Triumphant Sanchez wins first Olympic gold for Dominican Republic
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He was born in New York and raised in Southern California. But Felix Sanchez always felt the Dominican Republic in his heart. His parents were born there.
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Felix Sanchez justified his status as the most fancied of all track and field favourites with a magnificent victory in tonightâs final of the 400metres hurdles.
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Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday&#39;s final to win Olympic gold.
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China&#39;s Wang Xu captured gold in the 72-kilogram category, defeating Russian Gouzel Maniourova in the final Monday. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.
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Greek teenager Ilias Iliadis swept up  the Olympic host country's second gold medal on Tuesday,  winning the men's judo under 81kg category.
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ATHENS, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet- Spain&#39;s Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez won the Olympic gold medal in men&#39;s sailing 49er at the Athens Olympics here on Thursday.
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Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic  doping scandals, hailed an instant new heroine Monday when  Athanasia Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the  Olympic hosts their first athletics gold medal.
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James Carter of Baltimore finished fourth in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles today, missing out on a medal. Felix Sanchez, of the Dominican Republic, won the gold medal.
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Sheik Ahmed bin Hashr Al-Maktoum earned the first-ever Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates when he took home the gold medal in men&#39;s double trap shooting on Tuesday in Athens.
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Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic  doping scandals, went wild with delight Monday when Athanasia  Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the Olympic hosts  their first athletics gold medal.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay Saturday.
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Argentina have comfortably beaten nine-man Paraguay 1-0 in the final of the men&#39;s soccer tournament to win their first Olympic gold medal in 52 years.
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Argentina beat Italy 84-69 to win the  men's Olympic basketball gold Saturday, the country's first  medal in the sport.
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HOST nation Greece grabbed its first gold medal of the Athens Olympics this morning when Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis won the men&#39;s three-metre synchronised diving after China&#39;s favourites suffered a no-dive.
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Chile secures its first ever Olympic gold medal with a win in the men's tennis doubles.
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HE PULLED OFF an amazing feat at the Olympics last week, overcoming a stumble to become the first US man to win the gymnastics all-around gold medal.
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Twice world champion Felix Sanchez of Dominican Republic won the men&#39;s 400m hurdles gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.