Atlantic record broken by rowers
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A crew led by a Scot who claims to be a relative of Christopher Columbus shatters the Atlantic rowing record.
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American Michael Phelps broke his own 200 meters butterfly world record when he clocked one minute, 53.71 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool.    Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...
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An island of 4 million people seems an unlikely nation to rule the waves. But in 2000, the year New Zealand was defeating the United States, Italy, and seven other countries to take the America's Cup - the highest prize in yacht racing - a Kiwi rower, Rob Waddell, won the gold medal in single sculls at the Sydney Olympic ...
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Peirsol plays a part in 2 world records: Aaron Peirsol of Irvine, Calif., lowered his world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the short-course world championships, which ended last night in Indianapolis.
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Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry set a world record in the 200 meters backstroke with a time of two minutes 6.39 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix on Saturday.
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The American men's elite eight crew ends a four-decade drought in rowing gold medals Sunday, pulling out to a big lead and fending off a late charge by the Netherlands.
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Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss set a series of records as they rescued England from defeat by South Africa in the second Test on Tuesday, writes Ted Corbett in Durban.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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O ut here, on the Charles River at dawn, you can hear the city breathing. Sirens wail in the distance. Rush-hour traffic picks up and begins to hum. Cars and trucks rumble and roar. But John Yasaitis hears none of it. On his one-man scull, oars in hand, the 59-year-old rower hears only the sounds of his own making.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry armed herself with a world record while Michael Phelps targeted his fourth Olympic gold medal backed by a Games record in qualifying for Thursday&#39;s finals.
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The University of Massachusetts made its Atlantic 10 opener yesterday one for the record books, blowing out Rhode Island, 91-53, for its most points in 27 years and its best offensive output ever in 14 years of playing at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
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Fearful they will no longer be allowed to compete in the event that now serves as a national championship for menâs rowing, coaches are putting together a competition of their own.  The newly formed American Col
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Rower Matthew Pinsent has won a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the coxless four, while Britain picked up further gold medals in the sailing, cycling and three-day eventing.
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LIBBY LENTON swam the fastest 100 metres freestyle relay split of all time to anchor a world-record effort by Australia&#39;s women&#39;s 4x100m medley relay at the world short-course championships in Indianapolis yesterday.
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America's Aaron Peirsol breaks his own  200m backstroke world record at the Short Course World Championships.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander