After upset, Halkia must hurdle skeptics
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In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country&#39;s new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic
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ATHENS: Fani Halkia drove the crowd at the Olympic stadium into a frenzy on Wednesday when she strode imperiously to Greeceâs second athletics gold of the Games in the womenâs 400 metres hurdles final.
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His candidacy works to inspire, while she appeals to reason and cites credentials.
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For witnesses and questioners, it would be hard to put yesterday's steroids hearing in win column.
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In the same way that once-belittled Greece has shocked the world by putting on an efficient and successful Olympics, so did Fani Halkia emerge from the shadows Wednesday with a stunning triumph for the host nation.
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Greek athlete Fani Halkia finished in 52.82 to win the gold medal in the women&#39;s 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. She is the third Greek athlete to win Olympic gold in an athletics event, after Voula Patoulidou and Costas Kenteris.
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.
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Wednesday night in the Olympic Stadium, a 25-year-old Greek woman named Fani Halkia won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles as more than 60,000 fans, many of them flag-waving countrymen, went wild.
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ATHENS - Homeland favorite Fani Halkia of Greece, cheered on by her compatriots in Olympic Stadium, roared to victory in the women&#39;s 400 meter hurdles Wednesday night, taking the gold medal in a time of 52.
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Training with her dog high in the Sierras, then dodging herds of sheep on runs through the hills of Crete in the days before the Olympics, Deena Kastor kept believing she could earn a medal in the marathon.
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Greece&#39;s Fani Halkia captured the women&#39;s 400m hurdles gold medal before a boisterous home crowd at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 25.
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The disfiguring doping scandal involving Greece&#39;s two leading athletes, Konstadinos Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou, came to a messy conclusion here yesterday, as both jumped before they could be pushed, forfeiting their places in ...
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To the roar of an adoring home crowd, Fani Halkia completed her unexpected romp through the Olympics on Wednesday with a victory in the women&#39;s 400-meter hurdles.
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Paris Saint Germain president Francis Graille is among the board members to publicly give a vote of confidence to coach Vahid Halilhodzic - while, at the same time, subtly demanding some victories.
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He&#39;s confident despite having to accept less money than Oscar de La Hoya and bowing to a weight limit. By Jim Jenkins -- Bee Staff Writer.
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Much like Muhammad Ali before him, heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko isn&#39;t afraid to take a political stance. By Joe Cavaretta, AP.
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Know where the bar is set, and know who can beat it.