Harrop takes triathlon silver
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Australian Loretta Harrop has fallen just short of winning Olympic gold in the women&#39;s triathlon on Day 12 in Athens. Harrop had a fantastic race, leading most of the way before Austrian Kate Allen came from
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Britain took a shock gold in the men's  Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorite the  United States by one hundredth of a second.
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Athens: New Zealand doubled its Olympic medal tally in sensational style yesterday as Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty blitzed the men&#39;s triathlon to plunder gold and silver on the Athens waterfront.
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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Mountain biker Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que. captured the silver on a tough and sun-baked course in the suburbs of Athens today, finishing behind winner Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway.
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US elite triathlete Susan Williams became a media darling on Wednesday when she overcame high temperatures and a crash on the bike to win the bronze medal in the womenâs triathlon at the 2004 Olympic Games in the Athens municipality of Vouliagmeni.
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Britain's three-day eventing team win team bronze and individual silver on a dramatic final day.
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The Olympic kayak team is full of inspiration after Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty&#39;s medal winning feats in the triathlon. Ben Fouhy and Steve Ferguson watched the race on Greek TV, with the sound down!
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Kate Allen, an Australian-born triathlete who switched citizenship two years ago, won Austria its first gold medal of these Games in spectacular fashion here yesterday.
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Chris Hoy of won the men's 1-kilometre time trial at the Athens Olympics, Britain's second gold at the Games.
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ATHENS -- Simon Whitfield&#39;s reign as Olympic triathlon champion is over. New Zealand&#39;s Hamish Carter claimed the crown yesterday in a triumphant day for the Kiwis as countryman Bevan Docherty took silver.
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NEW ZEALAND scored an unprecedented Olympic double in the men&#39;s triathlon yesterday when Hamish Carter [no cigar for guessing his roots] beat his compatriot, reigning world champion Bevan Docherty, by 7.87 seconds, writes Doug Gillon.
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Great Britain's Matthew Pinsent claims his fourth Olympic gold as the men's coxless four triumph in a photo finish.
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Loretta Harrop of Australia had been running alone for more than a half-hour, and only a few hundred yards of pavement separated her from a triathlon gold medal.
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And the two-and-a-half back somersaults with one and a half twists in a pike position turned out to be his ticket to a silver medal.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field ever to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86 and defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze in 9.87.
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Kate Allen of Austria pulled off anupset to win the women&#39;s triathlon in the Athens Olympic Games, beating all-time leader Loretta Harrop of Australia and top-rankedAmerican Barbara Lindquist here on Wednesday.