Olympic competition ends in drama
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Thirty-six kilometres into the men&#39;s Olympic marathon on Sunday, Vanderlei Lima&#39;s chances of winning were taken from him after he was tackled in bizarre manner by the Irish serial pest Cornelius Horan.
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The sailing and canoe-kayak events have closed at the Athens Olympics while athletics, wrestling, and basketball will give fans plenty to cheer at the Athens Olympics.
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London sent off its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, calling it a &quot;winning formula&quot; towards snaring the world&#39;s biggest sporting event.
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Athens - The Athens Olympics have turned from party to tragedy for hosts Greece after doping scandals involving three of their top athletes.
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This gold medal comes with a broken heart. This victory - as dominant as the Olympic Games have seen in years from any sport, any team, any nation - comes with a searing sense of loss.
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The disfiguring doping scandal involving Greece&#39;s two leading athletes, Konstadinos Kederis and Ekaterini Thanou, came to a messy conclusion here yesterday, as both jumped before they could be pushed, forfeiting their places in ...
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ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn&#39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm&#39;s &quot;fairy-tale ending&quot; was unexpectedly revised at the Athens Olympics on Saturday when the international governing body for gymnastics said he should not have received the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around final.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The 2004 Summer Games ended with a vibrant two-hour extravaganza at Athens&#39; Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Greece bid farewell to guests from 201 countries in a ceremony that started with fireworks and a dazzling light show.
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In many Olympics competitions winners and losers are determined by less than a fraction of a point and even the slightest error in scoring can set back an athlete from the gold to the bronze.
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An attempt by world gymnastics officials to find an easy ending to the Paul Hamm medal saga has backfired and turned the whole thing into an even bigger mess.
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ATHENS, Greece - When the final whistle blew, an exhausted Mia Hamm was quickly swarmed by 17 thrilled teammates. A few minutes later, an Olympic gold medal was hanging around her neck, too...
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Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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When the Olympic flame faded on Sunday the missions of many athletes, participants and spectators came to an end, but Sunny Hwang knew it was the signal of a new beginning.
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For Americans, it&#39;s just as well that the Olympics came to a conclusion Sunday. Over the weekend, the ends of America&#39;s almost
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.