No medals, no finishes, no pride and no excuses
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Coming from the country which brought you Coronation Street and EastEnders, the new soap opera, Paulaâs Privations, has this week brought Britain to a standstill and delighted media executives everywhere.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The United States&#39; march toward a medal in women&#39;s basketball met minimal resistance today at the Summer Olympics.
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Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore.
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Shawn Crawford led an American sweep of Olympic medals in the 200 meters in Athens Thursday, ignoring the jeers of a hostile crowd livid that their local hero was not on the starting line after missing a doping test.
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This was the event Michael Phelps didn't really need to compete in if his goal was to win eight golds. He probably would have had a better chance somewhere else.
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Soccer players worldwide can now compete for an international trophy without having any athletic prowess.
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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
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The biggest applause at Olympic Stadium yesterday, the first day of athletics competition, didnât come for Greek heptathlete Aryiro Strataki or triple jumper Hristos Meletoglou
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The United States made an impressive start to the Panamerican Games on Saturday but there were no gold medals for Rio organizers as the event slowly slipped into chaos.
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They'd already won another set of global gold medals during the summer, but there still was a bit of unfinished business here from last year's victory.
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Milen Dobrev of Bulgaria breezily claimed the gold medal in weightlifting men&#39;s 94kg class as Greece&#39;s Akakios Kakiasvili failed to become the first lifter to win four consecutive Olympic gold here on Monday.
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Nobody was sent home from the squad in disgrace, there were no media boycotts, no stories about the coach&#39;s private life or rumours about his next employers.
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No Olympic athlete ever has won more medals in a single Games than Michael Phelps. Phelps won more swimming medals than 17 countries.
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This is only February, and six months remain before the Beijing Olympics, but many elite track and field athletes are already establishing their Olympic credentials or trying and not succeeding.
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There is no 'i' in 'team', the saying goes.
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STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 2 -- There were no medals awarded for this performance. Still, what a great night for the Americans to say they have the best gymnastics team in the world.
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Ian Thorpe&#39;s Olympics are over after the men&#39;s 4 x 100m medley relay team failed to qualify for the finals today.