Athletes must come back to earth after Olympic venture
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It was only last month that Olympian Kent Smack was battling the world's best rowers on Schinias Lake outside of Athens. Today, he's back sitting at a desk in his office cubicle, facing deadlines and meetings.
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Team GB will fly home on Monday after collecting 30 medals in Athens.
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Archery. Now we're getting back to Olympic basics.
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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A route to the world's highest mountain is to be built in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Athletes who won China its highest-ever Olympics gold medal tally were greeted like heroes when they returned Tuesday, with flag-waving fans cheering wildly at the airport.
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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan  - A Russian Soyuz capsule  carrying a U.S. astronaut and two cosmonauts undocked from the  International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday to start a flight  back to the earth's surface.
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Getting the technology in place for Athens 2004 is an Olympic task in itself.
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The Greek faithful came to see if their 35-year-old star of Olympics past could give them one last thrill. They left having witnessed the new breed of lifting.
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Athens - Olympic Games medal dreams were gunned down, rescued and put on hold in Athens after a series of protests. Nowhere was the sound and fury greatest than out on the athletics track and in the gymnastics arena.
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Both Paula Radcliffe of Britain and Hendrik Ramaala of South Africa got a bit of redemption after a disappointing Olympics.
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One way or another, Paul Hamm&#39;s gold-medal odyssey is about to end. Whether he gets to keep the medal and the title he won a month ago in the Olympic men&#39;s gymnastics all-around will be up to the sporting world&#39;s highest authority.
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For decades, the knock was that the sight of a passport turned their knees to jelly. The US men's gymnastics team was fine on its home floor, their rivals said, especially if the Russians weren't around or there was a Depression on. But put them on a plane and they couldn't find the Olympic medal stand with a ...
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Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell already know they&#39;re going home with Olympic medals. It won&#39;t be long before they find out the color of their prizes.
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Runner Kelly Holmes has provided the ultimate proof in this Olympic Games that if at first you don't succeed, try and try again.
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TONY EASTLEY: It&#39;s been a long time between drinks for Olympic athletes competing at the ancient sports stadium at Olympia. In fact it&#39;s been 2,000 years since Olympic athletes set foot on the site.
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Most athletes will have back trouble sooner or later â if theyâre not suffering already. Hereâs what to do about it.