British Stun US in Sprint Relay
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Britain took a shock gold in the men&#39;s Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorites the United States by one hundredth of a second.
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Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its top rival in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games. Klete Keller held off Ian Thorpe and finished the Australians with a lunge for the wall that gave the Americans a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay. The margin was only 13-hundredths of a second.
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FOR the second night running there were tears for British athletics. But this time, in stark contrast to the shock and bewilderment of Paula Radcliffe, they were tears of utter
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Sport: Athletics: Mark Lewis-Francis ensured the British 4x100m relay team hung on for bronze behind the USA and Jamaica.
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ATHENS -- A wild comeback lifted the United States from the brink of defeat against an inspired Greek team yesterday, putting the Americans in the Olympic volleyball semifinals for the first time in 12 years.
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Yuliya Nesterenko ended two decades of American dominance in the 100 meters Saturday, using a powerful closing surge to edge a 20-year-old who is the future of US sprinting.
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SINCE the United States started taking part in the Olympic Games 4x100m relay in 1920, they have been disqualified three times and lost only once - to Canada in 1996.
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What a night for U.S. athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200. Dwight Phillips and John Moffitt went 1-2 in the long jump. Marion Jones and the 400-meter relay team cruised into the finals.
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It was only the second round of the 100 meters, yet the world&#39;s top sprinters already were playing a lightning-quick game of &quot;Can You Top This?
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ATHENS -- Hey, world, BALCO this . There were, shall we say, somewhat lowered expectations for the US in the sprints, were there not? Guess again. Justin Gatlin won the 100-meter dash Sunday, but that was just the appetizer for last night's main course, when America went 1-2-3 in the 200.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Tyson Gay became just the second man to win the sprint treble at a single world championships when he helped the United States to gold in the 4x100 meters relay on Saturday.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Tyson Gay tore up the track to complete a rare sprint treble at the world championships on Saturday and help the United States to the 4x100m relay crown.
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* With star swimmer Michael Phelps watching from the stands after giving his spot to teammate Ian Crocker, the United States won gold in the men&#39;s 400-meter medley relay in a world-record time of 3:30.
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Britain took advantage of a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race to beat the United States and win the gold medal Saturday in the men&#39;s Olympic 4x100 meter relay -- a race the American men usually dominate.
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Sport: American takes 200m gold to become third man in history to win world championship sprint double.
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The United States has shattered a 17-year-old world record in the women&#39;s Olympic 800-meter freestyle relay.
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Great British sprint quartet Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis blew away the American favourites with a breathtaking relay run to take the 4x100 metres Gold in 38.