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 ABC News | American Nastia Liukin Claims Her Father's Missed Gymnastics Gold ... ABC News - Twenty years ago, at the Seoul Olympic Games, Liukin's father, Valeri, lost the gold in his all-around finals to a fellow Soviet by one-tenth of a point. ... Video: Olympics '08: First Person With Shawn Johnson Elusive gold has Johnson just beaming A win on the balance beam finally gives gymnast a gold medal |
US and Japan to play for last softball gold Reuters - By Steve Keating BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States will play weary Japan on Thursday for the final Olympic softball gold medal to be awarded before the ... US will have to beat Japan again for softball gold United States Tops Japan and Will Play for Gold Win now, cry later |
 NDTV.com | Purdy: Walsh digging in sand for gold San Jose Mercury News, USA - She and her beach volleyball partner, Misty May-Treanor, will try to win their second consecutive gold medal here Thursday morning, which is tonight in ... Video: AP Olympic Minute Chinese pair earn shot at gold against Kerri and Misty Beijing digest: US tamdem looking for gold |
 China Daily | Born to Illegal Immigrants, Henry Cejudo Wins Gold for US Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - American wrestler Henry Cejudo, the son of illegal immigrants from Mexico, won gold in the 121-pound freestyle final on Tuesday, before much of his family, ... 'Streets paved in gold' for unlikely Olympian Gold medalist’s mom pinned hopes on US American’s story worth price of gold: Henry Cejudo rises up off mat |
 Boston Globe | Gold futures close lower as oil prices fall MarketWatch - By Myra P. Saefong & Polya Lesova, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures closed modestly lower Wednesday as a decline in oil prices and a ... Gold hits 1-week high on firmer oil, weaker dollar Gold Bulls `Running for Cover' Signal Price Drop: Chart of Day Gold higher as recovery continues |
 Boston Globe | Gold medal winners bite so photographers can snap guardian.co.uk, UK - The custom of biting a gold medal could stem from an ancient method of testing the value of gold with one's teeth. The purer the gold, the softer the coin. ... Meanwhile, further back in the medal count, it's Russia Long and winding road for China' men to catch up with women at ... From The Sports Network |
 Los Angeles Times | No medal in the race, gold for Lolo Jones later Los Angeles Times, CA - Less than 20 meters from an Olympic gold medal Tuesday, in a 100-meter high hurdles race she was commanding, Jones literally ran into another frustration. ... Video: Olympics '08: Richards, Jones Blow Leads Tripping Up GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Stunning hurdles win for Harper |
 TVNZ | Feature: Chinese Wu from "wild boy" to taekwondo "gold girl" Xinhua, China - 20 (Xinhua) -- With flash, precise and hard kicks, Chinese taekwondo player Wu Jingyu just let the "wild boy" in her out, and then, she was the gold girl. ... China's Wu wins 49-kg gold Wu clinches taekwondo gold Wu on course for gold medal |
 Xinhua | Former Downriver sailor wins gold Detroit Free Press, United States - BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • August 20, 2008 Anna Tunnicliffe became the first American woman since 1988 to win gold in Olympic ... American Anna Tunnicliffe wins Laser Radial sail gold American Tunnicliffe wins gold in sailing Tunnicliffe sails to Laser Radial gold |
 Xinhua | For China, Olympics have been a win-win-win situation Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - China’s Liu Chunhong exalted in her weightlifting gold on Day 5 of the Games. Many Chinese athletes have felt intense pressure to bring home the gold. ... Raising the Stakes at the Olympics China’s decades-long sports program paying off Phelps wins eight Olympic golds |
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