Olympian Gardner survives plane crash
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Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner lost a toe to frostbite after being stranded in the wilderness, impaled himself with an arrow and was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. In his latest escape from death, he survived a plane crash over the weekend into the aptly named Good Hope Bay on the Utah-Arizona border.
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Rulon Gardner was in another Olympic wrestling upset &#151; his own. One of the biggest stars of the 2000 Summer Games, Gardner was thrown to the mat in overtime Wednesday by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and lost 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal match.
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A Greek fighter jet and a Turkish warplane collided Tuesday near the island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, the Greek government said. A rescue operation was launched for the three missing pilots, two Turks and one Greek.
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A veteran pilot trying to break a speed record was killed Monday when his small, experimental plane crashed into an apartment building and playground. Six people on the ground were slightly injured, authorities said.
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US heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan.
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The bodies of a California businessman, his teenage daughter and the Panamanian pilot of a plane that crashed over the weekend were found Tuesday in Panama's mountains, officials said. A 12-year-old American girl survived.
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NBC Universal Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol survived a plane crash near the Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado this morning in which two others died, law- enforcement authorities said.
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DENVER - A charter plane built by Canada&#39;s Bombardier crashed in Colorado Sunday, killing its pilot and co-pilot and injuring three other people, including the chairman of NBC Sports.
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Athens, Greece -- Rulon Gardner unlaced his size 13 shoes, yanked them off and placed them on the mat. The big galoot, as friendly and unassuming as any Olympian could be, recalled how he would sit on the floor as a kid and pull on his sneakers.
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ATHENS -- On a day when Rulon Gardner escaped any surprises on the mat, there was one waiting for him in the stands.
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The body of the 14-year-old son of NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol was believed recovered Monday after a fiery jet crash that killed two crewmen.
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A charter plane crashed and burst into flames during takeoff Sunday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring NBC Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol and two others. Rescue crews were searching for one of Ebersol's sons.
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A small plane crashed in a shopping center parking lot, skipping across vehicles and clipping a pole before landing on a car, witnesses and authorities said. All four people aboard survived without life-threatening injuries.
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Two pilots flying a short domestic flight in Norway Wednesday survived an axe attack by a passenger and were able to land their plane safely, the BBC reported.
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NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol survives a plane crash in southwestern Colorado on Sunday.
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ATHENS - After suffering a stunning 4-1 overtime loss to Kazakhstan&#39;s Georgiy Tsurtsumia in the men&#39;s Greco-Roman super heavyweight semifinals, defending champion Rulon Gardner came back to win the bronze medal today by defeating Sajad Barzi of Iran, 3
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Rulon Gardner knew this moment was coming, win or lose, but he could not prepare for it. When he sat down on the wrestling mat at Ano Liossia Hall on Wednesday night, he could