Athlete Hit by Javelin Is Healthy, but Angry
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Salim Sdiri of France, the long jumper who was struck in the back by a javelin last year at a Golden League meet in Rome, is still coping with the freak injury.
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He was flat-footed and in pain at the finish, which is the way all but a few of the great ones bow out of their sport. They can choose when to leave, but not always how, and so some part of you wanted a better ending for Andre Agassi.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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Wayne Chrebet, whose N.F.L. career was ended by multiple concussions, was dismayed at the way quarterback Jon Kitnaâs concussion was treated last Sunday.
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An athlete from the Central African Republic is released from the hospital Saturday, one day after he was briefly knocked unconscious in an Olympic taekwondo bout.
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A medical examiner found &quot;some scratches&quot; on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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LAY-DOWN rower Sally Robbins ran off in tears after a seething teammate slapped her at a welcome home dinner for Olympians. Witnesses said Victorian Catriona Oliver slapped Robbins three times on the arm at
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HIGHLIGHT: Emotional moments. We saw Sydney hero Rulon Gardner, crying as he removed his sneakers and left them on the mat -- a traditional signal of retirement -- after winning a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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ATHENS -- Matt Emmons was focusing on staying calm. He should have been focusing on the right target.
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ATHENS, 21 August - Following his apology to the IOC&#39;s Disciplinary Commission, the Greek lifter Leonidas SAMPANIS, bronze medallist in the 62kg category, issued a statement.
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ATHENS -- A year ago in Anaheim, Calif., they were out of uniform and on crutches, their world meet over before it began, their careers in doubt. Annia Hatch had dislocated her left knee and torn her anterior cruciate ligament. Courtney Kupets had ruptured her left Achilles' tendon. Last night, they were both on the Olympic medal stand with medals ...
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A 22-year-old Olympian from the Central African Republic has been hospitalized after being knocked out during a preliminary bout in the under 68 kilogram taekwondo competition.
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Three days of travel is not the best way for an athlete to prepare for the world athletics championships but for 16-year-old Palestinian Gharid Ghrouf the odyssey was just the start of her woes.
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Former Army sergeant Kelly Holmes tonight proved her fighting qualities as she battled her way to gold medal glory. Dogged by illness and injury throughout her career, the
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A professional athlete sidelined by an injury might as well be a dead man. Harsh, but true. If you are too hurt to play, you might as well stay home. Some teammates don't even want to look at you. Reminds them of their own vulnerability. In a big league locker room, no one wants to talk about ...
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By Ingrid Stegemoeller, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep.
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Even elite athletes find it tough to work out: a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma