Olympic notebook: Beach volleyball duo downs countrywomen
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ATHENS Misty May and Kerri Walsh, the worldâs top-ranked team, made fellow Americans and rivals Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs scramble for every point and pulled away for a 21-18, 21-15 victory.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S Jana Pittman finished fifth in the women&#39;s 400m hurdles at the Athens Olympics overnight behind home-town hero Fani Halkia of Greece.
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Twice Olympic beach volleyball medallist  Natalie Cook helped new team mate Nicole Sanderson battle  nerves to propel Australia to a 21-19, 17-21, 17-15 win against  China Monday.
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The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
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ATHENS - From Athens to Crete, American women dominated the spotlight Monday at the 2004 Summer Games. The US women&#39;s softball team completed an overpowering run to the gold medal, by pounding Australia 5-1 in Athens.
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A roaring crowd helped inspire Greece's  top women's beach volleyball team to trounce China on Wednesday  and reach the next round.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The US women&#39;s basketball team continued its impressive play at the Olympics, pulling away from previously-unbeaten Spain for a 71-58 victory on Friday.
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South Korea took an early lead, so did the Czech Republic. Hey, even New Zealand had the US women&#39;s basketball team down for a while.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The United States men&#39;s volleyball team fell below .500 Thursday night with a four-set loss to Russia in Pool B action.
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Durango&#39;s Elaine Youngs hit a tap to open sand to finish a dominating decisive set as she teamed with Holly McPeak to nab the bronze in beach volleyball.
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China's Guo Jingjing easily won the women's 3-meter springboard last night, and Wu Minxia made it a 1-2 finish for the world's diving superpower, taking the silver.
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China finished one-two through Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia in the women&#39;s 3m springboard diving final at the Olympic Games on Thursday.
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Ping Zhang had 25 points yesterday as China came from two sets down to beat Russia for the gold medal in Olympic women&#39;s volleyball.
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The Netherlands beat Germany 2-0 to win the WomenÂ¡Â¯s Field Hockey Champions Trophy. The win earned the country some compensation for losing the gold-medal showdown at the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS -- Preliminary-round elimination would have been a disaster for the United States women. Desperate for a victory, the Americans avoided embarrassment by finally playing like a gold medal contender -- and like a team.
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The former teammates stood a few feet apart in the sand, a volleyball net marking the distance between them and their dreams. Holly McPeak and Misty May were once a pair.
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U.S. women take two of the three medals in beach volleyball