Olympic diary: Day 12
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Brazilian fans got a little bit too excited during the final of the women&#39;s beach volleyball competition. Seeing that their team of Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar was struggling
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Quick, what athlete defines the Olympics more than any other? Bruce Jenner? Maybe. Carl Lewis? Possibly. Jesse Owens? Could be. Mark Spitz? Nice choice.
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More than Â£100million profit is expected to be made from staging the 2012 Olympic Games in London, it has been claimed. The estimate forms part of the London 2012 bid book handed into the International Olympic Committee on Monday.
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The noise was deafening and potentially unsettling in the minutes before the start of the men&#39;s Olympic 200-meter final. The Olympic Stadium crowd chanted &quot;Hellas!
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Among the things that have occurred frequently at the 2004 Olympics: Weird happenings, and success by American athletes. In the final event of the Games last night, both were in evidence.
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Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men&#39;s artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...
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As the curtain falls on another Summer Olympics, I am again struck at the effect the event has on me. I found myself pulled in new directions when it comes to my sporting interests.
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Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it notified those five sports&#39; governing bodies
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TONY EASTLEY: It&#39;s been a long time between drinks for Olympic athletes competing at the ancient sports stadium at Olympia. In fact it&#39;s been 2,000 years since Olympic athletes set foot on the site.
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Competition at the 12th Paralympic Games for disabled athletes gets under way Saturday in Athens, Greece. Nearly 4,000 athletes from 136 countries are competing in 19 disciplines over 11 days.
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ATHENS - Canada won two more medals yesterday, bringing our tally to nine as the Olympic Games enter their final weekend. Canadian athletes are in the hunt for more medals today with the hope of at least tying
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What a night for US athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200.
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Archery. Now we're getting back to Olympic basics.
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Australian Loretta Harrop has fallen just short of winning Olympic gold in the women&#39;s triathlon on Day 12 in Athens. Harrop had a fantastic race, leading most of the way before Austrian Kate Allen came from
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Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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ATHENS It begins. On Monday afternoon on Sky Radio - Greek talk radio with an Anglo title - a caller made the following observation: &quot;All these countries are sending us congratulations for a great Olympics.