Bronze medalist seeks NY gold
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A few things have changed in Deena Kastor&#39;s life since late August when the 31-year-old Californian battled the oppressive Athens heat to capture the Olympic bronze medal in the women&#39;s marathon.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Double Olympic snowboarding silver medalist Danny Kass has not given up hope of adding gold to his medal collection.
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A week ago, the New York Road Runners announced that Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, perhaps the greatest distance runner ever, would run in the New York City Half-Marathon on Aug. 5. Yesterday, the organizers listed a strong field of Americans to oppose him.The top Americans are Alan Culpepper and Abdi Abdirahman, both 2004 Olympians, and Khalid Khannouchi, a former world-record holder in the marathon. Other notable Americans are Peter Gilmore, Jason Hartmann and Brandon Leslie.The 13.1-mile race, which starts in Central Park and ends in Lower Manhattan, is three months before the menâs Olympic trials in Central Park.Culpepper, who won the 2004 Olympic marathon trials, said he planned to make this half-marathon his last race before the trials. âThe fact that itâs New York and itâs a tough course is in my favor and plays into my strength,â he said.
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The people behind New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics think they have a chance to beat the four competing European capitals.
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Officials from the US Olympic Committee and their South Korean counterparts might seek to solve the dispute over US gymnast Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal in
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ATHENS, Greece -- Calling South Korean Yang Tae Young &quot;the true winner,&#39;&#39; International Gymnastics Federation president Bruno Grandi has written a letter to American Paul Hamm, asking him to voluntarily turn over his Olympic gold medal to Yang.
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For the first time since 1988, the Olympic men&#39;s basketball gold medal will not go to the United States. Argentina beat the Americans 89-81 in semifinal action yesterday, meaning bronze is
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Israel picked up its first-ever gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday when windsurfer Gal Fridman won the men&#39;s mistral.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Bernard Lagat, Jeremy Wariner and Allyson Felix will look to add gloss to successful world championships with more gold medals on the final day of competition on Sunday.
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ATHENS - Klete Keller has been seen at the top of the Olympic medal stand for the last time in 2004. Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard probably haven&#39;t. Even Ian Thorpe might make another appearance.
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Britain's Amir Khan will bid to become boxing's youngest Olympic gold medallist since 1952 on Sunday.
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Let me be clear here, since some self-righteous columnists who wouldn&#39;t know a handstand from a night stand have entered the fray: Paul Hamm should not give up his gold medal.
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Cyclist Michael Rogers could benefit for the second time in a month from a crackdown on drug cheats, this time by picking up an Olympic bronze medal.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should he keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean gymnast who believes he was unfairly deprived of the gold in the men's all-around event in Athens last month because of a scoring error...
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Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on. Hamm, in Worcester for the Rock &amp; Roll
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NEW YORKâS rush to build an Olympic stadium has provoked a clash between the cityâs billionaire mayor and a multimillionaire cable television tycoon that has thrown the Big Appleâs bid for the 2012 Games into jeopardy.