Olympics
India stage-managed torch relay meets protests (Reuters) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
The Olympic torch was paraded through India's capital on Thursday, along a historic thoroughfare purged of spectators, as 15,000 police kept protesters from the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans far from the route.

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Building chief quits Russia's 2014 Olympics team (Reuters) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
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Felix welcomes anti-doping initiative (PA SportsTicker) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
Olympic 200-meter silver medalist Allyson Felix has welcomed an anti-doping program after admitting she was "devastated" by Marion Jones' drug revelations.

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Russian chief of 2014 Olympic builder resigns (Reuters) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
The chief of the Russian corporation that is supervising building work for the 2014 Winter Olympics has resigned, Russian news agencies quoted Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov as saying on Thursday.

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Japan's marathon queen Noguchi heads for the hills (Reuters) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
Japan's Mizuki Noguchi will ignore health fears and return to the mountains of China to prepare for the defence of her Olympic marathon title.

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Japanese swimmer Kitajima in 'perfect' shape (Reuters) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
Japan's double Olympic swimming champion Kosuke Kitajima has fired a warning to his rivals before this year's Beijing Games, describing his form as "perfect."

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Ishimatsu, Helms win 1-meter finals (AP) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
Victoria Ishimatsu won the women's 1-meter springboard final and Ryan Helms topped the men's field in the USA Diving Spring National Championships on Wednesday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Unlike the 3- and 10-meter events, the 1-meter is not an Olympic event, but both divers will compete in the 3-meter event as well.

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Shot putter a man of many talents (AP) E-mail
Sports - Olympics
Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
OK, so it wasn't a world record. Or even Reese Hoffa's personal best. But the shot putter sure does a mean number on a Rubik's Cube. Hoffa was at the U.S. Olympic Committee's media summit Wednesday because he's the reigning outdoor world champion in shot put and former indoor world champ. But he showed off one of his many other talents, taking less than two minutes to unscramble the multi-colored...

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USADA to measure athletes' body chemistry in new system (AP) E-mail
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:59
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has launched the opening phase of a voluntary pilot program it hopes will improve the accuracy of doping tests. The anti-doping agency will profile the body chemistry of 12 participating athletes using a series of blood and urine tests, and those measurements will be used as a baseline for subsequent tests.

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