Singles kayak gold a Canadian first
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Adam van Koeverden won the K-1 500 metre race after taking bronze in the K-1 1,000 metre. ATHENS -- For the first time in Canadian history, a Canadian has won gold in a singles kayak race.
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Rower Matthew Pinsent wins his fourth gold medal Saturday after his boat edges Canada by .08 seconds in the coxless four.
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Edmonton&#39;s Lori-Ann Muenzer defied two of the world&#39;s best cyclists Tuesday to top the field of 500-metre sprinters, laying claim to the first gold medal ever won by a Canadian track cyclist.
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Pinsent, 34, secured his final medal in Athens in the summer when he guided Great Britain&#39;s coxless fours to a narrow victory over Canada.
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By Mark Davis, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 10--Calvin Hassel almost left his partner behind with the first strokes of the final canoe race of the year.
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ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England (CP) - British rower Matthew Pinsent is passing up a chance for a record-equalling fifth Olympic gold medal.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- American Lindsey Kildow has won the women&#39;s downhill in Canada - the first World Cup victory of her career.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry armed herself with a world record while Michael Phelps targeted his fourth Olympic gold medal backed by a Games record in qualifying for Thursday&#39;s finals.
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ATHENS - Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey title for the first time in history on Friday, beating defending champions the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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The Winnipeg native won her third gold medal of the Games on Wednesday, finishing first in the women&#39;s 100-metre freestyle event for visually impaired athletes in a time of one minute 1.74 seconds.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Rebecca Giddens captured the silver medal today in the Women&#39;s K1 kayak singles competition at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Britain's Ian Wynne reaches the K1 500m kayak final after winning his heat impressively.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - David Hearn became the latest Canadian to qualify for the PGA Tour, earning his card by a single stroke. Hearn, from Brampton, Ont.
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Israeli windsurfer Gal Fridman raced across the Saronic Gulf waves Wednesday and then jumped into them after giving his nation its first-ever gold medal. Fridman went into the decisive race in second place in the Mistral class. He placed second, then benefited from the surprise collapse of overall leader Richard Santos of Brazil, who finished 17th.
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Erik Guay won for the first time on the World Cup circuit yesterday to give Canada its first downhill victory in 13 years. He was joined in the top 10 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by two other Canadians -- Jan Hudec (fifth) and Manuel Osborne-Paradis (seventh).
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SARAH ULMER gave New Zealand its first ever Olympic cycling gold medal and only their second gold of the Athens Games overnight. And she broke her own world record for the women&#39;s 3km individual pursuit.