A windsurfer nets Israel&#39;s first gold
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ATHENS Gal Fridman became the first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal on Wednesday after edging Greece&#39;s Nikolaos Kaklamanakis for the men&#39;s windsurfing title.
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Ahmed al-Maktoum becomes the first Olympic medallist from the UAE with gold in the men's double shooting trap.
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Israel&#39;s first Olympic gold medallist has dedicated his victory to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their memorial to show them his medal.
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ATHENS, Greece - His quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps got back to winning gold. The 19-year-old from Baltimore claimed his second gold medal of the Athens Games in the 200-meter butterfly Tuesday night, though he was a bit disappointed at failing to break his own world record...
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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Aaron Peirsol was awarded gold in the men&#39;s 200 meters backstroke at the Athens Olympics on Thursday after winning an appeal against his disqualification then surviving a protest from the British and Austrian teams.
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Description: Sheik Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai&#39;s royal family, wins the first Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates -- and it&#39;s gold. Al Maktoum won in the men&#39;s double trap shooting event.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - With one gold medal already, he could have packed it in. But it wouldn&#39;t have been right, not after what his teammate accomplished Saturday night.
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Sheik Ahmed bin Hashr Al-Maktoum earned the first-ever Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates when he took home the gold medal in men&#39;s double trap shooting on Tuesday in Athens.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Riding gelding Waterford Crystal, Ireland&#39;s Cian O&#39;Connor won his country&#39;s first Olympic gold medal in jumping on Friday night.
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ATHENS Nawal el-Moutawakel, the first Moroccan to win an Olympic gold medal, was in the mixed zone, avoiding interviews as deftly as she used to avoid hurdles, but then tonight el-Moutawakel was a fan instead of a star.
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Michael Phelps won his fifth gold medal  at the Athens Olympics Friday to claim a place alongside Mark  Spitz as one of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history.
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ATHENS - Windsurfer Gal Fridman won his country&#39;s first gold medal since Israel began competing in the Olympics at Helsinki in 1952 when he captured the men&#39;s Mistral sailboard title at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre on Wednesday.
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American Michael Phelps won the gold medal Tuesday in the 200-meter butterfly with an Olympic-record time of 1:54.04.
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Eirik Veraas Larsen of Norway, 27, added a bronze in men&#39;s K2 1,000m to his gold in K1 1,000m won earlier in Athens Olympic regatta here on Friday.
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Windsurfer Gal Fridman said in Athens yesterday that his plans for the immediate future were to take a month-long break from the sport, after he won Israel&#39;s first ever Olympic gold medal Wednesday.
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DEFENDING champion Inge de Bruijn of Holland won the women&#39;s 50m swim final in 24.58 seconds last night. It was the 30-year-old&#39;s first gold in Athens and the fourth of her career.