World&#39;s Fastest Human proves silence is golden
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Greene was clocked talking a mile-a-minute after the 100-meter dash Sunday night, but Gatlin stopped the real clocks in 9.85 seconds.
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New Olympic record holder British cyclist Bradley Wiggins won the men&#39;s individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics with a time of 4:16.
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The baby-faced Iranian colossus Hossein Rezazadeh proved invincible as the world +105 kg weightlifting record-holder won the Olympic gold on walkover in Athens, capital of Greece, Wednesday night.
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In 1997, in Athens, he won his first gold medal at the World Championships. In 1999, in the 100 meters, the sprinter broke the world record here.
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ATHENS   Anna Meares of Australia won the gold medal Friday in the 500-meter time trial with a world-record time of 33.952 seconds.
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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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The Olympic 100 metres champion, Justin Gatlin, won the final sprint showdown of the season in Japan. Gatlin clocked 9.97sec to triumph in the Seiko Super meeting in Yokohama.
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Justin Gatlin of the US ran the fastest time in the world this year to become the youngest Olympic 100 meters champion for 36 years.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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The Guinness Book of Records has officially recognised the world speed record set by Nasa&#39;s X-43A hypersonic aircraft earlier this year.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life last night, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100-metre field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds.
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For 10 pulsating seconds, the fastest men on earth take center stage on Sunday at the Olympics to run for the ultimate prize -- the 100 meters gold medal.
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British Olympic hopeful refuses to maintain 'polite silence' in face of China's human rights record
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Sarah Ulmer&#39;s blitzing gold medal ride at the Olympic Velodrome on Monday has left her eating her own words. Ulmer broke the women&#39;s 3000m individual pursuit world record for the second time in two days in the final.
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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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THENS, Aug. 19  It was nearly 3 am and Paul Hamm was alone on his porch at the Olympic village, sky dark, grounds quiet, gold medal hanging around his neck.
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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...