Coventry takes backstroke
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Zimbabwe&#39;s Kirsty Coventry added gold to her silver and bronze medals by storming to victory in the women&#39;s 200m backstroke final in Athens.
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American Aaron Peirsol reclaimed the gold medal in the Olympic 200-meter backstroke after initially being disqualified for what an official called an illegal turn Thursday night. The United States filed a protest that was overturned on appeal by FINA, the sport's governing body, about 30 minutes after the race &#151; just before the medal ceremony was held.
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Britain's wheelchair basketball team beat the USA 62-59 to reach the last four at the Paralympics.
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Britain's Olympic rowing heroes take to the water again during a homecoming at their home base.
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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Three-time gold medalist Aaron Peirsol broke his own short course world record in the 200 meter backstroke with an easy victory Monday night at the Short Course World Championships.
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Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands missed qualifying for the semis in the 50 freestyle this morning, and the world&#39;s headline writers heaved a sigh of relief. When the Flying Dutchman was beaten by Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe in the 200 freestyle on ...
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Boys' swimming powerhouse Weston improved to 8-0 with a 97-88 road victory over Dual County League foe Acton-Boxboro yesterday.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States pursued China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games.
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Insurer Coventry Health Care Inc  said on Friday that third-quarter profit increased as premiums rose.
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American Aaron Peirsol won the gold medal Monday in the men's 100-meter backstroke with a time of 0:54.06.
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ATHENS, Greece - Ian Thorpe touched the wall, pumped a fist in the air and let out a yell that all but said, "Take that!"   Two lanes over, Michael Phelps was draped over the rope, huffing and puffing as he looked at the scoreboard.    Phelps' improbable pursuit of Mark Spitz is over, Thorpedoed by the man in black...
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It didn't take Matt Savit long to make a big contribution at the varsity level. The sophomore, who was called up from Lincoln-Sudbury's junior varsity soccer team just three days ago, scored the lone goal as the undefeated Warriors slipped past Weston, 1-0.
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American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88.
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Winless Norwich has come away from Manchester City with a draw to move off the bottom of the English Premier League table. Willo Flood put the hosts ahead after 11 minutes at the City of Manchester Stadium
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Business leaders believe the city of Coventry will bounce back despite the disappointment of todayâs decision by Jaguar to cut hundreds of jobs at its historic Browns Lane plant.
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Ian Thorpe showed Michael Phelps what it means to be a swimming icon, clawing out a victory over Pieter van den Hoogenband in the Olympic 200m freestyle, as Phelps settled for bronze and the end of his seven-gold hopes.
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Great Britain pulled off a huge surprise as they took the men's 4x100 metres relay for only the second time in Olympic history and first since 1912.