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'All over the shop' - Aussies go from first to last with botched dive

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Sprinter Su Bingtian wins silver at world indoors, makes history

SuBingtianbecamethefirstmaleChinesesprintertowinaglobalmedalinanindividualeventashetookthesilverinthemen's60metersfinalattheIAAFWorldIndoorChampionshipsintheUKo

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Winter Olympics: Billy Morgan wins Great Britain's record fifth medal

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China’s pair Sui Wenjing/Han Cong win silver at PyeongChang Olympics

ChineseskatersSuiWenjing/HanCongwonasilvermedalinpairsfigureskatingcompetitiononThursday,baggingasecondmedalforTeamChinaat2018PyeongChangWinterOlympics.First-ti

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Chinese pair take silver in figure skating at PyeongChang Olympics

ChineseskatersSuiWenjing/HanCongwonasilvermedalinpairsfigureskatingcompetitiononThursday,baggingasecondmedalforTeamChinaat2018PyeongChangWinterOlympics.Thefirst

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Snowboarder Liu Jiayu wins first medal for Team China

ChinesesnowboarderLiuJiayubaggedasilvermedalinthewomen’ssnowboardhalfpipeatthe2018PyeongChangWinterOlympicsonTuesday,winningthefirstmedaloftheChineseteamattheme

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US distance runner Flanagan finally gets silver medal from 2008 Olympics

USdistancerunnerShalaneFlanaganwascelebratingonMondayafterfinallybeingawardedhersilvermedalfromthe2008OlympicGames10,000metersfollowingadopingbanagainstTurkishs

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Turkey's Guliyev shocks favorite Van Niekerk in 200m at worlds

RamilGuliyevwonTurkey'sfirstgoldmedalatthe2017IAAFWorldChampionshipshereonThursdayasheshockedtitlefavoriteWaydeVanNiekerkofSouthAfricainmen's200m.ThiswasGuliyev

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Medals from Rio 2016 Olympics damaged

KyleSnydermadehistoryattheRioOlympicsbybecomingtheyoungestAmericanwrestlertowinagoldmedal.Themedalwillsoonbehistoryaswell,tobereplacedbytheIOCandRioorganizersbe

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Beautiful mind, valuable medal: John Nash's Nobel to be auctioned

James D. Watson’s fetched $4.76 million in 2014, setting a record.William Faulkner’s failed to sell in 2013, after bidding stalled out at $425,000, short of the minimum.

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Touching stories behind the first Olympics gold medals at Rio

Rio de Janeiro, a city that makes dreams come true, has seen six countries and regions realize their dream of winning an Olympic gold medal for the first time. With the games reaching the halfway mark, let's check out some touching stories behind these amazing achievements.

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Chinese public unfazed by sluggish medal winning at Rio Games

The ongoing Rio Olympic Games is probably the most relaxed games ever for China. Chinese audiences are decreasingly seeing medals as the paramount goal, and underperforming athletes are calmer when they end up with unsatisfying results. But in a country where athletes are funded by the government, whether athletes should simply enjoy participation remains controversial.

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Italy becomes biggest winner in Rio Olympic shooting

The Rio Olympic shooting concluded all its finals after Italian Niccolo Campriani won the men's 50m rifle three positions on Sunday, enabling Italy to become the biggest winner by taking four out of the 15 gold medals on offer, and collected a total of seven medals.

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Schooling beats Phelps to win 100m butterfly Olympic gold

Schooling, 21, touched the wall in 50.39 seconds, 0.75sec ahead of Phelps at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

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China's "game of power" continues with medal haul

Xiang Yanmei of China shrugged off the unexpected neck injury to win the gold medal for China in the women's 69kg category final on Wednesday.

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Chinese swimmers make splash with medals of all colors

China's Sun Yang clinched his third Olympic gold medal on Monday by winning the men's 200m freestyle at the Rio Olympics.

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Sun Yang makes sweet revenge, backstroke swimmers make podium finish

China's Sun Yang clinched his third Olympic gold medal on Monday by winning the men's 200m freestyle at the Rio Olympics.