US swimmers wrap up meet with golden harvest
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The United States swim team sealed the swimming competition of the Athens Olympics in the same way it opened it - with a world record and another gold medal for Michael Phelps.
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The United States and Mexico will meet in the final of the Gold Cup for the third time after winning their semi-finals on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the 200-meter butterfly and coming back an hour later to lead off the United States' thrilling victory over Australia in the 800 freestyle relay...
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Michael Phelps won his second and third Olympic golds for the United States on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200-meters butterfly before leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger just over an hour later.
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ATHENS - As the final leg of the men&#39;s 4 x 200 freestyle relay began last night at the Olympic pool, the United States held a lead of at least 1 1/2 body lengths - which, considering the final 200 meters was being swum by 6-foot-6 Klete ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Top American sprinters Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak missed the cut in the Olympic 100-meter freestyle preliminaries Tuesday, a stunning blow for a country that had always done well in the event.    Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australian Ian Thorpe advanced to the evening semifinal a day after dueling teenager Michael Phelps in the 200 freestyle, won by Thorpe...
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Ian Thorpe caught and passed Pieter van den Hoogenband in the final half-lap of the 200-meter freestyle to win the gold. Michael Phelps captured the bronze.
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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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The United States outtouched Australia to win the men&#39;s 800-meter freestyle relay after Michael Phelps withdrew from the World Short Course Championships because of a back injury Friday night.
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At best, Michael Phelps can only hope for seven gold medals in Athens, as the United States settles for the bronze medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay Sunday.
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Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries.
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The United States broke swimming's  oldest world record to win the women's 4x200 meter freestyle  relay Olympic gold medal Wednesday.
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Michael Phelps led the United States to  a narrow victory in the men's 4x200 meters freestyle relay at  the Athens Olympics Tuesday to collect his third gold medal in  four days.
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Michael Phelps, one more Olympic title  to the good, aims to hoist his gold medal tally to five when he  takes on fellow American Ian Crocker in the 100 meters  butterfly final on Friday.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The US Olympic team has excelled in the pool, on the courts, in the fields, on the track. Now you can add the beach.
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ATHENS, Aug. 17 -- Rarely has a huge lead disappeared so quickly. Largely unheralded US swimmer Klete Keller jumped in the pool for the final leg of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay a second-and-a-half ahead of Australian legend Ian Thorpe.
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ATHENS, GREECE - The United States had a special night at the Olympic Aquatic Center pool again Thursday, as two individuals complemented Aaron Peirsol&#39;s win in the 200-meter backstroke by claiming gold medals.