American charges late, earns surprise bronze
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ATHENS, Greece -- Deena Kastor conquered the rugged hills of the ancient course that gave the marathon its name, somehow marshaling the energy to pull from eighth to third in the final few miles Sunday and earn the first US marathon medal in 20 years.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- US shot-putter Adam Nelson stood outside the throwing circle, his hands on the back of his head, his hopes just dashed by a foul on a throw that would have won the gold medal.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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THE US has won the Olympic bronze medal in the women&#39;s water polo, holding off a spirited second-half fightback by Australia. The Americans led 4-0 at halftime, but the reigning world champion Australians
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ATHENS, Greece - Three got medals, and Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984...
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Michael Anti of the United States won the silver on Sunday in the men&#39;s 50m rifle 3-position event at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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ATHENS -- Some guys learn from their mistakes. Andre Dirrell didn't. America's middleweight medal hopeful followed the same pattern against Gennady Golovkin yesterday that he fell into during his quarterfinal victory over Cuba's Yordani Despaigne two days ago but this time he paid a more costly price than he had two days earlier, when he escaped with a 12-11 victory ...
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Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze. And Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984. And they might not be finished yet.
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The men's Olympic bronze medal  basketball game on Saturday between the United States and  Lithuania was delayed after both teams showed up at the Olympic  Indoor Hall wearing their home white uniforms, officials said.
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The American had just taken his chance at a gold medal and tossed it like a stone into the Mediterranean, stumbling off the vault like a man stepping on his own shoe lace, nearly falling onto the judges&#39; table the way basketball players ...
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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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STUTTGART, Germany - Nastia Liukin fell short of an individual gold medal again. Maybe the Chinese can give her one of theirs.
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The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men's basketball bronze medal game.
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ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what
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Maurice Greene grabbed the baton and accelerated toward the finish, blowing past a Nigerian and reeling in Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis. But even the self-proclaimed greatest sprinter of all time could not make up for a sloppy handoff earlier in the race Saturday, and his chest crossed the line just a hair behind the Brit's. The Americans were forced to settle for silver by an excruciating hundredth of a second.
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ATHENS - At lunch Wednesday, gymnast Blaine Wilson showed fellow American Andy Roddick the silver medal he had won earlier this week. Roddick eyed it with interest, but he wasn&#39;t blown away.
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It would've been understandable if American Matt Emmons had a bad first Olympic experience. The way things had been going, he seemed destined for that.