Olympics
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China takes gold, U.S. wins bronze in men's team gymnastics
Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The roar began as soon as Chen Yibing's feet hit the mat, a primal scream that was four pressure-packed years in the making. Only half the meet was over, but ...
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U.S. men's volleyball team opens with win
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- A United States' men's volleyball team still reeling from the stabbing death of the coach's father-in-law opened Olympic play Sunday with a 3-2 victory over V...
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Michael Phelps' swimming goals: 1 down, 7 to go
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Michael Phelps got one of his toughest races out of the way, and it couldn't have been any easier. With President Bush cheering him on, Phelps dominated his fi...
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Zagunis wins saber fencing gold
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Mariel Zagunis stood proudly atop the podium, the first American to do so at these Olympics. A former president was in the front row - and three red, white and...
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China wins 1st diving medal
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia of China won the first diving gold medal of the Beijing Games, putting the host country on a path toward a possible sweep of the ei...
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Favored U.S. drops opener on the beach
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, the defending beach volleyball world champions and the overwhelming favorites to win the Olympic gold medal, lost their openin...
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Injury-time goal gives Dutch 2-2 draw with U.S.
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - TIANJIN, China -- Gerald Sibon scored on a free kick in the third minute of injury time Sunday to salvage a 2-2 tie for the Netherlands against the United States and kee...
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U.S. volleyball beats Japan, but tragedy casts pall
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - A U.S. women's volleyball team struck by tragedy just hours earlier beat Japan in an emotional Olympic opener marred by the fatal stabbing of an ex-player's fa...
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Phelps qualifies 4th-fastest in Olympic 200 free
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Michael Phelps has advanced out of the Olympic 200-meter freestyle preliminaries, qualifying fourth-fastest about nine hours after the American won a gold med...
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Weightlifter Chen gets China's first gold medalAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - China marked the first day of competition in the Beijing Olympics with a quick gold medal - just not the one it expected. Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic...