Classy China keep men's team gold at worlds
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STUTTGART, Germany  - China outclassed the rest of the field to easily retain their men's team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.
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The names may change. Not the results. China still rules the Olympic diving pool. The Chinese earned another gold medal - their fifth of the Athens Games - when Guo Jingjing
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Years of dedication and efforts have paid off for China as it has made surprises and reaped successes in the Athens Olympic Games, a leading official of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said.
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ATHENS: China won the first two gold medals in the Olympic badminton tournament yesterday, with world champion Zhang Ning beating Indonesian-born Dutchwoman Mia Audina 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in the singles final.
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Gymnastics The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how? Led by their champion, Yang Wei , China routed the competition for its third straight world gold medal - and eighth overall - scoring ...
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China&#39;s Wang Xu captured gold in the 72-kilogram category, defeating Russian Gouzel Maniourova in the final Monday. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.
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China dominated the medals race at the Paralympic Games that ended Tuesday, and Chinese officials expect a similar performance when Beijing hosts the games in four years
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A delegation of Olympic gold medalists from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to a lofty welcome. On a three-day visit, the 68-strong delegation includes 50 gold medal winners at the Athens Olympic Games.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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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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The United States hardly gave Yao Ming a chance. Using a swarming defense and their huge advantage in depth to make life miserable for China and its All-Star center, the Americans rolled to a 121-90 victory Sunday night to remain unbeaten at the world championships.
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ATHENS: China, the dominant force in world diving for the best part of 20 years, won six out of eight Olympic titles in Athens and prompted speculation about a clean sweep when they stage the Games in Beijing in 2008.
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ATHENS, Greece - For the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the team standing atop the podium for the gold medal ceremony won't be wearing red with its white and blue.    Argentina and Italy will play for the gold after a stunning day that included the United States being humbled 89-81 by Argentina and the Italians using their 3-point prowess to knock off previously unbeaten Lithuania 100-91...
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By Michael Chow, USA TODAY. The United States men&#39;s basketball team Saturday kept its streak alive of having won a medal in every Olympic basketball competition in which it has competed
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Yao Ming led China to one of the biggest upsets in men&#39;s Olympic basketball on Tuesday, netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the tournament.
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Third overall with 63 medals, 32 of them gold, and significant breakthroughs in sports in which China hadn&#39;t been a big factor, with medals in boxing, tennis, canoeing, cycling, fencing, sailing and wrestling.
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Xie Xingfang defended her crown when she   beat world number two Zhang Ning to win an all-Chinese women's   singles final 21-16 21-14 at the world championships in Madrid   on Sunday.