Peirsol Breaks Own World Mark in 200 Back
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INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Peirsol of the United States lowered his own world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the Short Course World Championships on Monday night.
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With a powerful javelin throw, Mirela Manjani broke a different sort of record Friday night: earning host nation Greece its most Olympic medals in more than a century.
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Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Bernard Lagat became the first man to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters titles at the same world championships with a stunning victory in the longer distance on Sunday.
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American Aaron Peirsol reclaims the gold medal Thursday night in the 200-meter backstroke after his disqualification was reversed.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar shattered the world steeplechase record at the Golden League meeting on Friday to ease the disappointment of being banned from the Olympics by his former federation Kenya.
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Liu Xiang of China won the Olympic men&#39;s 110 meters hurdles gold medal, equaling the world record time of 12.91 seconds and becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title.
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Despite being disqualified shortly after his final, Aaron Peirsol was eventually reinstated as the winner of the 200-meter backstroke event.
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American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 1:54.04.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy  - Renate Goetschl won  her third World Cup race in a row on Saturday, breaking records  as she glided to downhill victory in one minute 37.27 seconds.
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Tyson Gay won the 100 meters in 9.88 seconds and Sanya Richards broke the 22-year-old American 400-meter record at the World Cup on Saturday.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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Australia'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's finals.
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An explosive performance from Tyson Gay led to a championship record of 19.76 seconds in the 200 meters. Jamaican Usain Bolt took the silver.
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Asafa Powell of Jamaica bettered his world record in the 100 meters Sunday, finishing in 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix.
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Laure Manaudou of France bettered her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle Sunday for her fourth gold medal at the European Swimming Championships.