Olympics: Italian Walks to Glory on 'Super Friday'
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Italian Ivano Brugnetti walked his way  to Olympic glory on "Super Friday" as the Athens Games went  into top gear with the launch of the athletics program.
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ALTA BADIA, Italy Thomas Grandi of Canada won a giant slalom race Sunday for the first victory of his 12-season World Cup career. Grandi was born near Alta Badia but emigrated with his parents to Canada as
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Winner of five medals and arguably the biggest star of the Sydney Games four years ago, the American finished fifth in Friday&#39;s long jump and -- barely one hour later -- went out with the US 4x100m relay team.
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American Bode Miller won the gold medal in the men's super-G Saturday despite nearly jumping off the course midway through his run in the opening event of the Alpine Skiing World Championships.
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rgentina swept aside Italy, 3-0, yesterday in Athens to advance to the final of the Olympic men&#39;s soccer tournament without conceding a goal in five games.
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ATHENS, Greece - For the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the team standing atop the podium for the gold medal ceremony won't be wearing red with its white and blue.    Argentina and Italy will play for the gold after a stunning day that included the United States being humbled 89-81 by Argentina and the Italians using their 3-point prowess to knock off previously unbeaten Lithuania 100-91...
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.
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Italy's Ivano Brugnetti clocks a personal best time to win gold in the men's 20km walk.
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Italy&#39;s former world champion Ivano Brugnetti returned to the limelight to upstage favorite Jefferson Perez and win the Olympic men&#39;s 20km race walk on Friday.
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Great Britain has one of its best ever days at the Olympics, winning five golds.
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ATHENS -- In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country's new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic record, wins a gold medal, and lifts the emotions of an entire nation.
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Italian Ivano Brugnetti strode to victory in the first athletics final of the Athens Olympics on Friday with a commanding performance in the men&#39;s 20km walk.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - American Bode Miller  blitzed to victory in a World Cup super-G on Sunday, completing  a weekend of career firsts to earn a place among Alpine  skiing's all-time greats.
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Olympics chief Jacques Rogge heaped praise on Greek organisers and declared the Athens Games an all-round success. Television ratings are 15% up from the 2000 Games in Sydney, while ticket sales have topped figures from the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Russia's Olga Kaniskina easily won gold in the women's 20 kilometers walk at the world championships after a farcical start to the race on Friday.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It was a 1-2-3 sweep for Austrian skiers at the World Cup super-G in Val Gardena, Italy on Friday. Skiing on the relatively straight 2.4-kilometre Saslong course, Michael Walchhofer was
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BORMIO, Italy -- Whether the Nations Team Event -- tried for the first time in championship competition here yesterday -- is destined for Olympic glory or the trash, only time and more races will tell.