Olympics-Canoeing-De Gennaro wins gold for Italy in kayak
PARIS - Italian Giovanni De Gennaro took gold in the Olympic men's kayak single final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on...
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Olympics-Judo-Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan wins men's under 100kg judo gold
PARIS - Zelym Kotsoiev of Azerbaijan won the gold medal in the men's under 100kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Georgian Ilia...
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Olympics-Marchand madness sweeps France as swimmer makes gold rush
PARIS - At the Paris pool, rapturous crowds go mad each time he swims, chanting his name at every stroke. He is on the front pages of...
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Olympics-Fencing-Champion Kong still in a daze on Hong Kong return
HONG KONG/PARIS - Fresh off the plane from Paris on Thursday, Hong Kong's newly crowned Olympic fencing champion Vivian Kong was still...
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Olympics-Sailing-Swede hopes lucky flag manicure helps to nail gold
MARSEILLE, France - Swedish skiff sailor Vilma Bobeck will be hoping that her long-standing ritual of matching her nails to the colour of...
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Olympics-Athletics-China's Yang secures women's race walk gold
PARIS - China's Yang Jiayu claimed gold in the women's 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, pulling away from the field...
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Olympics-Shooting-China's Liu wins men's 50m rifle 3 positions gold
CHATEAUROUX, France - China's Liu Yukun won gold in the men's 50-metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Thursday before...
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Olympics-Rowing-Gold for U.S. in men's four at Paris Games
The U.S. won gold in the men's four Olympic final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Thursday. The New Zealand four finished...
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Olympics-Rowing-Netherlands take gold in women's four at Paris Olympics
Netherlands won gold in the women's four final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Thursday. Britain came second to take the...
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Olympics-Rowing-Romania grab gold in men's double sculls
Romania won gold in the men's double sculls at the Vaires-sur-Marne nautical Stadium on Thursday. The Netherlands crew finished second to...
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Olympics-Rowing-New Zealand win gold in women's double sculls
PARIS - New Zealand won gold in the women's double sculls at the Vaires-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium on Thursday. The Romania crew secured...
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Olympics-Athletics-Ecuador's Pintado blazes to 20km race walk victory at Paris Olympics
PARIS - Moments after Brian Pintado of Ecuador had blazed to a glorious gold medal in the 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics, he pulled...
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