Amanda Beard Finally Comes of Age in Athens
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Amanda Beard credited her new-found  maturity for ending an eight-year wait for a second Olympic  gold medal in Athens Thursday.
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ATHENS -- The place was ready for a party. Prohibitive underdog Greece had its fans waving the blue-and-white flag and chanting &quot;Hellas&quot; at every opportunity when they weren't booing the United States.
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All the action from the finale to the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Lori Harrigan&#39;s eyes got teary with nearly the speed of one of her fastballs when reminded that these Olympics - her third games - will be her last.
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This was all about Athens, about redemption for one and validation for the other. Britain&#39;s Paula Radcliffe, the fastest female marathoner in history
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ATHENS, Greece - Three teammates, three Olympics, three gold medals. Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes...
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The spring in Paula Radcliffe&#39;s step was evident yesterday as she woke up as the new Queen of New York. There may not be an Olympic gold medal in her trophy cabinet but her thrilling victory
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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ATHENS, Greece -- In a rented warehouse in Athens&#39; Alimos neighborhood, a group of Greek florists with blistered fingers are working to be a part of Olympic history.
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ATHENS, Greece - Itâs official - the Olympics were a success. The venues were not only finished but they stayed standing, transportation ran on time, streets were clean and security did such a good job that even petty crime went down.
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Though it's been a little shaky at times, Athens  seems ready for the Olympics
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ATHENS -- In the weeks leading up to these Olympic Games, American Nia Abdallah wasn't even on the radar screen of international taekwondo.
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ATHENS -- Evita Agiasoteli has been counting Greece's Olympic medals. Each one comes with a celebration from the boy next door, who likes to run through their neighborhood in the northern Athenian suburb of Nea Ionia yelling &quot;Hellas!&quot; with each gold. Other neighbors often leave their evening yogurts unfinished so they can join the boy's victory cheer.
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ATHENS -- No Greek has pushed harder, or stands to win more, from these Olympic Games than the woman who organized them. And when the Olympic flame goes out in the Olympic Stadium tonight, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki will turn her formidable energy and organizational might to closing the books on the $9 billion-plus Games -- and perhaps, to the goal many ...
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Athens -- When Deena Kastor rode the bus to the start of Sunday&#39;s women&#39;s Olympic marathon race, she was jolted by the reality of the time and the place.
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ATHENS - Klete Keller has been seen at the top of the Olympic medal stand for the last time in 2004. Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard probably haven&#39;t. Even Ian Thorpe might make another appearance.
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A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.