Hoy wins gold by a whisker
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Cyclist Chris Hoy today secured Britain&#39;s second gold medal of the Games by winning the men&#39;s 1km time trial in a new Olympic-record time.
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The Chinese earned another gold medal -- their fifth of the Athens Games -- when Guo Jingjing easily won the women&#39;s 3-meter springboard Thursday night.
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Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy  - Austria's Maria Holaus won a women's World Cup alpine skiing super-G on Sunday.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus surged ahead at the finish to capture the Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre dash, nipping Lauryn Williams of the United States and breaking a 20-year-old American stranglehold on the title.
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Britain's Ben Ainslie wins sailing's Finn  class - his second successive Olympic gold medal.
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Australia&#39;s Ryan Bayley won the men&#39;s Keirin final Wednesday, becoming the only cyclist to win two individual gold medals at the Athens Games.
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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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ATHENS--Australia-born Kate Allen won a gold medal for her adopted country Austria in the women&#39;s Olympic triathlon Wednesday.
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Sarah Ulmer won New Zealand&#39;s first Olympic cycling gold medal Sunday, shaving almost two more seconds off the world mark she set Saturday in the women&#39;s individual pursuit.
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American Tyson Gay surged past  Jamaica&#39;s Asafa Powell to win gold in the men&#39;s 100 meters at  the world championships on Sunday.
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Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Paul Hamm of the United States won the gold medal Wednesday in all-around gymnastics.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Chantelle Newbery won Australia&#39;s first gold medal in diving since 1924 tonight, easily holding off China&#39;s Lao Lishi and Aussie teammate Loudy Tourky in women&#39;s 10-meter platform.
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Tyson Gay won his third gold medal at the World Championships. For Allyson Felix, it is two - and counting.
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Kim Rhode earned the United States a gold medal in double trap shooting yesterday, staking a unique claim as the first and last winner of the Olympic event.
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Chantelle Newbery has jumped into sporting history by winning Australiaâs first Olympic diving gold medal since 1924 in the women&#39;s 10 metre platform in Athens.