Thorpe wins first individual gold at Sydney Olympics
Ian Thorpe, at 17, wins his first individual gold with a 3:40.59 in the 400 free, setting a world record and lifting Australia in a home crowd triumph. He anchors Australia to a new 3:13.67 400 free relay world mark as America trails.
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Thompson
Dover
Kristin Otto
Germany
Bonnie Blair
Thorpe
Thorpey
U.S
Michael Klim
Alexander Popov
Brazil
Massimiliano Rosolino
Italy
Krete Keller
Phoenix
Ariz
Chad Carvin
Launa Hills
Calif
Rosolino
Mutlu clinches weightlifting gold with world records
Hali Mutlu of Turkey dominates the Sydney Olympic weightlifting event. He breaks his own snatch and clean and jerk records to total 774 pounds, beating Ivan Ivanov and Wu Wenxiong as fans roar. Mutlu, famed as the Little Dynamo, follows in Suleymanoglu’s footsteps and cements his status as the world’s best at 54 pounds over his prior record.
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Sydney
Australia
Hali Mutlu
Turkey
Mutlu
Moutly
Ivan Ivanov
Bulgaria
Wu Wenxiong
China
Naim Suleymanoglu
Pocket Herevics
Eve Mutlu
Suleymanagin
Sydney Convention Centre
Mutly
Williams Leads Team USA Into Olympic Baseball
Williams, 29, plays a vital part as Team USA aims to win gold at the Sydney Olympics. With Pan-Am Games pressure high, Williams and a 24-man roster including former Syracuse SkyChiefs members prepare for a tough opener against Japan. The team spent nine days on the Gold Coast bonding and refining chemistry before six exhibition games, and Williams emerged as the top closer with a 2.98 ERA and 32 saves last season for Tacoma.
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Williams
Erin
Seattle
Team USA
USA Baseball
Sydney
Sans Angeles Dodgers
Tom Lasorda
Japan
United States
Cuba
Australia
Korea
Netherlands
Italy
South Africa
Vance
Syracuse
Brent Abernathy
Anthony Sanders
Pat Borders
Lasorda
Team
USA
Gold Coast
O'Toole Leads U S to Olympic Water Polo Win
Maureen O'Toole, at 39 the veteran star, scored the go ahead goal in the third quarter as the United States beat the Netherlands 6 4 in Rye Australia to start its Olympic water polo campaign. Lorenz added a second goal as the Americans held off late Dutch pressure.
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Ryde
Australia
U.S
Maureen O'Toole
O'Toole
United States
Netherlands
Shreve
Ericka Lorenz
Edmee Heimstra
Karla Plugge
Lorenz
Guy Baker
Pres
Corahe Simmons
Brenda Villa
Rye Kaenter
Danielle de Bruijn
Bernice Orwig
Baker
Ut Ain
Orwig
Karin Kuipers
Jan Mensink
Witty misses medal at Sydney cycling event
Chris Witty finished fifth in the women's 500 meter time trial at the Sydney Olympics with a personal best 35.280 seconds. Felicia Ballanger of France won in 34.140 with Michelle Ferris and Jiang Cuihua taking silver and bronze. Witty, who medaled in Nagano, remained hopeful for Salt Lake, noting the Tokyo and Nagano connections and planning to refocus on speedskating.
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Sydney
Australia
Chris Witty
Willy
Park City
Utah
Felicia Ballanger
France
Michelle Ferris
Jiang Cuihua
China
Witty
Eddie Eagan
Nagano
Wang Yan
Tammy Thomas
Yazoo City
Miss
Thomas
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Chelsea Clinton
Greg Norman
Yana Klochkova
Ukraine
Chen Yan
Chen
Kaitlin Sandeno
Lake Forest
Maddy Crippen
Philadelphia
Klochkova
Sandeno
Yasuko Tajima
Beatrice Cassaru
Romania
Inge de Bruijn
Petria Thomas
Torres
Domenico Fioravanti
Roman Sloudnov
Russia
Ed Moses
Burke
The
Associated Press
Etsy
Williams Plays
Anne Reser
Coralie Simmons
Danielie de Bruijn
Salt Lake City
Olympic Village
Salt Lake
Jason Queally
Britain
Stefan Nimke
Shane Kelly
Jonas Carney
Pacifica
Christian Vande Velde
Boulder
Colo
Mariano Friedick
Brentwood
Roberto Bartko
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