Nyman wins with Ghedina's old skis
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - American Steve Nyman claimed his first World Cup race win on Saturday, powered to victory by an old pair of Italian skis that once belonged to local hero Kristian Ghedina.
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NEW YORK: Britain&#39;s Paula Radcliffe, won the New York Marathon here, outlasting Kenya&#39;s Susan Chepkemei in the tightest women&#39;s duel in the race&#39;s 35-year history.
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New York, Nov 8 - Paula Radcliffe has won the New York Marathon in a triumph of the human spirit to come back 11 weeks after crashing out of the Olympic marathon in Athens as well as the 10,000 metres finals.
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Former Met Kaz Matsui had a career-high five hits and Ryan Spliborghs hit his first grand slam to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 11-3 victory over New York on Tuesday night.
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When it was more difficult, skiing was definitely more elegant. The simple act of staying upright on two long boards as one shot down over a frozen surface was wonder enough, but then making turns along the way, actually steering the darn things. It was amazing.
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While the Mets and Yankees are heading in opposite directions, Tom Glavine remains stuck on 295 wins. Derek Jeter hit a go-ahead homer, Alex Rodriguez also connected and the New York Yankees roughed up Glavine in an 11-8 victory over the slumping Mets on Saturday to even their second Subway Series of the season at one game apiece.
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Israeli windsurfer Gal Fridman makes sporting history by winning his country's first gold medal in the men's Mistral.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - World champion Mario Matt of Austria beat local hero Felix Neureuther in a World Cup slalom on Sunday with two classy runs down a steep and difficult course.
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ATHENS, Greece - Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at one Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books on Saturday.
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ATHENS Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at the same Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books Saturday.
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NEW YORK - South Africa&#39;s Hendrik Ramaala won the men&#39;s title at the New York Marathon yesterday in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec.
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Thomas Grandi of Canada kisses his ski after winning a men&#39;s World Cup Giant Slalom in the Austrian ski resort of Flachau, December 21, 2004.
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ARE, Sweden  - Patrick Staudacher of Italy sprung a major surprise on Tuesday when he won gold in the men's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships.
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Olympic gold medalist Janne Lahtela of Finland won a freestyle skiing World Cup moguls event Thursday, edging two Americans.
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Britain's world record holder Paula  Radcliffe won the women's New York marathon on Sunday in two  hours 23 minutes 10 seconds.
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PAULA RADCLIFFEâS husband and coach Gary Lough always believed she would bounce back in style from her Olympic nightmare. Radcliffe, 30, pipped Kenyan Susan Chepkemei to win the New York
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It's been a winter wonderland so far for US athletes, who've already won 10 world medals with upcoming global championships in skiing, figure skating, and speedskating likely to provide more. Experience has been the biggest factor; the winners of nearly half of last year's 25 medals in Turin have returned for another season, if not another quadrennium.