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First time ever: U.S. women 1-2-3 in Olympic track event | NBC ...  Aug 17, 2016 ... The victory also made for the first gold medal for the 2016 U.S. team on the track. The prior four came in field events: Michelle Carter, women's shot put, Jeff ... Jamaica's Omar McLeod won; Americans Devon Allen and Ronnie Ash ... and finished third in 20.13, an overall ninth-best in the three heats; Gatlin...
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Athens Olympics results - equestrian news - Horsetalk -- Horse news ...  France won Team gold in front of Great Britain and the USA. ... They have dominated the dressage world over years and came into the competition ... Germany won their third successive gold medal by a large margin, while the USA and ... leaving bronze for Sweden, the country's Olympic first medal in the event since 1928.
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Who Were The First US Women To Win Olympic Gold In ... - Team USA  Mar 24, 2016 ... When she earned slalom gold, it was the first Olympic gold medal won by any ... With three women's events  the double National round, the double ... the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, May-Treanor finishing fifth on the beach and ... also two heavily-favored German teams, they ended a 46-year U.S. medal...
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1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain, on 26 April ... Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events and...
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Equestrian 101: History | NBC Olympics  Mar 24, 2016 ... Learn about the history of equestrian at the Olympic Games. ... Great Britain also took gold in team jumping, its first medal in the event since the 1984 ... The United States won team gold in jumping in dramatic fashion in ... Germany earned its third consecutive Olympic team show jumping ... Sydney, 2000
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The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | Jewish Athletes  Marty Glickman ...  This August 9, 1936, photograph shows the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team. ... history of the modern Olympic Games, now going into its 100th year, no fit American...
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Olympic Games 2016: U.S. Women Are The Biggest Winners In Rio ...  Aug 21, 2016 ... The U.S. women's basketball team poses Saturday after winning its sixth straight gold medal and its 49th straight game in the Olympics. ... But first in London four years ago, and again in Rio, the U.S. women ... Americans took gold in all of those sports, except soccer, where they were upset by Sweden.
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Olympic Games scandals and controversies - Wikipedia  The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games were a subject of ... Taylor later ran on the Gold medal winning U.S. team for the now-defunct Medley Relay, ... The 1916 Summer Olympics were to have been held in Berlin, German Empire, but were...
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ATHENS: SUMMER 2004 OLYMPICS; Sports, Disciplines - The New ...  Aug 8, 2004 ... 2004 Summer Games chart profiles 28 Olympic sports and 37 disciplines ... The Atlanta Olympics in 1996 not only raised the sport's profile in the United ... who won silver in Sydney and is one of only two non-Asian women to earn an ... The United States team, winner of the past two gold medals, will include...
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Canada blanks U.S. to win gold in women's hockey - Olympics ...  Feb 25, 2010 ... It is Team Canada's third consecutive gold medal. ... But Wickenheiser indicated she likely will stick around for a fifth Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. ... The Canadians outscored the opposition 48-2 in their five matches in Vancouver. ... of women's hockey had to improve or the sport would no longer be...
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The Olympic History of Archery: From the 1900 Games in Paris to the ...  May 14, 2012 ... The Olympic history of archery competition began at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. ... making him the oldest American to ever win an Olympic gold medal. ... Overall, between Paris 1900 and Antwerp 1920, he won six gold and three ... Antonio VAZQUEZ ESP Team 1996 Atlanta Men Men Justin HUISH,...
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Celebrating the Ursinus Role in Olympics History | News | Ursinus ...  Aug 4, 2016 ... The first Olympic medal ever won by the United States women's national field ... The team defeated Australia in a penalty shoot-out to win it. ... When they won the Bronze Medal, said Chlad, time actually stood still and it was ... Standing: Marge Garinger, Manager, Gwen Cheeseman Alexander, Karen...
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Team USA most Olympic medals | Newsday  Aug 19, 2016 ... In the 2016 Rio Games, Phelps won five gold medals and one silver at age 31. ... to the Olympics in 2008, the oldest U.S. Olympic swimmer (41) in history. ... He was 40 years old in his final Olympics. MARK ... 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich ... leg of the gold-medal winning 4x100-meter freestyle relay team,...
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Sydney Olympic Games Official Report Volume Two ... - Description  race Ashley Callus, Chris. Fydler, Michael Klim and. Ian Thorpe (left to right) celebrate their victory. Australia's win marks the first time in Olympic history the USA...
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Equestrian at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. ... Women and men compete together on equal terms. ... Since then, equestrianism has been one of the very few Olympic sports in which men...
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Andr Lange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Lange holding German flag during opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics. ... Gold medal  first place .... At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lange also won gold in the four-man event with teammates ... At the Bobsleigh World Cup level, he has won three combined men's championships (2000-1, 2002-3, 2003-4), one...
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United States Ski Team - Wikipedia  The U.S. Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard ... 1931 - First World Alpine Championships held in Murren, Switzerland .... 8 as Billy Kidd (Stowe, VT) won silver in slalom and Jimmie Heuga (Tahoe ... its national offices from Colorado Springs to join the U.S. Ski Team in Park City,...
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Best Olympic Archers of All-Time: Round-up and Honourable ...  Jul 14, 2016 ... Finnish archer Poikolainen won Olympic individual gold in Moscow in ... He also made the third round at Atlanta in 1996, completing five ... In his career, he took a host of Pan-American Games medals, and a ... JUSTIN HUISH ... Huish won individual and team gold for the USA on home soil in Atlanta 1996.
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Team USA wins 6th straight Olympic gold in women's 4x400m relay ...  Aug 20, 2016 ... Allyson Felix won a women's track record sixth Olympic gold medal, ... Felix, who also won gold in the 4x100 relay and silver in the 400 meters ... Scroll down for video ... has not lost an Olympic final in women's 4x400m relay since 1996, ..... Sweaty Matthew McConaughey feels the pace as he goes for a run...
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United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The United States competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 299 competitors, 275 men and 24 women, took part in 108 events in 18 sports. ..... The 12 gold medals won by the Americans were two more than Finland won, putting ..... The United States sent a polo team to the Olympics for the third time in 1924.
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Fencing 101: History | NBC Olympics  Mar 25, 2016 ... 2012 | 2008 | 2004 | 2000 | 1996 | 1992 | 1988 | 1984 | 1980 | 1968 ... The fifth-ranked U.S. women won their first medal in the epee team ... (men's individual foil) earned the nation its first gold in the sport. ... Moscow, 1980: As a member of the Soviet Union's silver-medal winning foil team, Vladimir Lapitsky...