubert of France.
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Russia&#39;s Evgeni Plushenko performs during the men&#39;s free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing Saturday Dec. 18, 2004.
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Marcos Baghdatis won his second career title Sunday by beating defending champion Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 at the Zagreb Open.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an unexpected victory in the women&#39;s 100 meter final at the Athens Olympics Saturday. The high-striding Belarussian, the first woman
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Even with a performance that lacked his usual ease and electricity, Evgeni Plushenko took the gold.
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World champion Evgeni Plushenko and former world champion Irina Slutskaya won Grand Prix Final titles Saturday, and a Chinese pair won before home fans.
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Russia's Olga Slyusareva adds an Olympic gold medal to her collection of world championships, easily winning the points race Wednesday.
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ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 31. - Russiaâs Mikhail Youzhny overwhelmed Karol Beck of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 here today in the final of the one-milliondollar ATP tournament to record his first title win of the season.
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In a fitting end to a season dominated by Russian women, the country won its first Fed Cup title Sunday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match.
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World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski came from behind to win the ice dance gold after performing a clean free programme in the Grand Prix final on Saturday.
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Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands successfully defended her Olympic title Wednesday by winning the individual dressage competition.
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Defending champion Brian Joubert of France took advantage of a botched jump by world champion Evgeni Plushenko to lead the men's event at the European championships on Wednesday.
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Russia won its first Fed Cup title yesterday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match.
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Brian Joubert of France won the men&#39;s figure skating title Friday at Skate America, finishing with an overall score of 193.46 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Top seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia claimed her seventh WTA title on Sunday, beating Hungary's Agnes Szavay in three sets at the Paris Indoor Open.
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Irinia Slutskaya and Evgeni Plushenko have both battled setbacks and both rise to claim their respective singles skating crowns on Saturday.
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American Jennifer Rodriguez wins the women's World Sprint Speedskating Championship Sunday, becoming the first U.S. skater in nine years to win the event.