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China added gold medals in shooting and diving to lift its London Olympics total to six as U.S. shooter Kimberly Rhode became the first American woman to win a medal in an individual sport in five straight games.
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U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, aiming for his second gold medal at the London Olympics, qualified second for tonight’s semifinals of the 200-meter freestyle. Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina was suspended for a positive drug test.
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Kenya’s Patrick Makau retained his Berlin marathon title by winning today’s race in a world record time. Florence Kiplagat of Kenya claimed the women’s race.
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Grete Waitz , the record nine-time winner of the New York City Marathon , died after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was 57.
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Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics won’t cancel test events planned for this week as they review security after three days of riots in the British capital.
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Geoffrey Mutai became the first person to run record times to win both the Boston and New York marathons in the same year.
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Moses Mosop of Kenya set a course record at the Chicago Marathon, while Russia’s Liliya Shobukhova won the women’s title for the third straight year.
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Tony McCoy won the British Broadcasting Corp.’s Sports Personality of the Year award, becoming the first jockey to take the accolade in its 57th edition.
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