Olympic diary: Day two
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The latest snippets from our men in Athens as the Games get under way.
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All the action from the finale to the Athens Olympics.
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Great Britain miss out on a second medal on the first day of canoeing finals.
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Photos of the best of the action in Athens on day five of the Olympic Games.
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Yesterday&#39;s Olympics treated us to the two extremes of athletics, the endurance race which tests the body to its limits, and the heavyweight showdown, the sprint, which is in the mind.
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Bradley Wiggins claimed Great Britain&#39;s second cycling gold at the Athens Olympics with victory in the individual pursuit. Australian Brad McGee took the silver with Sergi Escobar of Spain in the bronze medal position.
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic sprint medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games, overshadowing the fifth day of competition in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe will compete for his third gold.
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In 2000, Greece brought home 13 medals. The Greek Olympic Committee hopes to double that number.
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ATHENS -- Hardened by grueling hill work in the Swiss mountains and undeterred by the punishing Athens heat, Mizuki Noguchi seized a second straight gold medal for Japan in the women's Olympic marathon yesterday.
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THE struggle for the soul of the Olympics is still not won, not in a thousand years and more. On Wednesday, token events took place on the sacred site where the original Games took place in Ancient Olympia hundreds of years before Christ.
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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As some 200 athletes from North and South marched into the Olympic Stadium under the flag of the Korean peninsula in a mixed group on Sunday night, the 28 th Olympic Games finally ended two
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Richard Faulds and Stephen Parry are going for gold for Great Britain on day four in Athens.
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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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Sunday marks the final day of competition at the Olympics and a field of 102 runners will be at the starting line for the men&#39;s marathon.
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(CP) - After the pressure of the Olympic Games, training for the world short course swim championships was a challenge for Victoria&#39;s Rick Say.