American Amanda Beard Snatches the Gold
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Amanda Beard, twice an Olympic silver  medallist back in 1996, finally won individual Olympic gold  when she snatched victory from Australia's Leisel Jones in the  200 meter breaststroke Thursday.
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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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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday,  breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat  Australia 74-63.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Kelly Holmes of Britain won the gold medal Saturday in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 3:57.90. Tatyana Tomashova of Russia won the silver in 3:58.
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Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva  Svetlana Khorkina to become the first American in 20 years to  win the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on  Thursday.
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Australia&#39;s Brooke Hanson won a record sixth gold medal at one swimming World Short Course Championships. She saw off American Amanda Beard&#39;s challenge to take the 200m breaststroke title in Indianapolis in a time of two minutes and 21.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne blasted her way to Olympic gold Saturday, beating Amelie Mauresmo 6-3, 6-3 in a clash of the world&#39;s top two players.
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Photos: A look at the whiskered winners who stood out in last week's annual beard and mustache competition
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman in the world, winning the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games here Saturday evening.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko won the top women&#39;s athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Catalina Ponor displayed her growing maturity when she majestically outclassed her opponents to win two gold medals in the Athens Olympics Monday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics...
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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.
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More than five minutes were required to determine that Veronica Campbell of Jamaica was the gold medalist for the womenâs 100 meters.
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Australia has won two medals on the first day of the World Shortcourse Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. The Australian 4x200 metre women&#39;s freestyle relay team took silver, while 17-year-old Lara Carroll
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Kelly Holmes won the women&#39;s 1,500 meters to become the third woman to win that race and the 800 meters at the same Olympics. The 34-year-old runner from the UK added the metric-mile gold medal in 3 minutes, 57.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the US with China at 14 ...