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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Sailor Ellen MacArthur's bid to break Francis Joyon's 72-day round-the-world record has been thrown into doubt with news her mainsail rigging has been badly damaged.
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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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Ellen MacArthur remains on record pace as she passes the halfway mark of her round-the-world attempt.
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WESTON -- It was a case of expectations realized. When North Reading's Shannon Conway set herself in the starting blocks at the girls' 400-meter dash yesterday, her thoughts were on the record, set by Foxboro's Alison Cully (57.30) in 1995. Her coach, Sotirios Pintzopoulos, told the team he expected Conway to win the race, but Conway wanted the record.
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Alexandros Taxildaros is hoping to have a large home crowd behind him when he begins his Paralympic campaign next week. One of 12 swimmers who will be representing the host nation, he certainly
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Alinghi and Team New Zealand take to the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday in the first race of a first-to-five match for the prized America's Cup.
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Surfers around the world may complain about crowded conditions, but for dozens of South Africa wave riders it was the more the merrier as they lined up to break a world record by riding a single wave.
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LIBBY LENTON swam the fastest 100 metres freestyle relay split of all time to anchor a world-record effort by Australia&#39;s women&#39;s 4x100m medley relay at the world short-course championships in Indianapolis yesterday.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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By the AAP. Olympic finalist Lara Carroll is the fastest qualifier for the 200 metres individual medley final on day four of the world short course swimming championships at Indianapolis.
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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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Ellen MacArthur endures torrid seas as she continues her round-the-world record bid.
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FALMOUTH, England  - Ringed by a flotilla of fans,  Britain's Ellen MacArthur sailed home to a rapturous welcome  Tuesday after breaking the record for sailing solo round the  world.
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Wild Oats X1 has begun its attempt to win the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race for the third consecutive year, something no yacht has done since 1948.
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A barnacle goose from south west Scotland breaks the record time for crossing the North Sea to Norway.
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U.S. woman astronaut sets new spaceflight record    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Early Saturday morning, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams set the new record of the longest- duration single spaceflight by a woman, NASA announced on its official website.