Israeli wins country&#39;s first Olympic gold
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Television and radio stations in Israel cut away from their midday programming. News Web sites were updated faster than even the nimblest of fingers could press &quot;refresh.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 in the men&#39;s soccer final to win the nation&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in 52 years. It may get a second today in basketball.
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ATHENS: Taufik Hidayat couldnât stop the tears after winning Indonesiaâs first gold medal of the Athens Olympics. The unheralded Hidayat won the menâs badminton title Saturday, beating seventh-seeded
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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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Israel&#39;s first Olympic gold medallist has dedicated his victory to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their memorial to show them his medal.
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Israel&#39;s first gold medalist ever, Gal Fridman, Wednesday met an outburst of joy seconds after he won the men&#39;s Mistral sailing race at the Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Paul Hamm produced an amazing comeback Wednesday night to become the first American male to win the Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medal.
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ATHENS - Windsurfer Gal Fridman won his country&#39;s first gold medal since Israel began competing in the Olympics at Helsinki in 1952 when he captured the men&#39;s Mistral sailboard title at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre on Wednesday.
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A windsurfer whose first name means "wave" in Hebrew gave Israel its first Olympic gold medal ever Wednesday, taking a plunge in the Saronic Gulf to celebrate.
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ATHENS -- For many Israelis, the Olympics evoke memories of a terrorist massacre and political boycotts, but windsurfer Gal Fridman provided his countrymen an historic and celebratory remembrance yesterday after he won the first gold medal in the Jewish state's 56-year history.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Israel picked up its first-ever gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday when windsurfer Gal Fridman won the men&#39;s mistral.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men&#39;s all-round gymnastics 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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Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the US women&#39;s basketball team atoned for their men&#39;s failure by storming to victory.
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Athens: With a strong kick down the stretch and a kiss of the ground once across the finish line, Hicham El Guerrouj finally got what he was after: an Olympic gold medal.
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Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women&#39;s sabre final on Tuesday.
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Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd Tuesday, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the 81-kilogram class.