Henry Sets 100m Freestyle World Record
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry set a world record of 53.52 seconds for the women&#39;s 100 meter freestyle at the Athens Olympics Wednesday.
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Ian Crocker of the United States  set a short course world record of 22.71 seconds in the 50  meters butterfly at the world championships on Sunday.
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Germany's Britta Steffen set a world record in the women's 100-meter freestyle at the European Swimming Championships on Wednesday, finishing in 53.30 seconds.
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Ian Thorpe of Australia won the gold medal Monday in the 200-meter freestyle in an Olympic-record time of 1:44.71.
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The guy in a red shirt and a swoosh turned in a record-setting performance to win the World Match Play Championship on Sunday, just as everyone expected. Paul Casey said his choice of apparel was merely a coincidence.
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Torri Edwards, who missed the 2004 Summer Games and 15 months of competition because of an unintentional doping violation, wins the 100 meters Friday.
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It was only a hundredth of a second but Justin Gatlin said it felt like a hundred miles as he won the closest and possibly greatest 100 metres final in Olympic history on Sunday.
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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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Mavlet Batirov of Russia wins the gold medal Saturday in men's 121-pound (55 kg) freestyle wrestling, beating Stephen Abas of the United States, 9-1.
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Michael Phelps wins the gold Friday in the 100-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time, his fifth gold medal of the Athens Games.
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Liu Xiang of China won the Olympic men&#39;s 110 meters hurdles gold medal, equaling the world record time of 12.91 seconds and becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title.
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Laure Manaudou of France bettered her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle Sunday for her fourth gold medal at the European Swimming Championships.
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Arsenal striker Thierry Henry (centre) scores the first goal during the Premiership match against Chelsea at Highbury, in London, on Sunday.
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American Aaron Peirsol won the gold medal Monday in the men's 100-meter backstroke with a time of 0:54.06.
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American swimmer Aaron Peirsol set a world record of one minute and 50.52 seconds in the men&#39;s 200-meter backstroke final here Monday at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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ATHENS -- The evening began on a down note for the US swimming team, and descended from there. First, world champion Jenny Thompson struggled home fifth in the 100-meter butterfly. Then world record-holder Brendan Hansen was caught by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima in the 100 breaststroke. Finally, the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay finished third behind South Africa and the ...
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Ian Thorpe (Australia) won the men's  200m freestyle gold medal at the Olympics on Monday.