Jahnke wins free skating but Joubert gets gold; Canadians well ...
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (CP) - Brian Joubert of France finished second to American Ryan Jahnke in the free skating but wound up with the $18,000 US winner&#39;s cheque at the $180,000 US Smart Ones Skate America figure skating meet Friday night.
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France's Brian Joubert won his first Grand Prix final on Saturday despite skating a far from perfect free programme.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Max Rauffer became the first  German man in nearly 13 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup  race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on  Saturday.
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ATHENS (CP) - Canada collected another medal, a silver in women&#39;s wrestling, at the Olympics on Monday, a day when scandal and controversy once again rivalled athletic accomplishment at the Summer Games.
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Michael Phelps wins more golds in Athens than Holland, New Zealand, Spain and Canada.
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Russia&#39;s Evgeni Plushenko performs during the men&#39;s free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Beijing Saturday Dec. 18, 2004.
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As of Saturday, the end of the swimming competitions, he had eight medals: Six gold and two bronze. In comparison, Canada has won two silver and a bronze.
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Kyle Shewfelt won the men&#39;s floor exercise Sunday night, giving Canada its first Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Marian Dragulescu of Romania finished with the same score as Shewfelt, a 9.787, but a series of tiebreakers dropped him to second place.
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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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SOELDEN, Austria Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson (AHN&#39;-yuh PEER&#39;-sun) has won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom. The US got an encouraging showing when Kristina Koznick finished fourth, matching her best result of last season.
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The second day of the World Junior Hockey Championship featured plenty of scoring that led to two big blowouts. Sweden trounced Germany 6-0, while Switzerland beat Belarus 5-0 on Sunday.
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Johnny Weir and Brian Joubert already have victories in the Grand Prix series. The American champion and European gold medalist meet this week at the Trophee Bompard.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Germany, led by Felix Neureuther  and Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, struck gold on the final day of  the Alpine ski world championships by winning the event's first  team competition Sunday.
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Performing on only one sure foot, Michael Weiss scores a 64.82 and falls into second place behind Brian Joubert of France in the men's short program Thursday night in Skate America.
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Pavol and Peter Hochschorner took the gold medal once again in pairs canoe slalom Friday, winning by more than 3 seconds.
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Anja Paerson of Sweden won a slalom for the first time this season Sunday while rival Tanja Poutiainen of Finland was third to capture the overall discipline title.
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STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 2 -- There were no medals awarded for this performance. Still, what a great night for the Americans to say they have the best gymnastics team in the world.