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Yang Wei finally gets gold in men's gymnastics »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ China's Yang Wei won the all-around gold medal in men's gymnastics Thursday, finally getting the title that has eluded him ...

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US softball game suspended »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Heavy thunderstorms suspended the U.S. Olympic softball team's game on Thursday against Canada, which led the Americans 1-0 in the ...

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Spain overcomes controversial photo, beats Germany »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Spain and Pau Gasol had said too much was being made about a controversial photo the team did for an ad campaign ...

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US softball game suspended by storms »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Heavy thunderstorms suspended the U.S. Olympic softball team's game on Thursday against Canada, which led the Americans 1-0 in the ...

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Italy's Cainero tops American, German in shoot-off »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Chiara Cainero of Italy has won the gold medal in women's skeet shooting, beating Kim Rhode of the U.S. and ...

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Bernard of France wins Olympic 100 free »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Alain Bernard of France has won the 100-meter freestyle at the Beijing Olympics, beating out world record-holder Eamon Sullivan of Australia.

Bernard ...

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Rice leads Australia to 800 free relay gold »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Stephanie Rice has led Australia to a gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics, smashing the ...

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Italian Minguzzi surprises at Greco 84 kg »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Andrea Minguzzi of Italy was the surprise winner of the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 84-kilogram gold medal, defeating Zoltan Fodor of Hungary.

Fodor ...

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China's Zhang wins gold in individual archery »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ China's Zhang Juan Juan has defeated South Korea's Park Sung-hyun 110-109 to win the gold medal in women's individual ...

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Khushtov's throws give Russia 3rd Greco gold »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Aslanbek Khushtov has won Russia's third Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, turning throws in each of the two ...

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Tibetans in Nepal protest against China, Olympics »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ Nepalese police clashed with Tibetan protesters and detained more than 500 of them Thursday while breaking up a demonstration in front ...

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Cuba's Lopez tops Baroev for Greco 120 kg gold »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Cuba's Mijain Lopez, the dominant big man in Greco-Roman wrestling since the Athens Olympics, has beaten chief rival Khasan Baroev of ...

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Empire State Building shines with Olympic pride »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Empire State Building is shining with Olympic spirit: Each of its top four sides are being lit with the different ...

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IOC: China should not prevent media from reporting »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

BEIJING (AP) _ The International Olympic Committee said Thursday it frowned on the actions of Chinese security officials who allegedly manhandled a British journalist as ...

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Italian Minguzzi surprises in Greco 84 kg »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Sports

BEIJING (AP) _ Andrea Minguzzi of Italy was the surprise winner of the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 84-kilogram gold medal, defeating Zoltan Fodor of Hungary.

Fodor ...

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