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November 20, 2008
Anne Arundel Community College's Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute recently won 12 major awards at a regional competition in Washington and an international contest in New York City. Seven culinary students and four instructors were awarded a total of four gold, six silver and two bronze medals. "Winning four gold medals is an unprecedented accomplishment for the AACC Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute," said Mary Ellen Mason, HCAT institute director. The first HCAT group won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal Nov. 8 at the Nation's Capital Chef's Association Category K Culinary Competition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, where 24 students and instructors participated.
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September 15, 2008
Clarksville's McFadden wins two silver medals PARALYMPICS Tatyana McFadden of Clarksville captured two silver medals yesterday at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. She started her day in the women's 200-meter final, where she won bronze at the 2004 Paralympic Games. This time she set a new personal best time, 28.43 seconds, to clinch silver. The Atholton graduate grabbed a second silver medal, this time in the women's 800 meters with a personal best time of 1:46.95. "Oh my gosh, I'm so overwhelmed," McFadden, 19, said after winning her second silver medal of the meet.
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August 19, 2008
BEIJING - The U.S. finally got untracked in the track and field competition at the Olympics yesterday. After a sluggish start over the first weekend that included no gold medals, Americans won five overall medals yesterday, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the men's 400-meter hurdles. Pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski also won a silver medal, and Stephanie Brown Trafton won a surprise gold in the women's discus - the first for a U.S. woman in the event since 1932. The U.S. hurdlers talked about the slow beginning for the track team at the Olympic Village and during the warm-up period for their final.
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By Los Angeles Times | August 18, 2008
BEIJING - Nastia Liukin is having so much fun at these Olympics, she says she might stick around and compete again next year at the world championships. Shawn Johnson won't look beyond tomorrow's balance-beam final, her last chance to win a gold medal. Johnson won the silver medal in yesterday's floor exercise competition, her third silver medal of the Olympics, and it was a bittersweet finish for the defending world champion who had to compete first among the eight finalists and then watch and wait.
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By South Florida Sun-Sentinel | August 10, 2008
BEIJING - The water doesn't know what age you are, Dara Torres always says. Nor does it know how many medals you've won. Or how many precious tenths of a second you're behind the Dutch swimmer before diving into the pool in the clean-up position of the U.S. Olympic 400-meter relay team. Eight years after retiring, two years after giving birth, Torres began her latest and final Olympic competition today by swimming fiercely. But she was unable to overcome the lead of the Netherlands as the U.S. team won the silver medal.
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By ROB KASPER | August 6, 2008
A good way to enjoy watching the Summer Olympics is to snap on the television, put the recliner in the deep-comfort position and order Chinese takeout. I started my Olympics regime about a week early by ordering three versions of Moo Shu Pork, then settling into a recliner and alternately nibbling on the pancakes stuffed with meat and vegetables and working the remote control. Best Bite The Bamboo House Address: 26 Cranbrook Road, Cockeysville Phone: 410-666-9550 Hours: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, noon-midnight Friday-Saturday The gold-medal winner.
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By Candus Thomson | December 13, 2007
Add steely nerved gambler to the list of words that can be used to define Kimmie Meissner. The Bel Air figure skater ditched her long program this fall, weeks before the start of the new season, betting that she could learn a more eye-catching routine in time to defend her national title in January and re-establish herself at the world championships in March. She did better than that. Despite some expected rocky moments at both Grand Prix events, Meissner finds herself competing tomorrow and Saturday at a competition that had eluded her: the Grand Prix Final.
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February 14, 2006
Skiing BODE MILLER TV: Chs. 11, 4; 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. When he's on the course, or off, Bode Miller is always the man to watch. The controversial Miller finished fifth in the downhill Sunday, which, considering the competition and small margin for error, was neither particularly disappointing nor unexpected. He's still a factor whenever he skis, which will be in today's alpine combined - a downhill run followed by two slalom runs. Miller won the silver medal in the combined in 2002, finishing first in the slalom but 15th in the downhill.
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By JOHN CHERWA | February 13, 2006
TURIN, Italy -- The marquee event of the first weekend brought its share of surprises and disappointments as little-thought-of French skier Antoine Deneriaz won the men's downhill yesterday. U.S. bad boy Bode Miller was considered a strong medal contender, but he struggled down the course and finished fifth. Teammate Daron Rahlves finished 10th on a course on which he won a World Cup event. Deneriaz was ranked 38th in the World Cup standings and was the 30th person down the course. But his mastery was evident from the top as he won the race by the largest margin of victory -- almost three-fourths of a second -- in 42 years.
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By CANDUS THOMSON | January 9, 2006
This week, Kimmie Meissner needs to skate nosebleed big. So huge that even Mister Magoo could see her from the dizzying height of Section 320, Row Q, just under the roof of the Savvis Center in St. Louis. Meissner knows that's what it will take to win one of the three tickets to Turin being handed out by the U.S. Olympic Committee after the national figure skating championships in St. Louis. The gold medalist gets an automatic berth, with a selection committee of 36 athletes, coaches and skating officials picking the other two. Two-time world silver medalist Sasha Cohen is the favorite to make the team, and nine-time national champion Michelle Kwan is petitioning to make it on a medical waiver.