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| | Olympics: Thrills fill final night of track and field |
 | | Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen, 22, won the javelin with a personal-best throw of 283 feet, 9 inches, while the Czech Republic's Jan Zelezny, who was seeking an unprecedented fifth consecutive medal at age 38 and a fourth straight gold, was ninth. |
 | | Russia's Yuriy Borzakovskiy rallied from fourth on the final straightaway to win the men's 800, and Russia's Yelena Slesarenko set an Olympic record of 6 feet, 9 inches to win the women's high jump. |
 | | Americans claimed easy gold in two relays, the men's and women's 4x400, but the men's failure in the 4x100, because of a sloppy baton handoff, was a huge disappointment. |
| www.sptimes.com /2004/08/29/Olympics/Thrills_fill_final_ni.shtml (392 words) |
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