Miscues Cost U.S. Women Gymnastics Gold
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ATHENS, Greece - They were the kind of mistakes only judges see - little touches that seem so inconsequential. But they add up, and they cost the U.S...
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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking  open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia  74-63.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin picked up two more golds for the United States on Sunday, while Chinese gymnasts faltered on the final day of the world championships.
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STUTTGART, Germany - 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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While it didn't produce as much hand-wringing as did the men's shortfall in Japan earlier this month, the US women's basketball team's semifinal loss last week at the World Championships in Brazil was far more startling. The men, after all, had been sixth in 2002 and third at the Olympics. The women not only hadn't been beaten at the global ...
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Jamaica won the women's 4x100 meters  relay Olympic gold medal Friday after race favorite the United  States crashed out with a botched second changeover.
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At first glance, it would seem to be the perfect matchup &#151; a dream draw, if you will. All the United States has to do to claim a third straight gold medal in women's basketball on Saturday is beat Australia, which is 0-12 against U.S. teams in the Olympics and world championships.
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The women gymnasts are favored to make history and win gold Tuesday - a Wheaties box moment waiting to happen.
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The USOC would consider giving a duplicate gold medal to a South Korean gymnast to make up for the scoring error that gave American Paul Hamm the all-around title.
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The United States women bounced back from mistakes that could have cost them gold and they bested defending champion China a year ahead of the Olympics in Beijing.
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It has won three straight Olympic gold medals and two of the last three World Championships. In the last six major international competitions, the United States women's basketball team has played 51 games - and won 50 of them. That one loss, however, necessitated yesterday's gathering for practice at Mohegan Sun Arena for tonight's exhibition against Australia ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Three got medals, and Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984...
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Australia&#39;s Loretta Harrop dominated and lost. Susan Williams, of Littleton, wasn&#39;t supposed to be there but left with the bronze, the only American medal.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- American Carly Patterson, runner-up in the 2003 Worlds, took the women&#39;s individual all-around gymnastics gold medal with 38.387 points at the Athens Olympics here Friday evening.
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The woman who claimed the gold all of Canada thought would be Perdita Felicien&#39;s said the hurdler might not have been wearing gold even if she hadn&#39;t fallen.
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Olympic champions the United States narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women&#39;s Olympic basketball Friday. The last time the American women lost was to the
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American Paul Hamm, who became the first  American to win the Olympics men's all-round gymnastics title,  should not have been awarded the gold, the sport's governing  body ruled Saturday.