Romania's Burcica gets third gold; Poland takes title
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The Romanian tandem of Constanta Burcica and Angela Alupei rowed back from a two-second deficit in the last half of their 2,000-meter race to Sunday to defend their title.
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Ukraine's Ruslana Taran, Ganna Kalinina and Svitlana Matevusheva won the silver medal Saturday in the Yngling sailing class.
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Marat Safin beats Radek Stepanek to win the Paris Masters title for the third time.
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Michael Phelps took his haul of gold  medals at the Athens Olympics to three on Tuesday after winning  the 200 meters butterfly and helping the United States beat  Australia in the 4x200 freestyle relay.
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Fani Halkia came from nowhere last night to become the third female gold medalist in the history of Greece, capturing the 400-meter hurdles in 52.
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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.
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Defending world champion China is in first place after Saturday's qualifying session while Romania sits in second place in Stuttgart, Germany.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Croatia's Janica Kostelic romped  to victory in the women's combined at the world championships  Friday.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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The Danish women&#39;s handball team, defending Olympic champions for the past eight years, won a third straight gold in Athens Sunday, in a rematch of their final against South Korea at Atlanta in 1996.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - China outclassed their rivals easily to retain their men's team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.
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ATHENS -- After 16 days of competition and 301 events, the United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals -- its best showing ever and the leading edge
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China&#39;s Guo Jingjing easily won the women&#39;s 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world&#39;s diving superpower, taking the silver.
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ANTWERP, Belgium  - World number three Amelie Mauresmo was relieved to have finally secured her million-euro dream on Sunday by winning her third consecutive Diamond Games title and scooping a diamond-studded racket.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Catalina Ponor of Romania won two gold medals Monday night, finishing first in the women&#39;s floor exercise and balance beam.
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The Beija Flor samba group won carnival champion for the third year in a row Wednesday for its parade celebrating the story of Indians, priests and pioneers in southern Brazil.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus surged ahead at the finish to capture the Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre dash, nipping Lauryn Williams of the United States and breaking a 20-year-old American stranglehold on the title.