Borzakovskiy becomes first Russian to win men&#39;s 800
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ATHENS : Yuriy Borzakovskiy became the first Russian runner to win the Olympic Games men&#39;s 800 metres here. Lying at the back of the eight-man field at the bell, Borzakovskiy unleashed his trademark sizzling
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St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) - Russian crowd favorite Mikhail Youzhny posted an easy straight-set victory over Slovakian Karol Beck Sunday to capture the title at the $1 million St.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men&#39;s all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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Paul Hamm became the first American man to claim the Olympic gymnastics men&#39;s all-round gold medal Wednesday.
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Russia&#39;s Irina Korzhanenko, who won the Olympic shot put last Wednesday, was stripped of her gold medal Monday because of drug use.
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Kanstantsin Siutsou won the under-23 race Friday, the first man from Belarus to capture a gold medal at the road cycling world championships.
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Germany&#39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men&#39;s 20-kilometer race.
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Sochi became the first Russian venue to host the Winter Olympics when it was declared the winner of the contest to host the 2014 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge announced on Wednesday.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Andrey Moiseev of Russia won the gold medal in the men&#39;s modern pentathlon, beating out Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania.
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AUSTRALIAâS Andre Stolz last night edged past Tom Lehman, Tag Ridings and Harrison Frazar to win his first career title on the PGA Tour.
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Russia, silver medallists in Sydney, won  the Olympic bronze medal in the men's volleyball competition on  Sunday, beating the United States in straight sets.
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Mikhail Youzhny provided Russia with a home winner of the St Petersburg Open on Sunday as he dispatched Karol Beck of Slovakia in the final.
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Andrey Moiseev of Russia won the men&#39;s modern pentathlon at the Athens Olympics today. Moiseev was in 19th place after the shooting leg but took the overall lead after the fencing and swimming stages and was never headed again.
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China&#39;s Jia Zhanbo won the men&#39;s 50m rifle three positions shooting gold medal at the Olympics on Sunday. American Michael Anti took the silver medal while the bronze went to Christian Planer of Austria.
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Sven Kramer broke his own 10,000-meter world record Sunday and made it a Dutch double at the World Allround Speedskating Championships, winning the men's overall title.
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Russia&#39;s Irina Korzhanenko became the first woman to win a gold medal at the ancient site that birthed the Olympics, recording the three longest throws of the shot put competition.
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ATHENS, Greece - Hicham El Guerrouj became the first man in 80 years to win the 1,500 and the 5,000 races at one Olympics, joining Finnish great Paavo Nurmi in the history books on Saturday.