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Halfway through Olympics, U.S. leads China by one in medals race
Midway through the London Games, the United States is locked in a tight battle with China in the ultimate Olympic competition — the race for No. 1 in the medals.
Saturday, August, 04, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Vertical skydiving world record broken in Illinois (with video)
Falling at speeds of up to 220 mph, a group of nearly 140 skydivers shattered the vertical skydiving world record as they flew heads-down in a massive snowflake formation in northern Illinois.
Saturday, August, 04, 2012 - Associated Press - News

Double-amputee Pistorius makes it to semifinals of Olympic men's 400
The first amputee to compete in track at the Olympics, South Africa's Oscar Pistorius cruised past an opponent or two in the backstretch of his 400-meter heat, and by the end, the “Blade Runner” was coasting in for a stress-free success.
Saturday, August, 04, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

American swimmers claim three more gold medals, one in world record time
American swimmers have claimed three more gold medals so far today at the London Olympics, with one of those races won in world record time.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Gabby grabs gymnastics gold
LONDON — Gymnastics coach Liang Chow didn’t quite know what to make of Gabby Douglas when she decided to move halfway across the country 20 months ago to train at his gym.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers - Sports

Phelps is as good as gold again
LONDON — Michael Phelps spent the day thinking about all the things he’s doing for the final time at the pool. It turns out that included one last win over Ryan Lochte.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

American gymnast wins women's all-around gold medal
An American gymnast has added another gold medal for the U.S. in the women's all-around, two nights after the U.S. women's team claimed the top spot.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Three gold medals today for American swimmers at Olympics
American swimmers claimed three individual gold medals on Thursday, one of them doing so in world record time.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

American swimmers claim two more gold medals at Olympics
American swimmers picked up two more gold medals during competition on Thursday at the London Olympics.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Eight Olympic badminton players are DQd for trying to lose
Eight Olympic badminton players are disqualified for trying to lose
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Americans go 0-3 in Olympic boxing matches
Top-seeded bantamweight Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba beat Joseph Diaz Jr., 21-15, and U.S. heavyweight Michael Hunter tired badly in the third round of a narrow loss to Russia's Artur Beterbiev.
Wednesday, August, 01, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Olympic cycling: Kristin Armstrong wins 2nd consecutive time trial gold medal
The defending champion blistered an 18-mile course south of London today to win her second-straight gold medal.
Wednesday, August, 01, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

U.S. women gymnasts golden again
The Americans lived up to their considerable hype and then some Tuesday, routing silver medalist Russia and everybody else on their way to their first Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996.
Wednesday, August, 01, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

U.S. women win team gold in gymnastics
The Americans lived up to the hype and then some, winning their first Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics since 1996.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Kirilenko: ‘I’m running like a young deer’
Slashing to the rim, blocking shots and getting out in transition in Russia’s first game of the Olympics, Andrei Kirilenko looked every bit the all-around force he was as a young man with the Utah Jazz.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

American skeet shooter medals in record fifth straight Olympics
Meet Kimberly Rhode, the first American with individual medals in five straight Olympics, after a golden, record-setting, nearly perfect performance in skeet shooting.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

Olympics: France upsets U.S. in men's 4x100 relay (with day's top photos)
Payback. This time, it was France chasing down the United States — and Ryan Lochte, no less — to win another riveting relay at the Olympics.
Sunday, July, 29, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

New Life members join Russian mission trip
Three members from New Life Lutheran Church departed May 29 for Kondopoga, Russia, on a short-term mission trip.
Sunday, July, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Community

Recap of Saturday's action at the Summer Olympics (with top photos)
A roundup of the highlights of the first day of competition of the London Olympics.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Sports

Shooter Yi Siling of China wins first gold medal of London Olympics
The first athlete to qualify for the London Olympics also won the first gold medal Saturday.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - Associated Press - Sports

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