Focus brings US vaulters gold and silver
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&quot;When I vault, I don&#39;t think about winning and I don&#39;t think about losing,&quot; Mack said. &quot;I just think about two things: the bar and using my arms.
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Before the Olympics, the five gold medals and the world records, Michael Johnson was a skinny kid who almost quit his high school track team because he didn't think he was good enough. Now he wants to turn youngsters into better athletes with equipment and coaching that wasn't around when he went to Dallas Skyline High.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The Americans were staggered by emotions, never by opponents. It took a gold medal to knock them down. Laura Berg got a head start.
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The Forbes Fab 40 reveals the most valuable names in athletics.
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory...
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It is not the color they bargained on,  but the U.S. men's basketball team were happy on Saturday to  take any medal they could get their hands on.
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Once again the elitist left-wing media is attempting to make Americans feel guilty for achieving excellence. Paul Hamm followed the rules, performed a brilliant high-bar routine and won the gold medal fair and square.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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ATHENS -- US gymnast Paul Hamm won the Olympic all-around gold medal five days ago. At least he thought he did. But with the South Koreans still insisting that bronze medalist Yang Tae Young was robbed, Hamm feels that he has to remind the world who the winner was.
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A relaxed buildup, out of the spotlight, has been the key to Hamish Carter&#39;s Olympic success. Carter led home a New Zealand gold and silver finish in the men&#39;s triathlon on Thursday night, beating home teammate Bevan Docherty.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Adam Nelson couldn&#39;t help himself. While parading with his silver medal around the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 28 centuries ago, he paused to look at the mark in the dirt he thought was his gold-medal spot.
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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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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - While world-class athletes were grunting and groaning on the other side of the Atlantic Sunday, "Boots" went for the gold here in his own way...
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Gold medals are rare enough commodities but they become even more precious when won as unexpectedly as those by Britain&#39;s 4x100 metres relay team on Saturday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Shawn Johnson led an American sweep of the podium in the women's artistic gymnastics individual all-round final at the Panamerican Games on Monday, as the U.S. medal machine continue to rumble along.
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Philip Durell takes a look at three gold mines for value investors.
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What a night for US athletes in Olympic track and field. Even in the event that went to another country, an American won. Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin swept the 200.