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Athletics Gold Medalists at Beijing Olympics |
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Bekele wins Olympic men's 10,000m gold EIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele clocked 27.01.17 to win the Olympic men's 10,000m run here on Sunday. Full story |
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Cameroon's Mbango Etone wins
women's triple jump gold BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's Francoise Mbango Etone flew 15.39 meters to win the women's triple jump gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Sunday. Full story |
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Fraser leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sehlly-Ann Fraser became the world's fastest woman as she led Jamaica to a cleansweep of the medals in the 100 meters final at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday. Full story |
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Samitova-Galkina takes 3000m steeplechase gold BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia led all the way to win the women's steeplechase gold medal with a world record performance at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday. Full story |
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Slovenia's Kozmus wins gold medal in men's hammer throw BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia took the title of the men's hammer throw at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday evening, winning the first gold medal for his country at the Beijing Olympic Games. Full story |
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Romanian wins women's marathon gold BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Romanian marathoner Constantina Tomescu added her country Sunday morning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Full story |
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Bolt crowned fastest man, breaking world record BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed to his first Olympic gold in the men's 100m, blistering a world record-breaking 9.69 seconds. Full story |
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Valerie Vili wins women's shot put gold BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Valerie Vili from New Zealand was crowned in the women's shot put final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday evening, adding the second gold medal to the country's haul in the tournament. Full story |
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Ukraine's Dobrynska wins Olympic heptathlon gold BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nataliia Dorbynska of Ukraine won the Olympic heptathlon gold medal here on Saturday. Full story |
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Russian Borchin wins men's 20km race walk BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russian Valeriy Borchin got the men's 20km race walk gold medal at the Beijing Olympics here on Saturday. Full story |
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Ethiopian Dibaba wins women's 10,000m gold BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tirunesh Dibaba won Ethiopia the first gold medal on Friday evening at the Beijing Olympics, creating a new Olympic record in 29 minutes and 54.66 seconds in the women's 10,000 meters race. Full story |
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Poland's Majewski wins men's
shot put gold BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Poland's Tomasz Majewski tossed 21.51 meters to win the men's shot put gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Friday. Full story |