Pole Vault, Steeplechase World Marks Set
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Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and steeplechaser Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar set world records at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday.
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What a night for U.S. athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200. Dwight Phillips and John Moffitt went 1-2 in the long jump. Marion Jones and the 400-meter relay team cruised into the finals.
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The American men answered their critics who said they were lucky to qualify for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth yesterday at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. If not for two falls off the high bar, the United States would have been the bronze medalist. China breezed to its third consecutive title â and seventh in the past eight world championships â by an almost 5-point margin. Japan took the silver and Germany the bronze, 1.25 points ahead of the Americans.
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The Guinness Book of World Records has ruled that a church steeple in Germany, not the famous leaning tower of Pisa, is the most tilted tower in the world.
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Kenyan-born Saif Saaeed Shaheen - now representing Qatar - smashed the world 3,000 metres steeplechase record in Friday night&#39;s IAAF Golden League meeting in Brussels.
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Qatar&#39;s multimillion-pound investment in importing sporting talent reaped some benefit when Saif Saeed Shaheen broke the world record for 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin here last night.
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The big names in women's skiing are hitting form just in time for the start of next week's world championships, promising some fascinating battles.
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ATHENS -- From soaring heights to missed opportunities, the feel-good ride of the United States track and field team hit a couple of potholes last night even as another gold medal was added to its 2004 Olympic collection.
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Olympic champions have their parents to thank for their physiology&#151;but no one is born a world-record holder. That also requires training, nutrition, desire, and determination.
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A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.
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Allyson Felix got her triple gold. U.S. teammate Bernard Lagat got a double for doing something no one had ever done at the track and field world championships.
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ATHENS -- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the pole vault last night to win a showdown with teammate Svetlana Feofanova for the gold with an effort of 16 feet 1&#188; inches.
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Sport: Great Britain's quartet book spot in 4x100m relay final at world athletics championships.
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With her third-place finish Thursday night in women&#39;s 3-meter springboard diving, Yulia Pakhalina now has a matched set of Olympic medals - one gold, one silver, one bronze â-o show for trips to Sydney and Athens.
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Mark Nielsen of Calgary won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres while Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., claimed bronze in the 500 Sunday in the season's fourth World Cup long track speed skating event.
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ATHENS : Russia&#39;s Yelena Slesarenko cleared an Olympic record height of 2.06 metres to take the Olympic Games women&#39;s high jump here.
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American sprinter Tyson Gay hopes conditions at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium will allow him to set a world record for the 100 meters at the IAAF Grand Prix on Sunday.