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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Judo: Japan national women's team gets 1st female head coach

Maki Tsukada, the women's 78-kilogram judo gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, after assuming the post of head coach of Japan's national women's judo team. The nation's judo governing body decided earlier in the day on the first female head coach of its women's national team.

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Judo: Japan national women's team gets 1st female head coach

Maki Tsukada, the women's 78-kilogram judo gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, after assuming the post of head coach of Japan's national women's judo team. The nation's judo governing body decided earlier in the day on the first female head coach of its women's national team.

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Judo: Japan national women's team gets 1st female head coach

Maki Tsukada, the women's 78-kilogram judo gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024, after assuming the post of head coach of Japan's national women's judo team. The nation's judo governing body decided earlier in the day on the first female head coach of its women's national team.

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Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France

STORY: Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France SHOOTING TIME: April 27, 2024 DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of the Olympic flame for Paris 2024 on board the French ship Belem setting sail from Piraeus port 2. Various of Tony Estanguet arriving at Piraeus port with the Olympic flame for Paris 2024 3. SOUNDBITE (English): TONY ESTANGUET, President of the organizing committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games 4. various of the Piraeus port STORYLINE: The Olympic flame for Paris 2024 began its journey from Greece's Piraeus port to France on Saturday on board the French ship Belem. The three-masted ship set sail from Greece's largest port 90 days before the opening ceremony of the Games on July 26. It was the first time in the history of the Games that the Olympic Flame has been transported by sea. Belem, launched in 1896, the same year the first modern Olympics was hosted in Athens, carries the flame in a lantern. After

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The final torchbearer Ioannis Fountoulis, captain of Greece's national polo team, lights the cauldron during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch with the Olympic Flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 26, 2024 shows a general view of the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Spyros Capralos (L) passes the flame to Tony Estanguet, president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek on April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Actress Mary Mina, playing the role of the High Priestess, hands the Olympic Torch to Spyros Capralos (front L), Hellenic Olympic Committee President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-PARIS 2024-OLYMPICS-FLAME HANDOVER CEREMONY

(240427) -- ATHENS, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tony Estanguet (L), president of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games "Paris 2024", holds up the Olympic Flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Games at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greek, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-ATHENS-OCHI DAY-PARADE

(231029) -- ATHENS, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Greek Special Olympics team attend a national "Ochi (No) Day" parade in Athens, Greece, Oct. 28, 2023. "Ochi" was the response given on Oct. 28, 1940, by the then head of the Greek government to Italy's ultimatum to surrender the country to the Axis forces. It marked Greece's entry in World War Two. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens

STORY: Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens DATELINE: June 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): DIONISIS KODELAS, President of Special Olympics Hellas 3. various of the ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SVEN ALBRECHT, CEO of Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAVID EVANGELISTA, Regional president and managing director, Europe Eurasia Special Olympics STORYLINE: The Flame of Hope, which will be burning for the Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games, was lit in Athens on Wednesday. The ritual ceremony was held with the participation of Special Olympics athletes in the tradition of lighting of the flame for the Olympic Games. The event was hosted at Zappeion exhibition hall, near the stadium which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. The flame was ignited out of a concave mirror using the sun's rays. A Greek girl playing the role of an ancient Greek High Pri

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A performer lights up the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A performer lights up the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Greek girl (L) playing the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess lights up the torch of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the German delegation for the Special Olympics World Games carry the flame of the Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform at the ceremony of the lighting of the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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(SP)GREECE-ATHENS-SPECIAL OLYMPICS-FLAME

(230608) -- ATHENS, June 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform at the ceremony of the lighting of the flame of the Special Olympics World Games at Zappeion exhibition hall, in Athens, Greece on June 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Flame for Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games lit in Athens" (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games mascots among highlights of Athens exhibition of gifts of diplomacy

STORY: NIKOS DENDIAS mascots among highlights of Athens exhibition of gifts of diplomacy DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek): NIKOS DENDIAS, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister STORYLINE: Greek Foreign Affairs Minister inaugurated on Wednesday in Athens an exhibition of 47 gifts of diplomacy of political symbolism that reflect Greek foreign policy in the 21st century. A case with the mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was among the highlights of objects put on display at Zappeion exhibition hall, which hosted fencing events during the 1896 Athens Games, the first Olympics of the modern era. SOUNDBITE (Greek): NIKOS DENDIAS, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister "Today, in the era of the rapid development of technology, of social media, and dense events in the diplomatic scenes, events, meetings, consultations and even negotiations run at a dizzying speed. However, there are moments that last. Diplomatic gifts, w

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Ex-Nadeshiko Miyamoto lays ground for 'soccer moms'

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tomomi Miyamoto (8, 3rd from R) playing for the Japan women's soccer team against Sweden at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Japan beat Sweden 1-0 in their opening match for their first-ever victory at an Olympics.

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Special Olympics flame ignited in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Special Olympics flame is ignited in Tokyo in a ceremony held in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office on Aug. 22. The flame, ignited in Athens June 29, was carried to Tokyo via Seoul. The Special Olympics will be held in Shanghai Oct. 2-11 with about 7,000 people from 169 countries and regions participating.

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Diving pool for 2004 Athens Olympics remains dry

ATHENS, Greece - The diving pool used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens remains dry as seen in this file photo of Aug. 21, 2014.

