Kitajima sweeps both breaststrokes, Hanson third
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ATHENS --After winning world titles in both breaststroke events last summer while setting world records in each, Japan&#39;s Kosuke Kitajima sat helplessly from across the Pacific last month as American Brendan Hansen broke ...
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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The Japanese won the pregame home run derby. Then the game started and the major league All-Stars put their bats to work. Back-to-back home runs by Moises Alou and Vernon Wells in the fourth inning and by Johnny Estrada and Brad Wilkerson in the ninth powered the major leaguers past the Japanese stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0 lead in the eight-game series.
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Australian swimmer Brooke Hanson will be chasing her sixth gold medal at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis later this morning.
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Brooke Hanson entered illustrious company when she completed a perfect world shortcourse championships campaign with a record-setting sixth gold medal on the final night.
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ATHENS -- Conquering sweltering heat and a grueling course over steep hills, Japanese long-distance runner Mizuki Noguchi steamed ahead to win the women&#39;s marathon gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games on Sunday.
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Alex Rodriguez homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning to lead the Yankees over Seattle and help them open a three-game lead over the Mariners in the A.L. wild-card race.
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Italian Stefano Baldini has won the men&#39;s marathon in a time of 2:10:54. Naturalized American Meb Keflezighi was a surprise runnerup with Brazil&#39;s Vanderlei Lima finishing third.
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The Olympic kayak team is full of inspiration after Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty&#39;s medal winning feats in the triathlon. Ben Fouhy and Steve Ferguson watched the race on Greek TV, with the sound down!
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Brooke Hanson has claimed her sixth gold medal of the World Short Course Championships with a win in the women&#39;s 200 metres breaststroke in Indianapolis.
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Alistair Cragg couldn't believe his eyes. He saw Kenenisa Bekele , the favorite in virtually every race he enters, start sprinting for the finish line. The only problem was, there were two laps remaining in the men's 3,000-meter event at last night's Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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An 11th inning double from Jose Lopez earned the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over Boston on Wednesday despite a strong outing from Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Alexandre Despatie of Canada was the top qualifier as he moved into the semifinals of the men&#39;s 3-meter springboard diving competition on Monday.
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ATHENS, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- World championships third-placers Japan took a sweet revenge on Monday to claim the men&#39;s gymnasticsteam title at the Athens Olympics with a total score of 173.821 points.
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Australia's Brooke Hanson charged  to two gold medals while Ian Crocker needed a world record to  give the United States their only individual victory at the  world short course championships on Sunday.
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Japan's diminutive Mizuki Noguchi  produced a courageous run from the front to win the Olympic  women's marathon title on Sunday as Paula Radcliffe's challenge  ended in tears.