US swimmers wrap up meet with golden harvest
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The United States swim team sealed the swimming competition of the Athens Olympics in the same way it opened it - with a world record and another gold medal for Michael Phelps.
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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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&quot;Held off Australian legend Ian Thorpe on anchor leg of 4x200 freestyle relay in Athens to win gold for United States.&#39;&#39; ...
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ATHENS - The Australian women and American men ended the swimming competition at the Athens 2004 Olympics Games in style Saturday, both breaking world records in the 4x100 meter medley relays.
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The rivalry between the U.S. and  Australia is set to heat up at the short course world  championships with most of the five finals later Sunday  featuring head-to-head clashes by the two swimming powerhouses.
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On a night when Michael Phelps settled for bronze in his much-anticipated showdown with Ian Thorpe, Phelps' American teammates Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol won their first Olympic gold medals Monday. Coughlin, the top female on the U.S. team, won the 100-meter backstroke, while Peirsol touched first in the men's 100 back.
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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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At best, Michael Phelps can only hope for seven gold medals in Athens, as the United States settles for the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay Sunday.
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Michael Phelps insists his main aim in life is to raise the profile of swimming in the United States. And at the end of the Athens swimming meet, no-one can accuse him of under-achieving on that score.
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Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics.
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Serena Williams and Mardy Fish beat Jelena Jankovic and Novak  Djokovic , 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, yesterday in Perth, Australia, to give the United States its fifth title in the Hopman Cup mixed team tennis tournament.
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American swimmers continued their dominance in the world short course championships in Indianapolis on Friday, winning five of the eight gold medals on offer without the help of injured Michael Phelps.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Olympic swimmer Katie Hoff finished third in a race Sunday night at the Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis.
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The United States swept the Olympic medals in the men&#39;s 400 meters Monday and Briton Kelly Holmes ended years of frustration to beat friend and foe Maria Mutola in the women&#39;s 800 meters.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...
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Michael Phelps, of the United States, holds his gold medal after setting an Olympic-record 1:57.14 in the 200-meter individual medley at the Olympic Aquatic Centre during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, in this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo.
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That&#39;s the goal now, with two events remaining in what already has been a grueling Olympic schedule for this 19-year-old US swimming star.