Olympics

Alaska-born wheelchair racer captures bronze at Paralympics

Former Barrow resident Shirley Reilly left, Switzerland's Edith Wolf, right, and Britain's Shelley Woods compete in the women's 5000-meter T54 final Sunday at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Wolf won the gold medal, Reilly the silver and Australia's Christie Dawes the bronze.

Alaska-born wheelchair racer Shirley Reilly captured a bronze medal at the London Paralympics on Friday by finishing third in the 1,500 meters. It's the second medal of the games for the former Barrow woman, who competed in Athens in 2004 and Beijing...

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US wins medal count, but British celebrate as well

The competition is over. The U.S. was best, but the success stories from London truly spanned the globe.
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Olympics come to rocking end with closing ceremony

With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun.
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It's a golden age for American women at Games

The American women came to the 2012 London Olympics hungry to succeed and delivered a historic performance, wining 27 of Team USA's 41 gold medals and 54 of its 95 total medals.
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Olympics draw to a close with mega-party weekend

The Olympics finish line is in sight. With just a few events to go, athletes and Londoners are set for the mother-of-all celebrations -- a weekend of gold-medal parties and a pop-tastic closing ceremony.
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US shatters 27-year record in women's relay

Eyeing the trackside clock as she approached the finish line, Carmelita Jeter pointed the black baton in her left hand at those bright orange numbers. She wanted to make sure everyone saw what she saw: The U.S. was breaking the world record in the women's 4x100-meter relay — and by a wide margin...
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Bahamas snaps US winning streak in men's 4x400 relay

LONDON -- Ramon Miller of the Bahamas chased down Angelo Taylor of the United States in the men's 4x400-meter final Friday night to win his country's first gold medal in a relay won by America at every Olympics since 1984.
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US runner ends relay lap on broken leg

Manteo Mitchell had 200 meters to go in the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay preliminaries Thursday and a decision to make: keep running or stop and lose the race. A few hours later, doctors confirmed what Mitchell suspected: He had run the last half-lap with a broken left fibula.
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Higher, faster, longer: a day packed with superlatives

Every day at the London Games has offered riveting moments, but perhaps no single day was more crowded with drama and record achievement than Thursday. With just three more days of competition remaining, the Summer Games might have reached their crescendo
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US defeats Japan to win women's soccer gold

The U.S. women's soccer team avenged one of its most painful defeats with a 2-1 victory over Japan. Before 80,203 at Wembley Stadium, a record crowd for women's soccer at the Olympics, the teams put on a back-and-forth, don't-turn-your-head soccer showcase.
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Bolt leads Jamaican sweep in 200 meters, wins 2nd gold

Putting the field far enough behind that he could slow up over his last few strides, Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds today, making him the only man with two Olympic titles in that event.