Sailing: Ellen starts record bid
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Ellen MacArthur begins her attempt at the solo round-the-world speed record.
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PHILADELPHIA _ A Swedish astronaut kept a Frisbee in the air for 20 seconds Friday, claiming the new world record for "Maximum Time Aloft".  Only thing is, it was floating in zero gravity, aboard the International Space Station.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Australia&#39;s Brooke Hanson has set a record with her fourth individual title and American Ian Crocker set a world 50-metre butterfly record here Sunday at the World Short Course Swim Championships.
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The women&#39;s Olympic triathlon was expected to be a wide open race - but not so open that it could be won by a 34-year-old, ranked 41 in the world, who only took up the sport eight years ago to accompany her husband.
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Dame Ellen MacArthur comes home ahead of more than 1,800 yachts in the Round the Island Race.
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Ellen MacArthur solves some of the problems threatening to end her bid to break the solo round-the-world record.
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MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Sept. 20 -- An auction of rights to name 10 newly discovered species of fish raised more than $2 million for conservation efforts in eastern Indonesia on Thursday night, setting a record for an event of its type.
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Ellen MacArthur has endured stormy seas, 65 mph winds, a broken sail, burns, bruises and exhaustion - even a close encounter with a whale. The payoff: a solo around-the-world sailing record.
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By Ingrid Stegemoeller, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep.
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A rescuer who braved gales and rough seas to rescue fishermen is the first woman to win a bravery medal.
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Tomorrow the countdown begins for the Volvo Ocean Race. In just 365 days Sanxenxo, Vigo, Bayona and La Coruna will host the most important sports event ever in Galicia's history, and also one of the most ...
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A crew led by a Scot who claims to be a relative of Christopher Columbus shatters the Atlantic rowing record.
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IT will be cold, wet and bumpy with a high attrition rate, but the 60th Sydney to Hobart could still produce the second-fastest time in the history of the gruelling ocean race.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Ellen MacArthur's bid to set a new round the world solo non-stop record suffered a setback when the British yachtswoman suffered a head injury.
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Huge crowds welcome Ellen MacArthur back to Falmouth after her record-breaking round-the-world journey.
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Haile Gebrselassie, one of the greatest  long distance runners of all time, bids to make Olympic history  on Friday as the athletics program opens in Athens.