Nelson grabs silver in historic Olympia after foul on final throw
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Adam Nelson couldn&#39;t help himself. While parading with his silver medal around the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 28 centuries ago, he paused to look at the mark in the dirt he thought was his gold-medal spot.
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SILVER FOR SA: Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, centre, the gold medallist, with South Africa&#39;s Roland Schoeman, silver, left, and Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe, who took the bronze, during the medal ceremony for the 100-metre freestyle at the ...
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Two U.S. men advanced to the final of the shot put Wednesday, hoping to make even more history at the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 2,780 years ago.
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Michael Phelps won the men's 200 meters  butterfly final at Athens on Tuesday to claim his second  Olympic gold medal.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 in the men&#39;s soccer final to win the nation&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in 52 years. It may get a second today in basketball.
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ATHENS - Bronze is better than nothing. That&#39;s one Olympic lesson the US men&#39;s basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge
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Silver for the women&#39;s quad yesterday sealed Britain&#39;s biggest Olympic rowing tally since 1928, which they matched with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
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The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men's basketball bronze medal game.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- In olden times, each Olympic Games would be named after the victor of the main event.
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A shot put competition unique in Olympic history -- ancient or modern -- turned into one of the strangest competitions in the Games history Wednesday evening as the sun was setting on the ancient stadium.
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Don Nelson finally became the second NBA coach with 1,200 career wins on his fifth try when the host Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets, 101-80, last night.
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Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics.
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ATHENS -- US sailors needed a big day to bring home gold and bronze medals from the sailing finale here yesterday. But rolling the dice on windshifts and starting tactics backfired both in Star and Tornado classes, and the Americans had to settle for a single silver medal.
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Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the US women&#39;s basketball team atoned for their men&#39;s failure by storming to victory.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece - Two U.S. men advanced to the final of the shot put Wednesday, hoping to make even more history at the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 2,780 years ago...
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ATHENS, Greece -- Kenenisa Bekele seized the 10,000-metre crown and the Olympic record from Haile Gebrselassie with an emphatic finish yesterday to win the gold medal at the Athens Games. Gebrselassie lost the title and the record but he did not ...
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Rebecca Giddens made a final charge that nearly landed her a gold medal, but in the end the American settled for silver in yesterday's kayaking single slalom.