Hansen blames pressure for bronze finish
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World record holder Brendan Hansen said having to compete in the United States trials so close to the Olympic Games, was responsible for his third-place finish in the 200 metres breast stroke overnight.
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It takes a team of medical examiners to cry foul on a silver medal. The problem? No one can be sure if the person who won the prize is a man or a woman. In Bodyhack. <img
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ATHENS --After winning world titles in both breaststroke events last summer while setting world records in each, Japan&#39;s Kosuke Kitajima sat helplessly from across the Pacific last month as American Brendan Hansen broke ...
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ANNA Meares, the foundation stone of Australia&#39;s astonishng Olympic Games cycling domination, admitted to cracking under pressure in the sprint semi-finals.
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ATHENS -- US sailors needed a big day to bring home gold and bronze medals from the sailing finale here yesterday. But rolling the dice on windshifts and starting tactics backfired both in Star and Tornado classes, and the Americans had to settle for a single silver medal.
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ATHENS - Host nation Greece, already embarrassed by two sprinters who dropped out of the Games after missing a drug test, received another black eye when bronze-winning weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis tested positive for excessive ...
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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia won more gold overnight in the cycling as well as a silver in a thrilling finish in the women&#39;s triathlon, it&#39;s fair to say that all eyes were on the efforts of Jana Pittman this morning in the women&#39;s 400 metres hurdles.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The American women&#39;s gymnasts were in contention for the team gold medal Tuesday night, needing a big finish to beat the Romanians. Courtney Kupets, who had to be replaced on the balance beam because of a pulled hamstring, decided to ...
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The athlete who failed a doping test is confirmed as a weightlifting bronze medallist.
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ATHENS -- The evening began on a down note for the US swimming team, and descended from there. First, world champion Jenny Thompson struggled home fifth in the 100-meter butterfly. Then world record-holder Brendan Hansen was caught by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima in the 100 breaststroke. Finally, the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay finished third behind South Africa and the ...
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Britain's Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks win bronze in a tense final 49er race on the Saronic Gulf.
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The British sailors Simon Hiscocks and Chris Draper have been forced to settle for bronze in the 49er class. The pair had been guaranteed a medal before the 16th race and started the day only two points behind
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One of the notable signs of the return of Craig Hansen's slider came Sunday night. At Syracuse, Hansen pitched 2 1/3 innings to get his third save of the season for Pawtucket , allowing three hits and one walk, and striking out four. On two of those strikeouts, the change became apparent. Hansen threw sliders on 3-and-2 counts for strikeouts.
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ATHENS - After seeing American Brendan Hansen take both of his breaststroke world records away last month, Japan&#39;s Kosuke Kitajima got the ultimate revenge by sweeping both Olympic breaststroke gold medals.
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Being a tumbling expert certainly comes in handy these days for gymnast Paul Hamm. Almost two weeks after he won his Olympic all-around gold medal, the controversy over a scoring error in the parallel bars
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With one last attempt to win gold, Adam Nelson is called for his fifth consecutive foul, leaving him with a silver medal Wednesday.
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Eirik Veraas Larsen of Norway, 27, added a bronze in men&#39;s K2 1,000m to his gold in K1 1,000m won earlier in Athens Olympic regatta here on Friday.