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  • Lauren Woolstencroft of North Vancouver won the women's standing super-giant slalom ski race Friday for her fourth gold medal of the Paralympics. (20 Mar 2010 00:51)

    ... ET Lauren Woolstencroft has now won four gold medals at the Vancouver Paralympics. By turning ... in Athens and again in 2008 in Beijing. Dixon also won five gold at the ... some of the electrical design for the Olympic venues. "I don't think I would have ...

  • Brenda Villa Named FINA Aquatics World Magazine Female Water Polo Player of the Decade (20 Mar 2010 03:42)

    ... the last ten years Villa amassed three Olympic medals (two silver, one bronze) and three ... the excellent US team is the Olympic gold medal. When they lost to Australia in ... the follow-up occasion: the US arrived in Beijing as reigning World Champions but this time ...

  • Scott defies pain to strike gold (19 Mar 2010 09:34)

    ... went through the pain barrier to strike gold at the Commonwealth Federation Shoot in India. ... 140/150 to lead a field containing an Olympic gold medalist and two world record holders ... Championships and represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics the same year, is a Grand ...

  • Brownlee: Olympic glory can be a family affair (19 Mar 2010 15:12)

    ... which is a dress rehearsal on the Olympic course. And he could not help fast-forwarding ... world champion in 2008. And at the Beijing Olympics he came 12th. So it was ... in being crowned world champion on Australias Gold Coast last September, could not have been ...

  • Roo beauty (19 Mar 2010 12:12)

    ... Former Olympic finalist is gearing up for a big ... unbeaten in 11 straight races before the Beijing Olympics; where at aged 21, he clocked ... same as most athletes, win an Olympic gold medal. When I finish athletics I want ...

  • Bolt puts assault on 400metres world record on hold (19 Mar 2010 12:24)

    ... (Jamaica), Mar 19(ANI): Jamaican sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist has put on hold his plans ... and 200 m events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He ran the 100 m ...

  • O'Leary and Milne spring surprise in Florida (19 Mar 2010 09:26)

    ... week signalling a potent return to the Olympic circuit, scoring second overall at the prestigious ... After nearly a two-year break since the Beijing Olympics, O'Leary and crew Steven Milne renewed ... host of champions including America's double Olympic gold medallists Mark Reynolds and Hal Haehnal, who ...

  • The Sleeping GIANT Has Awoken, China Gaining Automaker's Respect (19 Mar 2010 01:35)

    ... companies to fight for attention by unveiling vehicles at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing and the Great Wall outside the capital, and by paying Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps millions of dollars. "It is clear that brands are still in ...

  • Hollywood celebs team up with pros for Asian pro-am (19 Mar 2010 02:58)

    ... team up with pros for Asian pro-am BEIJING -- Movie stars Hugh Grant and Matthew ... Two-time Major winner Greg Norman, China's multiple Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Li Ning and Japan's top ...

  • Parkites collect Paralympic hardware (19 Mar 2010 23:52)

    ... U.S. teammate Alana Nichols won the GS gold to earn championships in both the Winter ... to Team USA's wheelchair basketball gold in Beijing. "I'm so excited for my teammate," Victor ... according to a release from the U.S. Olympic Committee, but they were still fast enough ...

  • Gearing up for race season (19 Mar 2010 02:11)

    ... the bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, first place at the 2005 Chicago Marathon ... foot at mile three in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Doctors ultimately determined that a deficiency ... called , by Andrea Lawrence, a two-time gold medalist in downhill skiing. She recently passed ...

  • Swim stars have to start from scratch (19 Mar 2010 06:41)

    ... went back three years for a benchmark OLYMPIC champion Stephanie Rice set the bar low ... one since broken and winning gold medals over 200m and 400m at Beijing in 2008. Instead, with the sleek full- ...

  • Mel may quit after missing Games (19 Mar 2010 16:20)

    ... BEIJING Olympian Melanie Schlanger might have swum her ... Wednesday night. At her best, the Beijing Olympic Games relay gold medallist was the sixth-fastest Australian woman of ...

  • Gold medalist Armstrong honored by Idaho lawmakers (15 Mar 2010 21:56)

    ... 5:24 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Kristin Armstrong was honored by ... Legislature for her exploits at the 2008 Beijing games. Rep. Phil Hart, a former bicycle ...

  • Speed helps Aussies to hockey gold (15 Mar 2010 05:10)

    ... first team in history to bag a hat-trick of titles to add to the Beijing Olympic gold medal two years ago, were outpaced by the speedy Australians. Kookaburras’ legendary coach Ric ...

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