First Olympic champ makes plea for peace
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As the flag of Israel kept going up, higher than it has ever gone before in the Olympics, Gal Fridman stood on the top of the podium, looking at the flag and the Saronic Gulf beyond.
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Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge Sunday  offered gold medals all round to Athens for organizing a superb  Olympics after years of doom and gloom leading up to the  opening.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge today offered gold medals all round to Athens for organising a superb Olympics after years of doom and gloom leading up to the opening.
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In the first major public demonstration since the start of the Olympics, thousands of protesters clashed with police who stopped them from marching
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ATHENS -- He could have ended these Games tonight as he began them a week ago, standing on the awards stand with a gold medal around his neck and a world record up on the scoreboard, listening to the Star-Spangled Banner, which was written in his hometown.
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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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Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima asked sport&#39;s highest review panel to award him an Olympic gold medal after he was attacked by a spectator while leading the race at the Athens Games.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should he keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean gymnast who believes he was unfairly deprived of the gold in the men's all-around event in Athens last month because of a scoring error...
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ATHENS -- There's only room for one Cinderella in a boxing ring. That was the sad lesson Andre Berto learned last night as his long road to the Olympic Games came to an abrupt end at the Peristeri Boxing Hall in his first fight in the welterweight division. First fight, that is, unless you understand what it took for him ...
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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Paul Hamm stated his case for the all-around gold medal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. Now the waiting begins.
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This yearâs first major tournament was a reminder that the desire born of economic despair and cultural upheaval is a powerful motor for an athlete.
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He was supposed to uphold the tradition of Michael Johnson and Baylor University. He was to break cultural barriers. He was to restore the 400 meters.
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Olympic champions have their parents to thank for their physiology&#151;but no one is born a world-record holder. That also requires training, nutrition, desire, and determination.
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It would've been understandable if American Matt Emmons had a bad first Olympic experience. The way things had been going, he seemed destined for that.
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ATHENS, 21 August - Following his apology to the IOC&#39;s Disciplinary Commission, the Greek lifter Leonidas SAMPANIS, bronze medallist in the 62kg category, issued a statement.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Calling South Korean Yang Tae Young &quot;the true winner,&#39;&#39; International Gymnastics Federation president Bruno Grandi has written a letter to American Paul Hamm, asking him to voluntarily turn over his Olympic gold medal to Yang.