US men sweep 200 with class
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As soon as the men&#39;s 200-meter race was introduced over the loudspeaker at Olympic Stadium, the crowd of 75,000 let loose an avalanche of jeers and boos.
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World records are rare, but even rarer in the Olympic world is having a country sweep the medals in one event. On Monday, Jeremy Wariner, Otis Harris and Derrick Brew did just that for the US in the 400-meter dash.
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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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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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The United States stormed to their first  Olympic men's eights title in 40 years on Sunday.
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The United States broke the world record  to win the men's 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens  Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet  gymnast Alexander Dityatin's 1980 record for the most medals at  one Games.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Whether it counted as victory or just consolation, the US men&#39;s basketball team took the Olympic bronze medal with a 104-96 victory Saturday against Lithuania.
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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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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Jeremy Wariner kept alive US tradition in the 400 meters, winning gold Monday night and leading an American sweep of the medals. Wariner, 20, became the sixth straight American to win the Olympic title by finishing in 44.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Wednesday night it was Paul Hamm&#39;s turn to shine for the United States, as he won the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around competition. Will Thursday produce a sweep for the US at the Olympics? ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Jeremy Wariner picked up where Michael Johnson left off as he became the sixth straight American to win an Olympic 400-meter title and led a U.S. sweep of the medals...
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The American men&#39;s basketball team bounced back from a defeat by Puerto Rico to beat Greece 77-71 Tuesday while Lithuania, China and Australia were among the other winners.
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OSAKA, Japan  - The finale of the world athletics championships belonged to the glittering United States track team on a Sunday night spiced up by charismatic European performances in the field.
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Once again the elitist left-wing media is attempting to make Americans feel guilty for achieving excellence. Paul Hamm followed the rules, performed a brilliant high-bar routine and won the gold medal fair and square.
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With Jeremy Wariner leading the way, the United States pulled off the first medal sweep of the Olympics Monday night in the 400-meter run.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States pursued China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games.