McPeak-Youngs win beach bronze; May-Walsh playing for gold
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American beach volleyball duo Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs purged past Olympic failures with a 21-18, 15-21, 15-9 win over Australians Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson in the bronze-medal match.
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The Winnipeg native won her third gold medal of the Games on Wednesday, finishing first in the women&#39;s 100-metre freestyle event for visually impaired athletes in a time of one minute 1.74 seconds.
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Chantelle Newbery has jumped into sporting history by winning Australiaâs first Olympic diving gold medal since 1924 in the women&#39;s 10 metre platform in Athens.
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The beach volleyball men&#39;s pair of John Child and Mark Heese of Toronto dropped a quarter-final match yesterday to a Spanish duo, while Quebeckers Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin lost in the women&#39;s event, eliminating Canada from competition in the sport
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* With star swimmer Michael Phelps watching from the stands after giving his spot to teammate Ian Crocker, the United States won gold in the men&#39;s 400-meter medley relay in a world-record time of 3:30.
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All four of them were hoping it would come to this. America's two beach volleyball duos won Olympic quarterfinal matches yesterday in Athens to set up a showdown for a berth in the women's gold medal match.
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Americans Misty May and Kerri Walsh  finished off their Olympic beach volleyball competition with a  perfect record and a gold medal after beating Brazil in  straight sets in the final match Tuesday.
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ATHENS -- Misty May and Kerri Walsh were feeling the pressure before their Olympic beach volleyball semifinal against fellow Americans and friendly rivals Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.
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American pair Misty May and Kerri Walsh continued their unbeaten streak to reach the final of the women&#39;s beach volleyball competition.
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Britain's Helen Reeves claims bronze in the women's kayak , but Stuart McIntosh misses out in the C1 final.
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Britain&#39;s Matthew Pinsent won his fourth Olympic rowing gold medal when his crew edged ahead of the world-champion Canadian team in the men&#39;s coxless four on Saturday.
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ATHENS (CP) - Lori-Ann Muenzer claimed Canada&#39;s first-ever cycling gold medal at the Olympics, defeating Russian Tamilla Abassova in the sprint final in convincing fashion Tuesday.
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ATHENS  - The United States men&#39;s basketball team won the bronze medal Saturday by defeating Lithuania 104-96. By Timothy Clary, AFP.
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The 27-year-old took out bronze in the men&#39;s 20km walk -- winning Australia&#39;s first Olympic medal for walking in almost 45 years.
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Georgina Harland produced a stunning run to win a bronze medal in the modern pentathlon. The 26-year-old Team Bath athlete carved her way through the field to haul herself up from 14th overall to third, covering
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Chantelle Newbery won Australia&#39;s first gold medal in diving since 1924 Sunday night, easily holding off China&#39;s Lao Lishi and Aussie teammate Loudy Tourky in women&#39;s 10-meter platform.
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You&#39;ve surely heard by now that Wyoming wrestler Rulon Gardner is bringing home another Olympic medal. This time it&#39;s a bronze.