Gold medal for Cuban Yumisledi CumbÃ¡
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ATHENS (PL).â Unexpectedly, but justly so, shot putter Yumisleidi CumbÃ¡ has become the first gold medalist for Cuba at the 28th Olympic Games in Athens after Russian Irina Korzhanenko tested positive for drugs.
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ATHENS -- Yudel Johnson lost the gold medal to a shadow last night. The Cuban light welterweight was slickly outpointed by Thailand's Manus Boonjumnong at Peristeri Boxing Hall, 17-11, but what really beat him was Cuba's exporting of its coaches to a host of other countries.
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Gymnast Alexei Nemov, who was  controversially marked down at last month's Athens Olympics,  will be awarded a symbolic gold medal, Russia's Olympic chief  said on Wednesday.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blasted   past Greece 70-47 to win their first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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Russia&#39;s Buvaysa Saytiev has confirmed his status as an all-time wrestling great by winning a second Olympic gold medal, eight years after his first victory in Atlanta.
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ATHENS -- With a relentless, balanced offense, Cuba rolled over upstart Australia, 6-2, last night to win the gold medal -- its third in four tries since the sport gained Olympic status.
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Argentina have comfortably beaten nine-man Paraguay 1-0 in the final of the men&#39;s soccer tournament to win their first Olympic gold medal in 52 years.
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Jamaica won the women's 4x100 meters  relay Olympic gold medal Friday after race favorite the United  States crashed out with a botched second changeover.
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Greco-Roman wrestler Karam Ibrahim won  Egypt's first Olympic gold medal in 56 years on Thursday,  crushing Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia in just over three minutes to  lift the 96kg title in Athens.
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Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Friday presented Cuban singer Pablo Milanes with a medal from the Casa de las Americas for his contributions to Latin American culture.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 to win the gold medal in the men's Olympic football.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blew away   Greece 70-47 to capture an emotional first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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ATHENS China overcame a case of midmatch nerves to shatter Cuba&#39;s dream of four Olympic women&#39;s volleyball golds in a row by beating the Caribbean nation in five grueling sets.
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For years, Nilder Santos and his family had been hoping to win the most prized lottery in Cuba. But each time it was held, the 25-year-old dancer and his parents were heartbroken when their names didn't appear on the list of the lucky ones allowed to leave the poverty of their communist nation to chase the American dream.
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A Cuban judo player has tested positive for a banned substance at the Athens Paralympics and is being stripped of his gold medal. The International Paralympic Committee said 35-year-old Sergio Arturo Perez
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The U.S.' collection of college baseball players top Brazil and Mexico on Wednesday to set up a gold medal game against Cuba.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.