Olympic Games Hit Stride with Medals Free-For-All
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Norway, Germany, France, Britain Romania, New Zealand and Australia all looted the gold-medal chest in the Athens Olympic rowing basin on Saturday, as Greece counted
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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There is no more need to remind himself of what happened in Sydney four years ago. The batteries on that memory went dead as he flashed around the track to the Olympic gold medal.
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China dominated the medals race at the Paralympic Games that ended Tuesday, and Chinese officials expect a similar performance when Beijing hosts the games in four years
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Step aside Michael Phelps; geeks with glasses can now sport a gold medal thanks to the annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
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Michael Phelps, his first gold medal  safely gathered in, eased through the next phase of his  monumental Olympic challenge in the heats of the 200 meters  freestyle Sunday but the immensity of the task ahead was clear.
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Plentiful buses, helpful volunteers, and efficient security have added up to &#39;positive surprises&#39; for the host city. There are many measures by which to judge the success of an Olympic Games: records broken, medals won, dreams fulfilled or dashed.
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With Jeremy Wariner leading the way, the United States pulled off the first medal sweep of the Olympics Monday night in the 400-meter run.
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Australia won their first men&#39;s Olympic team pursuit title in 20 years yesterday to take their medals haul from track cycling at the Athens Games to four from four days of competition.
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A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.
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Olympics chief Jacques Rogge heaped praise on Greek organisers and declared the Athens Games an all-round success. Television ratings are 15% up from the 2000 Games in Sydney, while ticket sales have topped figures from the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics.
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The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals &#151; its best showing ever and the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams. The American team amassed 103 total medals, topping its target of 100, and won 35 golds to 32 for China and 27 for Russia.
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Gold medals at these Olympics will be more evenly distributed than at any since 1952.
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Medals will be awarded in 20 events in track and field, canoe-kayak, equestrian, field hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain biking, soccer and taekwondo.
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TONY EASTLEY: Ian Thorpe now has the full set of Olympic medals, winning bronze after coming surprisingly close in trying to win the Games treble  that is the 100, 200 and 400 metres freestyle events. In winning bronze in the 100 metres final, Thorpe ...
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The Olympic games engages virtually everyone on the planet. The past two weeks have shown they are thrilling, intoxicating and enriching - and, of course, unpredictable.