Spectator assaults marathon leader
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Italian Stefano Baldini won the Olympic men&#39;s marathon overnight after a spectator dashed on to the course late in the race and bundled the then leader Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd.
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Vanderlei de Lima, who won bronze in Sunday&#39;s Olympic marathon after being attacked by a spectator when leading the race, says his happiness with the medal outweighed any bitterness over the incident.
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The violence that has ripped through Kenya has made training for runners increasingly dangerous. Some of the sportâs biggest names remain unaccounted for in the chaos.
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A CRAZED former priest ruined the men&#39;s marathon yesterday when he burst out of the crowd and grabbed the race leader. Cornelius Horan&#39;s stunt cost Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima his chance of the gold medal.
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ATHENS - The Russians were angry. The South Koreans were angry. The Greeks were angry. Nobody paid for it more than Paul Hamm. For 10 solid minutes, the crowd booed and whistled, creating a deafening roar.
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ATHENS As the sprinters walked out for the final of the men&#39;s 200 meters, the crowd in the packed Olympic Stadium began to boo.
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It&#39;s impossible to know how many of the stock-car-racing fans who heard Dale Earnhardt Jr. use a naughty word on television after winning a 500 at Talladega were offended -- or even noticed.
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By now, most sports fans have seen footage of Wednesday&#39;s melee at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland ... Jennifer Bueno stands dazed and bloodied after a chair hurled by Rangers reliever Frank Francisco hit her in the face.
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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A man wearing a brightly colored costume bolted from the crowd and grabbed the leader of the marathon Sunday, about three miles from the finish. The intruder wrestled Vanderlei Lima of Brazil to the curb and into the crowd. Police tackled the intruder and freed Lima.
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In an Olympic marathon marred by a bizarre intrusion, Italy&#39;s Stefano Baldini surged ahead with more than three kilometres to win the gold yesterday.
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Paula Radcliffe never got to hear the acclaim of the 8,000 or so British supporters who had gathered to cheer their heroine through the final yards of last night&#39;s Olympic marathon.
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As soon as the men&#39;s 200-meter race was introduced over the loudspeaker at Olympic Stadium, the crowd of 75,000 let loose an avalanche of jeers and boos.
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ATHENS - To understand the moment of triumph, one must understand the 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds of cruelty. The favorite, the world-record holder in the women&#39;s marathon, Paula Radcliffe, led a pack
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Each time the runners approached the starting blocks, the chants would begin again, a defiant show of support for their fallen hero.
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Thursday night&#39;s 200 metres final started with a disgraceful display by some of the Greek fans in the stadium in response to the absence of their local favourite and defending champion, Kostas Kenteris.
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Italian Stefano Baldini won the Olympic men&#39;s marathon Sunday after an intruder dashed on to the course late in the race and bundled the then leader Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd.