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Women boxers making history at 1st Olympic trials
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (AP) - Christina Cruz and Queen Underwood both devoted their lives to boxing several years before women had any hope of Olympic glory.
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12 hours ago
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Yvette Lewis of US wins 60m hurdles in Germany
Yvette Lewis of the United States won the 60-meter hurdles at the Karlsruhe indoor meet Sunday after Carolin Nytra of Germany was disqualified for a false start.
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17 hours ago
Worley wins giant slalom; Vonn 8th
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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21 hours ago
WCup leader Kostelic could be headed for surgery
Overall World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic could be headed for surgery after injuring his right knee while winning a super-combined race Sunday.
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Kearney wins 15th straight World Cup moguls event
American Hannah Kearney won her 15th straight World Cup moguls event Sunday, breaking downhill great Ingemar Stenmark's all-discipline record for consecutive FIS World Cup victories.
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1 day ago
Lagat sets American record in 5000m
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Lagat regains US indoor 5,000 record at Millrose
Bernard Lagat has regained his American record in the indoor 5,000 meters.
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China's Sui, Han win pairs short program
China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the pairs short program Saturday in the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
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Canada grabs skicross gold at US Grand Prix
The Canadians made a last-minute decision to compete in the U.S. Grand Prix and it paid off as Chris Del Bosco and Marielle Thompson swept gold in skicross Saturday, and teammate Brady Leman grabbed silver.
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Clark captures women’s snowboard superpipe
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Vito wins men’s snowboard superpipe
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Canada's Thomsen breaks through on Sochi course
Two weeks ago, Ben Thomsen was in danger of being sent down to skiing's minor leagues. Now he's got his first World Cup podium result and full of confidence heading into the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Schild wins, Vonn falls in WCup slalom
Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
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Switzerland's Hefti, Lamparter win
Switzerland's Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter won the two-man event and the World Cup bobsled title Friday in the season finale at Calgary Olympic Park.
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2 days ago
Asada wins women's short program at Four Continents
Two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan won the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Friday night.
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2 days ago
Cheever fails in bid to repeat as US champion
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Defending U.S. snowboardcross champion Jonathan Cheever joked that he was retiring after this race - from his moonlighting job as a plumber.
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2 days ago
Lagat tries for different record at Millrose Games
Bernard Lagat will try to make history at the 105th Millrose Games — just not in the Wanamaker Mile.
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2 days ago
Boothe of 'The Other Side of the Mountain' fame dies
Jill Kinmont Boothe, who appeared headed for Olympic glory but who was paralyzed in a skiing accident in 1955, died Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported. She was 75.
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2 days ago
Olympic champion Robles loses in 60-meter event
Kevin Craddock of the United States won the 60-meter hurdles, topping Olympic champion Dayron Robles at an indoor meet Friday.
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Austrian brothers win luge doubles world title
Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger successfully defended their luge doubles title at the world championships on Friday, their third gold in the annual event.
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France takes mixed relay in World Cup biathlon
France won a mixed relay from Ukraine by a second in a biathlon World Cup on Friday in minus-2 degree temperature.
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Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.
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2 days ago
Women's GS in Andorra canceled due to high winds
SOLDEU-GRANDVALIRA, Andorra (AP) -High winds in the Pyrenees mountains forced a women's World Cup giant slalom to be canceled on Friday in Andorra.
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3 days ago
Retired Paralympians get 2 free tickets for games
Britain's Paralympics association is celebrating the 200 days to go milestone before the Paralympic games in London by giving tickets to the event to every retired British Paralympics athlete.
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3 days ago
Russian skiers developing for 2014 Sochi Games
Russian skiers appear more frequently on the World Cup ski circuit in Europe these days, their presence hard to miss at the upcoming Alpine test events for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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