Unknown Nesterenko Makes World Headlines
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Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top  women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,  triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of  doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Venus Williams of the US returns a shot during a match against Elena Bovina of Russia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow&#39;s Olympic Indoor stadium on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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One of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been cracked by a reclusive Russian who is not remotely interested in the Â£560,000 prize his solution could win him, it emerged today.
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The Russian invasion and the Rebel Without a Cause outfit seem to be getting most of the headlines in women&#39;s tennis these days, which is just fine by the world&#39;s top-ranked player.
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Nesterenko, a Belarusian who had never broken 11 seconds before the Olympics but did it in all four rounds here, won gold in 10.93 seconds.
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For the first time in 20 years, an American woman did not win gold in the 100m dash. On Saturday that honor went to Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Russian billionaire pays over Â£25m for treasures Â· Usmanov coup follows major Arsenal investment
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MOSCOW: Russian newspapers praised the womenâs tennis squad yesterday for their 3-2 Fed Cup success over France, naming Anastasia Myskina the hero of the triumph.
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Only unseeded Czech Radek Stepanek now stands in the way of Marat Safin as the Russian closes in on what would be a historic feat in Sunday&#39;s BNP Paribas Masters final.
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The greatest race of the Olympics  produced the most unlikely winner.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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Yuliya Nesterenko ends two decades of American dominance in the 100 meters with a closing surge to catch Lauryn Williams.
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The unpredictability of Marat Safinâs game is becoming a thing of the past. These days the tempestuous Russian is as strong and forceful opponent as it is possible to find on the opposing side of a tennis
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Names Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva were named male and female athletes of the year by the world track and field federation. Isinbayeva set eight world records in 2004, including one while winning the gold medal at the Olympics. Bekele won the 10,000 meters in Athens and finished second to Hicham El Guerrouj in ...
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia took the gold and broke the world record on Tuesday but the question on many minds was: how long was her pole?
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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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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman in the world, winning the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games here Saturday evening.