De Bruijn defends swim title
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Netherlands' Inge de Bruijn successfully defends her 50m freestyle crown.
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Her tumble-turn mightn't be as fast as  it once was but when it comes to turning heads, Inge de Bruijn  is still queen of the pool.
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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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Triple Sydney Olympic champion Inge de  Bruijn, who lost her 100 meters butterfly title on Sunday,  posted the fastest heat time as she opened the defense of her  100 freestyle crown on Wednesday.
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American Rebecca Giddens won the silver medal in the single kayak, finishing well behind Elena Kaliska of Slovakia. Helen Reeves of Britain took the bronze.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic 200-meter freestyle with a conservative swim Sunday, although rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster.    Americans Tara Kirk and Amanda Beard earned spots in the 100 breaststroke semifinals, setting up a showdown with Australians Brooke Hanson and Leisel Jones...
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INDIANAPOLIS: Michael Phelps made a winning return to the pool at the world short course championships today, capturing the 200m freestyle title and the first of a possible six gold medals.
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Katerina Thanou wins her 60m heat on her return to international athletics at the European Indoor Championships.
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ATHENS : Inge de Bruijn and Jenny Thompson take a last Olympic plunge as the swimming competition concludes without an appearance by the twin kings of the Athens pool, Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.
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Inge de Bruijn, two of her three Olympic  titles already lost, showed her determination to cling on to  the last when she posted the fastest time in the 50 meters  freestyle heats in Athens on Friday.
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Amanda Beard, twice an Olympic silver  medallist back in 1996, finally won individual Olympic gold  when she snatched victory from Australia's Leisel Jones in the  200 meter breaststroke Thursday.
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Roland Schoeman of South Africa won the 50-meter freestyle Wednesday at a short-course swimming World Cup meet, one day after setting a world record in the 100 individual medley.
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Mark Foster had nothing to prove coming into the European short-course championships here but he proved it anyway. On the opening day of these four-day championships Foster took the 50 metres freestyle title.
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OSAKA, Japan  - American Allyson Felix defended her 200 meters title in style on Friday, surging down the home straight to win gold in the best time of the year.
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Britain's Tim Brabants misses out on a medal in the men's K1 kayak final.
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France's Frederick Bousquet caused a surprise by winning the men's 100m freestyle in 47.52sec at the European short course swimming championships.
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ANTWERP, Belgium  - World number one Justine Henin recovered from an early scare to beat qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 2-6 6-3 6-3 on Saturday and reach the final of the Antwerp Diamond Games.