Germany Sets Relay World Record
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HELSINKI, Finland  -- Germany set a world record Thursday in the men's 4x50-meter medley relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
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South Africa won the gold medal Sunday in the men's 400-meter freestyle relay with a world-record time of 3 minutes 13.17 seconds.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer dealt her rivals a heavy psychogical blow today, reclaiming her individual pursuit world record in magnificent fashion at a sweltering Olympic Velodrome here today.
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Max Rauffer became the first German man in 12 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill at Val Gardena.
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SESTRIERE, Italy  - American Lindsey Vonn sped to her fourth downhill win of the World Cup season on Saturday, setting the record straight after last weekend's upset at St Moritz.
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Germany's Thomas Rupprath celebrated the second day of the European shortcourse championships by setting a new world shortcourse record almost six years to the day after first setting it.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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Hicham El Guerrouj shocks world record holder Kenenisa Bekele to win the 5,000m.
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The United States broke the world record  to win the men's 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens  Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet  gymnast Alexander Dityatin's 1980 record for the most medals at  one Games.
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COLOGNE, Germany  - Hosts Germany won the handball world championship on Sunday with a lopsided 29-24 victory over Poland, which was a fitting final act to the most popular handball tournament ever held.
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Marlies Schild of Austria takes a curve on her way to setting the second fastest time during the first run of a World Cup women&#39;s Giant Slalom in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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Australia has set a new world record of 3 minutes, 56.342 seconds in winning its quarter-final of the men's team pursuit at the Athens Olympics.
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Australia set a world record in winning the 400-metre medley relay at the short course world championships on Saturday night. Sophie Edington, Brooke Hanson, Jessica Schipper and Lisbeth
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand continued her dominance of pursuit racing Sunday, breaking her own world record to win the Olympic gold medal.
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Britain took a shock gold in the men's  Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorites the  United States by one hundredth of a second.
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Sven Kramer broke his own 10,000-meter world record Sunday and made it a Dutch double at the World Allround Speedskating Championships, winning the men's overall title.
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British team won the gold medal for the men&#39;s 4x100m relay final with a time of 38.07 seconds at the Athens Olympics in Greece, Aug. 28, 2004.