US Men Squander Lead, But Hold Off Thorpe to Win
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ATHENS, Aug. 17 -- Rarely has a huge lead disappeared so quickly. Largely unheralded US swimmer Klete Keller jumped in the pool for the final leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay a second-and-a-half ahead of Australian legend Ian Thorpe.
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory...
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Jim Thorpe was even par after playing four holes in unspectacular fashion. On his second shot at No. 5, he hit a 3-wood about 238 yards to 3 feet, then tapped in for an eagle.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - South Africa were left with a battle to save the match after Graham Thorpe led a powerful England batting performance on the fourth day of the second Test at Kingsmead.
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps surely didn't bargain for this. His quest to win eight gold medals is over, doomed by America's worst showing in the 400-meter freestyle relay...
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Australian Ian Thorpe beat arch-rival  Michael Phelps in a nail-biting Olympic men's 200-meter  freestyle final on Monday between the four fastest swimmers in  history.
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Australia's Ian Thorpe won the gold  medal in the men's 200 meters freestyle at the Athens Olympics  on Monday.
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The kid couldn't catch the Thorpedo &#151; and he won't be catching Mark Spitz, either. Michael Phelps' quest for seven gold medals ended after just three events, doomed by another bronze Monday night in the most anticipated race at the Olympic pool &#151; the head-to-head showdown with Australia's Ian Thorpe in the 200-meter freestyle.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on  Monday as the United States trailed China, Australia and Japan  in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games.
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An inspired European team was dominant Friday, while a fragile United States team was demoralized while falling behind, 6Â½-1Â½.
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull out another gold-medal victory...
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Britain&#39;s Mark Lewis-Francis held off the USA&#39;s Maurice Greene on the last leg to win a stunning gold medal in the men&#39;s 4x100m relay.
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GRAHAM THORPE may be the veteran of the England side but he skipped like a spring lamb after completing the century that consolidated his sideâs remarkable recovery in the second
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The Americans should have had a comfortable task of seeing off a weak opponent. But poor finishing and farcical defending allowed Panama to make it more difficult for the United States.
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ATHENS -- The United States fell out of medal contention in Olympic water polo yesterday as Aleksander Sapic scored three goals to lead Serbia-Montenegro to a 9-4 win over the Americans.
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ATHENS - As the final leg of the men&#39;s 4 x 200 freestyle relay began last night at the Olympic pool, the United States held a lead of at least 1 1/2 body lengths - which, considering the final 200 meters was being swum by 6-foot-6 Klete ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay - a race the American men usually dominate.    U.S...