US finishes on right side of track
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ATHENS -- When the last on-track event of the XXVIII Olympiad ended last night with an American rout in the men's 4 x 400-meter relay, the symbolism seemed appropriate. There was 20-year-old Jeremy Wariner, already a gold medal winner here, handing off to anchor Darold Williamson, Wariner's 21-year-old teammate from Baylor University.
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Marion Jones took the baton and sped down the straightaway. By the time she handed it off to 100-meter silver medalist Lauryn Williams, the United States was well on its way to victory in the first round of the 400-meter relay.
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The United States national soccer team revealed both its immediate and long-term future in a 6-0 victory over Panama last night.
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The US has taken a decisive turn to the (extreme?) right on foreign policy and social issues. What about the economy? A Republican President presides over a spiralling fiscal deficit.
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ATHENS, Greece -- There were 17 seconds left, and it was finally time for the change. The US women&#39;s basketball team had clinched the Olympic gold medal Saturday for the third time in a row.
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Larry Brown believes his team is finally starting to get it. In a game the Americans were waltzing through and losing for the better part of three quarters, something clicked when the fourth quarter began. A 10-point run to start the fourth quarter helped the United States pull away for an 89-79 victory over Australia on Thursday.
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The United States stormed to their first  Olympic men's eights title in 40 years on Sunday.
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Jeremy Wariner led the United States to a clean sweep of all three medals in the men&#39;s 400 meters final at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 23.
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&quot;We are the World&#39;&#39; was the theme of the track and field competition on the last full day of activity at the 2004 Olympic Games as 14 countries other than the United States won medals at Olympic Stadium.
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In the last event of the 2004 Olympic Games, the United States track team produced one last surprise. Meb Keflezighi, a native of Eritrea who moved to the United States as
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The United States swept the Olympic medals in the men&#39;s 400 meters Monday and Briton Kelly Holmes ended years of frustration to beat friend and foe Maria Mutola in the women&#39;s 800 meters.
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In the final moments of DC United&#39;s 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Wizards in yesterday&#39;s MLS Cup, coach Peter Nowak paced the sideline
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From soaring heights to missed opportunities, the feel-good ride of the United States track and field team hit a couple of potholes last night even
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Steve Nyman of the United States won a downhill Saturday for his first World Cup victory. Nyman covered the 2.1-mile Saslong course in 1 minute, 56.52 seconds. Didier Cuche of Switzerland was second, 0.02 seconds behind, and Fritz Strobl of Austria was third.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- The U.S. gymnasts stumbled to the finish of their qualifying round Sunday and wound up second to Romania, trailing by more than a half-point. It's a good thing scores start over in Tuesday night's final, which looks to be a showdown between the Americans, the reigning world champions, and the Romanians, who won gold four years ago at the Sydney Games.
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ATHENS  By the measure of the medal table, the approaching conclusion of the Olympics&#39; first week seems to promise some sense of normalcy, with America again shadowing the top of the ...
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The United States retained the Olympic  women's 4x400 meters relay title Saturday with a commanding win  over its traditional rival Russia.