Swimming: Shibata Wins Women's 800m Freestyle
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Japan's Ai Shibata prevailed in a sprint  finish to win the women's 800 meter freestyle gold medal at the  Athens Games Friday.
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American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88.
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Japan claimed gold in the women&#39;s marathon Sunday. Battling extreme heat and a difficult 42.195 kilometer course through historic Athens, Mizuki Noguchi passed the finish line in two hours, 26.
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Laure Manaudou of France bettered her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle Sunday for her fourth gold medal at the European Swimming Championships.
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Japan&#39;s Mizuki Noguchi captured the gold medal in the women&#39;s marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 22. Noguchi, silver medalist in last year&#39;s world championships in Paris, took over the lead
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Two-time defending champion Masae Ueno earned Japan&#39;s fifth gold medal in 10 judo events on Wednesday, extending her three-year undefeated streak in major international competition with an Olympic victory.
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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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wins gold in the 3 metre women&#39;s springboard at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 26, 2004. Guo won the women&#39;s 3m springboard diving gold medal, her compatriot Wu Minxia (L) took
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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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Roland Schoeman of South Africa won the 50-meter freestyle Wednesday at a short-course swimming World Cup meet, one day after setting a world record in the 100 individual medley.
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Athens - Russia&#39;s Tatyana Lebedeva made up for her disappointment at only taking the bronze medal in the women&#39;s triple jump by capturing the Olympic Games women&#39;s long jump title on Friday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands successfully defended his Olympic 100-meter freestyle title Wednesday night. Van den Hoogenband won the gold medal in 48.17 seconds - 13-hundredths of a second faster than his winning time at the Sydney Games four years ago...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 7 -- One race, one gold for Michael Phelps. Kaitlin Sandeno was three times better. Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on opening
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Russian star wrestler Buvaysa Saytiev, a five-time world champion, eased to win the men&#39;s 74kg freestyle Olympic gold in Athens on August 29 afternoon.
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Japan's diminutive Mizuki Noguchi put on  an extraordinary display of front-running to win the Olympic  women's marathon title on Sunday as Paula Radcliffe's challenge  ended in bitter tears.
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Chantelle Newbery became the first  Australian to win the Olympic women's platform diving title  with a clearcut victory in the final on Sunday.
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Netherlands' Inge de Bruijn successfully defends her 50m freestyle crown.