Bulgarians surge back to claim ice dance gold
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World champions Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski came from behind to win the ice dance gold after performing a clean free programme in the Grand Prix final on Saturday.
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While hockey has screeched to a halt many of the world's best players are skating off to Europe where clubs in Russia and Sweden are wooing them with lucrative contracts and expensive perks.
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Bulgarians voted Sunday in municipal elections that attracted a record number of candidates given the scheduled influx of millions of euros in EU funding over the next few years.
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Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were crowned European figure skating ice dance champions on Friday after a perfect performance in the final of the event's three legs.
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It takes more than a little  imagination to see this Russian ski resort in the same bracket  as St. Moritz or Aspen.
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is back on the ice.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Yuriy Bilonog won the gold medal in the men&#39;s shot put at Olympia, the home of the ancient Games, by virtue of his second-best effort after his last throw matched the leading mark set by US athlete Adam Nelson.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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Some Vermont resorts are reaping the rewards of stronger currencies in Europe and Canada and are attracting increased business as a result.
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A pair of Olympic medalists, Seth Wescott and Lindsey Jacobellis , swept the Visa Snowboardcross in Tamarack, Idaho, last Sunday, marking the first major win of the season for Wescott since recovering from a broken arm last season.
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South Korea surged up the medals table thanks to their short-track speed skating champions but China still dominated the Asian Winter Games with four new titles.
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Russia hailed its winning bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday as proof of the country's return to global prominence following a post-Soviet slump, and as a personal triumph for President Vladimir Putin.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto survived a scare during their original dance routine on Thursday to take the lead at the Four Continents championships.
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Irina Slutskaya and Evgeni Plushenko returned to figure skating&#39;s summit by winning the Grand Prix Finals on Saturday, a little more than a year before the 2006 Turin Olympics.
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Thousands of haggard, shivering and determined opposition protesters danced and sang in triumph yesterday after Ukraine&#39;s parliament approved amendments to ensure a fair ballot in the presidential rerun later this month.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.