Brit Sets Around-The-World Sailing Mark
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Ellen MacArthur has endured stormy seas, 65 mph winds, a broken sail, burns, bruises and exhaustion - even a close encounter with a whale. The payoff: a solo around-the-world sailing record.
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British rowing hero Matthew Pinsent is in no hurry make a decision over whether he will compete at the next Olympics in Beijing. Pinsent guided Britain to first place in the coxless fours at the Athens games
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A Scottish man has become the fastest to cycle around the world, completing the trip in 195 days and six hours
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A 102-year-old man is setting sail Saturday to start a new life in New Zealand, becoming Britain's oldest emigrant in the process, BBC television reported.
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British adventurer and swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh on Sunday became the first person to swim in the icy waters of the North Pole, to raise awareness of how global warming is effecting the polar ice cap.
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A Cornish teacher claims one of sport's endurance crowns by winning a 3,100-mile race across the US.
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Matthew Pinsent created a piece of Olympic history this morning when he led the Great Britain coxless four to gold after the tightest of photo finishes on at the Schinias rowing centre.
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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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A fully loaded cup yacht hurtling through the ocean in a decent breeze is exhilarating, if not a little frightening. I&#39;m on Emirates Team New Zealand as 18th man for the last match of the day, against Italian challengers +39.
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After three races without a win, the world champion cruised to his 13th victory of the season and a record of 146 championship points for the season yesterday.
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Ellen MacArthur, 28, cruised in triumph into Falmouth harbor today to claim a new record for sailing nonstop and solo around the world.
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On a day of shifting winds and swelling waves, the challenger from New Zealand took the lead in the America's Cup yesterday in a classic race in which it beat defending champion Alinghi and nearly lost a crew member overboard.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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America's Aaron Peirsol breaks his own  200m backstroke world record at the Short Course World Championships.
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Â· Ex-jockey completes route last tried by Shackleton  Â· 680-mile South Pole expedition took 48 days
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New Zealander Sarah Ulmer broke the world record in winning the women&#39;s 3000-meter individual pursuit gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday.
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A Tyneside boatbuilder scores a triple Olympic medal win - without leaving his workshop.