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Facilities for 2004 Athens Olympics remain desolate

ATHENS, Greece - Facilities for the beach volleyball competition in Athens, like many others used at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in the Greek capital, remain abandoned as seen in this file photo of Aug. 21, 2014.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi assumes professorship of science

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi (R), a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, shakes hands with Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after being named a professor of sports science at the school.

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Hammer thrower Murofushi speaks about professorship

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi, a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, speaks about his assumption of a professorship of sports science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Olympic softball medalist seeking bid to race in skeleton in Sochi

NAGANO, Japan - File photo shows Juri Takayama pitching as a starter during a softball game against the United States at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. Japan won the bronze medal in the Games.

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Mizuki Noguchi at the award ceremony for the Sendai International Half Marathon at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2013, after she won the women's race in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds. The Athens Olympics marathon gold medalist won her first official race in five years.

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Sendai half marathon

SENDAI, Japan - Athens Olympics marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi of Japan crosses the finish line at Sendai City Athletic Stadium in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, to win the women's race of the Sendai International Half Marathon in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds on May 12, 2013.

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Murofushi prevented from joining IOC Athletes' Commission

LONDON, Britain - Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi gives a press conference at the Main Press Centre in Olympic Park in London on Aug. 11, 2012 after the International Olympic Committee announced the same day Murofushi's election to the IOC Athletes' Commission was invalidated as he was judged to have violated election campaign rules. Murofushi won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics and was the Athens Olympic gold medalist in 2004.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang sits on the track after clattering into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles round 1 heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympics 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang competes in the men's 110-meter hurdles round 1 heats of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympics 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race after he clattered into the first hurdle and fell.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang makes it to the last hurdle after crashing into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang hops on one foot outside his lane toward the finish line after crashing into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang hops on one foot outside his lane toward the finish line after crashing into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang kisses the last hurdle after crashing into the first hurdle, falling and hopping on one foot outside his lane toward the finishing line in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang (L) falls as he crashes into the first hurdle in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang holds his right ankle and looks toward the finish line after crashing into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Liu Xiang out of Olympic 110m hurdles

LONDON, Britain - China's Liu Xiang looks at his right ankle after crashing into the first hurdle and falling in a men's 110-meter hurdles first-round heat of the London Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 7, 2012. The Athens Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion did not finish the race.

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Thorpe prepares for Tokyo swimming world cup

TOKYO, Japan - Former Olympic champion Ian Thorpe (C) of Australia practices on Nov. 11, 2011 at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, where the World Cup Tokyo meet starts the following day. Thorpe, who retired in 2006 after competing in the Sydney and Athens Olympics, returned to competitive swimming this year in preparation for the 2012 London Olympics.

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Judo Olympic gold medalist out

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympics champion Keiji Suzuki (back) suffers a defeat by ippon in the men's over 100-kilogram class to Poland's Janusz Wojnarowicz on the opening day of the world judo championships in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japanese baseball icon Nagashima visits WBC training camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Japanese baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima (R) chats with Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki before a practice match between the Japanese national team for the World Baseball Classic and the Japanese club Yomiuri Giants at Sunmarine Stadium in the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Feb 21. Nagashima, who headed the Japanese team in the Athens Olympics, also gave a pep talk to a group of Japanese players before the game.

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Japanese baseball icon Nagashima visits WBC training camp

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Japanese baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima (L) chats with Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima on Feb. 21 during a training camp for the Japanese team in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Miyazaki before the World Baseball Classic. Nagashima, who headed the Japanese team in the Athens Olympics, gave a pep talk to a group of Japanese players including Nippon Ham Fighters ace pitcher Yu Darvish.

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Athens Olympic champion Shibata set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese swimmer Ai Shibata acknowledging cheers from fans after finishing first to capture the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Swimming sources said Dec. 8 Shibata, 26, will retire from competition.

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Ueno wins 70-kg class judo gold at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Masae Ueno poses with the gold medal she won in the women's 70-kilogram class judo of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 13. Ueno beat Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba in the final at Beijing University Science and Technology Stadium, successfully defending the Olympic title she captured in Athens four years ago.

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Ueno wins 70-kg class judo gold at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Japan's Masae Ueno (top) holds down Anaysi Hernandez of Cuba in the women's 70-kilogram class judo final of the Beijing Olympics at Beijing University Science and Technology Stadium on Aug. 13. Ueno won, successfully defending the title she captured in Athens four years ago

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Uchishiba defends 66-kg class judo title at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Masato Uchishiba raises his hand in victory at the medals podium after he won the gold medal with a victory over Benjamin Darbelet of France in the men's 66-kilogram class judo final of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 10. Uchishiba also won the gold in Athens four years ago.

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Uchishiba defends 66-kg class judo title at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING, China - Masato Uchishiba shows off the gold medal he won after defeating Benjamin Darbelet of France in the men's 66-kilogram class judo final of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 10. Uchishiba also won the gold in Athens four years ago.

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Phelps sets Olympic record in 400-meter individual medley

BEIJING, China - Michael Phelps of the United States sets a new Olympic record of 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds in the heats for the men's 400-meter individual medley of the Beijing Olympics at the National Aquatics Center on Aug. 9, slicing 0.44 second off the previous record he set in Athens four years ago.

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Czech Emmons wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Games

BEIJING, China - Athens Olympics bronze medalist Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic celebrates on the medals podium after she won first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics in the women's 10-meter air rifle competition at Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Aug. 9.