Americans Shatter Old East German Relay Record
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THENS, Aug. 18 - It was a scourge from the cold war era, standing for exactly 17 years like a stubborn sliver of the Berlin Wall. It was the longest-standing record in swimming, sobering proof that the sport had not quite escaped the ...
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States won the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics without him getting into the pool. Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak won in 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds, lowering the old mark of 3:31.54 set by the Americans at last year's world championships in Barcelona, Spain...
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OSAKA, Japan - She is graceful, gracious, and oh so fast. Allyson Felix ran one of the greatest 400-meter relay legs in the sport's history last night to help the United States bring a triumphant end to its most dominant showing ever at a World Track and Field Championships.
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The United States wins the men's 400-meter medley relay in world-record time Saturday night, giving Michael Phelps his record eighth medal of the Athens Olympics.
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand continued her dominance of pursuit racing Sunday, breaking her own world record to win the Olympic gold medal.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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America's Aaron Peirsol breaks his own  200m backstroke world record at the Short Course World Championships.
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Australia set a world record in winning the 400-meter medley relay at the Short Course World Championships on Saturday night. Sophie Edington, Brooke Hanson, Jessica Schipper and Lisbeth Lenton won in 3 minutes
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Europe pulled off a sensational Ryder Cup victory when they crushed the all-star American team by a record-breaking 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 points.
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When Germany's Nina Kraft, 35, swept to her overwhelming 17-minute victory over Switzerland's Natascha Badmann at the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii October 16, photographers noticed a ...
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New Zealander Sarah Ulmer broke the world record in winning the women&#39;s 3000-meter individual pursuit gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday.
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Americans Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham win their first Olympic titles after outmaneuvering their British rivals during the final 470 class race.
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American Michael Phelps broke his own 200 meters butterfly world record when he clocked one minute, 53.71 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia on Saturday.
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic  - Twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour and 20 kilometers marks at the "Golden Spike" grand prix athletics meeting on Wednesday.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics...
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The United States won the women's 4 x  400 meters relay gold medal at the Olympics Saturday.