World marks go in the pool
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ATHENS - The Australian women and American men ended the swimming competition at the Athens 2004 Olympics Games in style Saturday, both breaking world records in the 4x100 meter medley relays.
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Still riding a wave of euphoria  from the Olympics, Michael Phelps returns to the pool this week  at the world short course swimming championships seeking a  repeat of his six gold medals in Athens.
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Four gold medals and three world records in the swimming pool featured a weekend of China while three golds from track and field events brought the country to an insurmountable lead at the 12th Paralympic Games Saturday in Athens.
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ATHENS, Greece - The kid couldn't catch the Thorpedo - and he won't be catching Mark Spitz, either. Michael Phelps' quest for seven gold medals ended after just three events, doomed by another bronze Monday night in the most anticipated race at the Olympic pool - the head-to-head showdown with Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle...
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Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia gave China gold and silver Thursday night in the Olympic women&#39;s springboard diving event. China ran its diving medal total to seven.
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wins gold in the 3 metre women&#39;s springboard at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 26, 2004. Guo won the women&#39;s 3m springboard diving gold medal, her compatriot Wu Minxia (L) took
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SILVER FOR SA: Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, centre, the gold medallist, with South Africa&#39;s Roland Schoeman, silver, left, and Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe, who took the bronze, during the medal ceremony for the 100-metre freestyle at the ...
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Greece, an ancient nation, searched its  soul over a new doping scandal on Saturday while Michael  Phelps, a fresh-faced American teenager, prepared to enter the  Olympic record books without having to swim a stroke. The  Olympics started its eighth day with 32 gold medals up for  grabs in what has been dubbed ~Super Saturday.~
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ATHENS -- Attention, ladies and gentlemen. For his next act, Michael Phelps will break an Olympic record, hurry to the warm-down pool for a swim, run to the locker room, pull on a warm-up suit, walk out to the pool deck and take part in ...
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HOST nation Greece grabbed its first gold medal of the Athens Olympics this morning when Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis won the men&#39;s three-metre synchronised diving after China&#39;s favourites suffered a no-dive.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic 200-meter freestyle with a conservative swim Sunday, although rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster.    Americans Tara Kirk and Amanda Beard earned spots in the 100 breaststroke semifinals, setting up a showdown with Australians Brooke Hanson and Leisel Jones...
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(CP) - After the pressure of the Olympic Games, training for the world short course swim championships was a challenge for Victoria&#39;s Rick Say.
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Things are looking up: Practice is no longer held in the drained Olympic-size pool.
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Doesn&#39;t it seem as though Michael Phelps just got out of the pool at the Olympics in Athens? He has barely had enough time to dry off, let alone spend any quality time at his usual haunts in suburban Baltimore
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Such stars as Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett are taking a post-Olympic break, but a new set of Australian swimmers are making their first splashes toward the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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China&#39;s Guo Jingjing easily won the women&#39;s 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world&#39;s diving superpower, taking the silver.