Austrian Makes Late Charge for Gold
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Loretta Harrop of Australia had been running alone for more than a half-hour, and only a few hundred yards of pavement separated her from a triathlon gold medal.
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France's Julien Absalon wins gold in the men's mountain bike cross-country.
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SIERRA NEVADA, Spain  - Austria's gold-medal winning ski team produced another winner on Saturday when Michaela Kirchgasser won her first World Cup victory in a giant slalom.
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THERE was no easy ride for the Olympic champions of Athens yesterday as the final act of the Golden League was played out in Germany.
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By Barry Wood VIENNA  - Double Olympic champion Nicolas Massubattled for nearly three hours before overcoming Slovakqualifier Karol Kucera 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 Tuesday to claim his firstvictory in four attempts at the Vienna Trophy.
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Mountain biker Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que. captured the silver on a tough and sun-baked course in the suburbs of Athens today, finishing behind winner Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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Hermann Maier won the giant slalom Thursday for his first gold medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships since 1999, two years before he nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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Italy's Ivano Brugnetti clocks a personal best time to win gold in the men's 20km walk.
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France won the first cycling gold in the last-day cycling match at the Athens Olympics on Saturday as Olympic debutant Julien Absalon clocked 2:15:02 in the mountain bike cross country.
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n American Paul Hamm, who become the first American to win the Olympics menâs all-around gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sportâs governing body ruled on Saturday.
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Russia&#39;s Svetlana Khorkina, who was second to American Carly Patterson in the women&#39;s all-round gymnastics competition, has accused the judges of robbing her of the gold
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Competing under a flawless blue sky in the tree-lined grove devoted to Zeus, the European gold medallist equaled American champion Adam Nelson&#39;s opening mark of 2.16 to capture his first major title on a countback.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne clinches gold at the Olympic tennis tournament.
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Maybe there&#39;s some technical justification for why Paul Hamm was forced to defend his gymnastics gold medal Monday before a sports court in Switzerland.
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Germany&#39;s Ralf Schumann claimed his third Olympic gold medal on August 21 when he won the men&#39;s 25m rapid pistol event with a score of 694.
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As far as Hermann Maier is concerned, the Alpine skiing season has yet to start. The Austrian champion has never had such a slow start to a World Cup season