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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)

    ... Debou also earned their fourth medal, collecting silver in the super-G for the visually impaired. ... 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 ... lost to Australia in Sydney 2000, the silver lining was a place in history as ... the follow-up occasion: the US arrived in Beijing as reigning World Champions but this time ...

  • Elvan named European Athlete of the Month (20 Mar 2010 01:36)

    ... on its Web site that Elvan, an Olympic and world medalist, made a sparkling half ... Feb. 19. The Turkish star was a silver medalist in both 5,000 and 10,000 meters ... meters at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She is now planning to attempt the ...

  • Games trials winners and losers (20 Mar 2010 14:19)

    ... superstar even without the super-suit. The triple Olympic champion stamped her authority on the 200m ... to let the world know that her Beijing hangover is done with. Backing it up ... the final. MATT TARGETT: A world championship silver medallist in the 50m butterfly, Targett hasn't ...

  • Canada's golden girl (20 Mar 2010 09:20)

    ... Debou also earned their fourth medal, collecting silver in the super-G for the visually impaired. ... 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 ...

  • Another gold for Woolstencroft at Paralympics (20 Mar 2010 09:53)

    ... to retire after winning a gold and silver four years ago in Turin, Italy, the ... that in both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, and swimmer Stephanie Dixon, in ... the Whistler ski venues used for the Olympics and Paralympics, said the public investment helped ...

  • 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 ... though he still managed to collect relay silver at the World Championships in Berlin. "I ...

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

    ... 140/150 to lead a field containing an Olympic gold medalist and two world record holders ... picked up bronze in the pairs and silver individually. This is despite only undertaking six ... Championships and represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics the same year, is a Grand ...

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

    ... in Vancouver. Stephani Victor captured her second silver in the sit-ski events, Danelle Umstead fought ... 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 ...

  • TODAY'S WOMAN - Get steamy with Olympic great (17 Mar 2010 11:31)

    ... ripple. The adopted Sheffield son has an Olympic silver medal to prove he was one of ... 2008, just before the call-up for the Beijing Olympics. "I had been pushing and pushing ...

  • Medvedev awards Russian 2010 Winter Olympic athletes (15 Mar 2010 13:50)

    ... Monday for their achievements at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Vancouver Games were Russia's ... team winning just three gold medals, five silver and seven bronze, and finishing 11th in ... away from tradition which saw the 2008 Beijing Olympics team receive their well-deserved awards only ...

  • Williams-Mills targets 400-m medal in Doha (14 Mar 2010 13:34)

    ... Wignall, Vonette Dixon and Lacena Golding-Clarke. Two-time Olympic 200m champion Campbell-Brown easily progressed to the ... world record setting 4x100m team at the Beijing Olympics, will contest the men's 60m semi-finals ... in 2008 with one medal -- the silver in the men's 4x400m relay. J'can medallists ...

  • Victory puts Ennis on track for Olympic glory (14 Mar 2010 13:53)

    ... lead Britain's medal hopes at the London Olympics in 2012. The 24-year-old from Sheffield dominated ... Sotherton's two-year-old British mark by 10 points. Beijing Olympic heptathlon gold and silver medallists Nataliya Dobrynska and Tatyana Chernova were ...

  • Medvedev awards Olympic athletes, threatens sporting officials (15 Mar 2010 18:55)

    ... Vancouver turned out to be Russia’s worst Olympics since the times of Tsar, with the ... the overall medals table (3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze), Dmitry Medvedev found plenty ... from a tradition which saw the 2008 Beijing Olympics team receive their well-deserved awards only ...

  • Meadows settles for Doha silver (14 Mar 2010 16:24)

    ... the final straight of the 800m, taking silver at the World Indoor Championships. Last year's ... shock in the women's pole vault when Olympic champion was fourth and out of the ... him since he limped out of the Beijing Olympics two years ago. ...

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