Israeli wins country&#39;s first Olympic gold
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Television and radio stations in Israel cut away from their midday programming. News Web sites were updated faster than even the nimblest of fingers could press &quot;refresh.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco came into these Olympics without a gold medal, but now he has two after winning the men&#39;s 5000 meters Saturday night.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia won its first ever Olympic gold medal in men&#39;s field hockey with a 2-1 golden goal victory over the Netherlands on Friday night.
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A windsurfer whose first name means "wave" in Hebrew gave Israel its first Olympic gold medal ever Wednesday, taking a plunge in the Saronic Gulf to celebrate. Gal Fridman sailed a remarkably consistent regatta, never finishing worse than eighth in the 11-race series. He placed second in Wednesday's decisive race.
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Israel&#39;s very first gold medal in any sport, a fifth medal in sailing for Great Britain and a silver medal for the home team here in Greece - all in one class.
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ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Israeli Arik Zeevi wins the bronze medal in the 100kg judo competition, Israel's first of the Athens Games.
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Israel&#39;s first Olympic gold medallist has dedicated his victory to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their memorial to show them his medal.
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Table tennis players Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak won here Saturday the first Olympic medal for Chinese Hong Kong since the former British-occupied territory returned to China on July 1, 1997.
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Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday.
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ATHENS   India's Rajyavardhan Rathore won the country's first medal at the Athens Games by winning silver in the men's double trap shooting event on Tuesday.
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The gold medal won by Japan&#39;s male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics.
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Marco Galiazzo won the gold medal in archery Thursday, becoming Italy&#39;s first Olympic champion in the sport. Japan&#39;s Hiroshi Yamamoto won the silver and Tim Cuddihy of Australia took the bronze ...
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ATHENS : Felix Sanchez gave the Dominican Republic their first ever athletics Olympic gold medal with a devastating display in the 400 metres hurdles.
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An Indian army major shot his way to his country&#39;s first ever individual Olympic silver medal on Tuesday, while in the same event an member of Dubai&#39;s ruling family became the first ever medallist from the United Arab Emirates.
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Italy&#39;s Ivano Brugnetti has won the Olympic gold medal in the men&#39;s 20-kilometer race walk. In the first gold medal to be decided in the seventh day of the Athens games, Brugnetti covered the distance in a winning time of 1:19:40 hours.
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Former Israeli PM wins first round of elections for leadership of second-largest party in ruling coalition.