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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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the US with China at 14 each.
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Silver for the women&#39;s quad yesterday sealed Britain&#39;s biggest Olympic rowing tally since 1928, which they matched with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
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ATHENS, Greece - Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze...
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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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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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Yana Klochkova of Ukraine completed an Olympic sweep of the individual medleys, winning gold in the 200-meter IM Tuesday night. Amanda Beard of Irvine, Calif., made a dramatic move from fifth to second on the breaststroke portion and earned the silver in 2:11.70 &#151; her fifth career Olympic medal.
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The US women&#39;s softball team has finished a dominating performance at the Olympics by capturing the gold medal. The Americans had little trouble with Australia in the final Monday, cruising to a 5-1 victory.
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Australian walker Nathan Deakes has won the Olympic bronze medal in the 20 kilometre walk, Australia&#39;s first walking medal in almost half a century.
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Misty May and Kerri Walsh were feeling the pressure before their beach volleyball semifinal against fellow Americans and friendly rivals Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs.
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Australia&#39;s Ryan Bayley won the men&#39;s Keirin final Wednesday, becoming the only cyclist to win two individual gold medals at the Athens Games.
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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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ATHENS, 22 August - Chantelle NEWBERY (AUS) won the gold medal in the Women&#39;s 10m Platform competition on Sunday night at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.
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Australia has won two medals on the first day of the World Shortcourse Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. The Australian 4x200 metre women&#39;s freestyle relay team took silver, while 17-year-old Lara Carroll
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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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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The US men&#39;s basketball team kept its medal streak at the Summer Olympics intact with a bronze in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania Saturday night.