Freestyle Final Boosts Drama by Power of 3
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Ian Thorpe caught and passed Pieter van den Hoogenband in the final half-lap of the 200-meter freestyle to win the gold. Michael Phelps captured the bronze.
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ATHENS - There was room for one error - maybe two - in the Olympic women&#39;s gymnastics final, but not three.
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SAVONLINNA, Finland  - Juggling rather than  throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the  freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.
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For the last two weeks, the world&#39;s focus was on Athens and sport and everyone was invited to a Big Fat Greek Closing Ceremony.
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It knocked one out of the park for its third quarter.
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Triple jumper Phillips Idowu qualifies with ease for Sunday's final.
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The BMX park finals run an experimental and entertaining format Sunday as the closing event of the Dew Tour's Panasonic Open.
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All the action from the finale to the Athens Olympics.
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For five minutes, Sara McMann wrestled well enough to get a gold medal. For one final minute, she didn&#39;t. That left a tearful McMann with the silver, and at least four years for the only American finalist
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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ATHENS -- The Ano Liossia Olympic Hall looked more like Madison Square Garden yesterday when Olympic freestyle wrestling took on more of a WWE flavour.
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Athens - Alexandre Despatie of Laval, Que., is in third place heading into Tuesday afternoon&#39;s three-metre springboard diving final, advancing easily out of the morning semi-final, although teammate Philippe Comtois of Montreal failed to qualify.
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Mardy Fish is new to all this: Winning matches in the latter stages of a big tournament, closing in on a prestigious title.
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Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd yesterday in Athens, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the men's judo gold medal in the 81-kilogram class.
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They called it the &quot;Miracle on the mat.&quot; A super heavyweight became a media darling. America learned that wrestling wasn&#39;t always about turnbuckles and elbow drops.
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NEW YORK -- It was anything but a knockout punch, but there is much to say about a good, solid decision, especially when a team displays its unit versatility.
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With her third-place finish Thursday night in women&#39;s 3-meter springboard diving, Yulia Pakhalina now has a matched set of Olympic medals - one gold, one silver, one bronze â-o show for trips to Sydney and Athens.