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USA
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Today's
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Friday's
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Breaking
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Olympic
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Basketball:
Canada into quarterfinals with Spain win |
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Cycling:
Bellutti claims an Italian gold |
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Gymnastics:
Romania takes all |
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Hockey:
Argentina and Poland draw 5-5 |
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Rowing:
Germany takes out the semifinals |
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Swimming:
Perkins going for third consecutive gold |
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Tennis:
Williams wins - Davenport withdraws |
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Sydney
2000
Olympic
Aid: Eric Moussambani donates his only pair of goggles |
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Games
Gossip: Celebrities - new and old |
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Athletes
Athlete
Spotlight: David Douillet (France) |
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Athlete
Spotlight: Sheila Douty (USA) |
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Olympic
Interactives
Explore
the Site! |
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Chat
Live with Todd Williams and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario |
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Sporting
Technique Infographics: Athletics (Throwing) |
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IN
THE SPOTLIGHT
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USA Team Update
The
United States of America Olympic team continued with its winning
streak at the Games today with some determined and tough performances.
Equestrian:
O'Connor dominates three day event
Volleyball:
Johnson-Jordan and Davis survive after shaky start
Tennis:
Injury forces Davenport out of Olympics |
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TOP
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Today's
Medal Tally
Click
here for the latest updates on the medal tally. |
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Friday's
Top Medal Events
Can't
get enough of the Games? Then take a look at what's waiting
trackside for September 22.
Swimming
schedule:
Men's
100m Butterfly
Men's
100m Freestyle
Women's
200m Backstroke
Women's
800m Freestyle
Athletics
(Track and Field) schedule:
Men's
Shot Put |
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Breaking
News: Thursday's Latest Results
Check
out some of the latest results from Day 6 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Swimming:
Krayzelburg secures golden double
Swimming:
Kovacs wins women's breaststroke gold
Swimming:
De Bruijn wins women's 100 freestyle gold
Hockey:
Brilliance from New Zealand's Mandy Smith
Hockey:
Germany draw with Pakistan
Softball:
China thrashes Cuba 7-0 |
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OLYMPIC
SPORTS
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Basketball:
Canada into quarterfinals with Spain win
Canada
qualified for the Sydney Olympic basketball quarter-finals on
Thursday with a brilliant
shooting display in a comfortable 91-77 win over Spain, while
the Italian Olympic men's basketball team came from behind to beat
a spirited New Zealand 78 - 66. |
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Cycling:
Bellutti claims an Italian gold
Antonella
Bellutti claimed a gold medal for Italy in the final
of the women's points race Thursday night with 19 points, while
Scott McGrory and Brett Aitken have won
Australia's first gold medal in track cycling since 1984. |
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Gymnastics:
Romania takes all
The
performances by the competitors in the Women's Individual All-Around
final were certainly impressive. See
how Romania swept the event. |
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Hockey:
Argentina and Poland draw 5-5
Argentina
had four-goal hero Jorge Lombi to thank after slugging
it out for a 5-5 draw with Poland, while three green cards in
the first five minutes set the tone for a tense
match between Spain and Australia ending in a 2-2 draw. |
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Rowing:
Germany takes out the semifinals
World
Championship silver medallist Katrin Rutschow-Stomprowski (GER) pulled
away from the field to win her semifinal in the women's single
scull, while Current World Champion Rob
Waddell (NZL) won the first semifinal of the Men's Single Sculls. |
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Swimming:
Perkins going for third consecutive gold
World
record holder and three-time Olympian Kieren Perkins (AUS) is aiming
to become the first
man in swimming history to win three consecutive 1500m freestyle
gold medals when he swims to qualify for the final on Friday. |
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Tennis:
Williams wins - Davenport withdraws
Wimbledon
and US Open champion Venus Williams of the United States extended
her winning streak, while fifth-seeded Russian Yevgeny
Kafelnikov and 11th-seeded Mark Philippoussis of Australia advanced
to the third round. |
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SYDNEY
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Olympic
Aid: Eric Moussambani donates his only pair of goggles
Eric
Moussambani, the men's 100m freestyle swimmer from Equatorial
Guinea, proved on Tuesday in his first swim in a 50m pool that the
Olympic Games are not just about winning. His
only goggles are to be sold online through www.olympicaid.com.
Other items currently up for auction include the race singlet of
Australian Triathlete Miles Stewart.
To
celebrate 100 years of women in The Olympic Games, the first Arab
women from the Arabian Gulf to enter a team have also donated
memorabilia to Olympic Aid. The Bahrainian women want to help other
children, like themselves, realise their dreams. |
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Games
Gossip: Celebrities - new and old
Whether
it's spotting the long-time celebrities or the making of new ones
the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games is all about having fun!
Life's
a beach for Chelsea
Eric
the Eel, Sydney's accidental hero
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ATHLETES
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Athlete
Spotlight: David Douillet (France)
Jean-Luc
Rouge, France's first world champion, discovered David Douillet when
he was eight years old and standing 15 centimetres (six inches)
taller than his peers at a training session. By age 24, Douillet had
won the world championship. He is undefeated at heavyweight since
then, and now, at 31, is both world
heavyweight and world open-weight champion in judo, the first
westerner ever to own both titles. |
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Athlete
Spotlight: Sheila Douty (USA)
There
are statistics, and then there is simply the respect of your
opponents. Sheila Douty ranks high in the first category, possibly
even higher in the second. Opponents consider her the clutch player
who gets the big hits and drives in the big runs for the Olympic
champion United States. Now 38, the
powerful softball first baseman returns to the Games with
nothing changed but her name. |
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OLYMPIC
INTERACTIVES
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Explore
the Site!
Follow
Your Favorite Sport
Get
Tickets to the Games
See
a Schedule of Events
Explore
the Sydney City Guide
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Chat
Live with Todd Williams and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
Todd
Williams, pitcher for the USA men's baseball team, is throwing
heat from our virtual pitchers mound. Chatting USA Time: Sep 21st @
9pm ET. Chatting Sydney Time: Sep 22nd @ 12 noon. Serve up a live
chat with Arantxa
Sanchez Vicario of Spain. She is a two-time French Open champion
and has won 12 Grand Slams titles. Chatting USA Time: Sep 22nd @ 7pm
ET. Chatting Sydney Time: Sep 23rd @ 10 am. |
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Sporting
Technique Infographics: Athletics (Throwing)
The
throwing events at the Olympic Games — hammer, shot put, discus
and javelin — are classic tests of strength. But the athletes
also need the perfect technique to go that little bit further in
their quest for Olympic glory. Learn
to do the perfect throw. |
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