Praxeas
08-09-2008, 09:43 AM
This is a sad note.
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese man stabbed the in-laws of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball coach, killing one and injuring the other while they visited a Beijing tourist site near the main venue where Olympic competitions began Saturday, officials said.
The victims were Todd and Barbara Bachman, parents of former Olympian Elisabeth Bachman who is married to men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Bachman's father was killed.
The assailant also stabbed and injured a Chinese tour guide with the Americans. He then committed suicide by throwing himself off a 130-foot-high balcony of the ancient landmark the Americans were visiting, the 13th century Drum Tower, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430722/Report:-Father-in-law-of-U.S.-coach-killed-in-Beijing
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BEIJING (AP) - Michael Phelps opened his quest to win eight gold medals by qualifying 1.44 seconds faster than his rivals with an Olympic-record time in the 400-meter individual medley preliminaries Saturday night.
The American won his heat in 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds - 0.44 second better than his gold-medal-winning time four years ago in Athens. Phelps was under his world-record pace after 150 meters of the four-stroke race, but eased off to save something for Sunday morning's final.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430458/That-was-fast:-Phelps-sets-Olympic-record-in-prelim
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BEIJING (AP) - Mariel Zagunis won the first U.S. gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, leading an American sweep Saturday in women's saber fencing.
Zagunis, the 2004 saber champion, took the gold with a 15-8 victory over Sada Jacobson, who took the silver. Becca Ward took the bronze.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430490/Zagunis-wins-gold,-U.S.-women-sweep-saber-event
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With President Bush and the first family looking on, the United States women's basketball team began its quest for a fourth-straight gold medal with a rout of the Czech Republic.
Diana Taurasi scored 13 of her 17 points in the first half to lead the U.S. to the 97-57 victory in the opener Saturday night.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430548/Bush-watches-U.S.-women's-hoops-romp#
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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese man stabbed the in-laws of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball coach, killing one and injuring the other while they visited a Beijing tourist site near the main venue where Olympic competitions began Saturday, officials said.
The victims were Todd and Barbara Bachman, parents of former Olympian Elisabeth Bachman who is married to men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Bachman's father was killed.
The assailant also stabbed and injured a Chinese tour guide with the Americans. He then committed suicide by throwing himself off a 130-foot-high balcony of the ancient landmark the Americans were visiting, the 13th century Drum Tower, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430722/Report:-Father-in-law-of-U.S.-coach-killed-in-Beijing
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BEIJING (AP) - Michael Phelps opened his quest to win eight gold medals by qualifying 1.44 seconds faster than his rivals with an Olympic-record time in the 400-meter individual medley preliminaries Saturday night.
The American won his heat in 4 minutes, 7.82 seconds - 0.44 second better than his gold-medal-winning time four years ago in Athens. Phelps was under his world-record pace after 150 meters of the four-stroke race, but eased off to save something for Sunday morning's final.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430458/That-was-fast:-Phelps-sets-Olympic-record-in-prelim
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BEIJING (AP) - Mariel Zagunis won the first U.S. gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, leading an American sweep Saturday in women's saber fencing.
Zagunis, the 2004 saber champion, took the gold with a 15-8 victory over Sada Jacobson, who took the silver. Becca Ward took the bronze.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430490/Zagunis-wins-gold,-U.S.-women-sweep-saber-event
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With President Bush and the first family looking on, the United States women's basketball team began its quest for a fourth-straight gold medal with a rout of the Czech Republic.
Diana Taurasi scored 13 of her 17 points in the first half to lead the U.S. to the 97-57 victory in the opener Saturday night.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8430548/Bush-watches-U.S.-women's-hoops-romp#
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