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Amber English won the third gold of the Games for the US shooting team, who back home have joined forces with an ultra-conservative college Amber English won the women’s skeet gold medal on Monday and Vincent Hancock triumphed in the men’s event, a day after Will Shaner was victorious in the men’s 10-metre air rifle. All set Olympic record scores. The US is indeed the all-time medal leader, with roughly as many gold medals as the next three countries (China, Russia and Italy) combined. But Ginny Thrasher’s first-day success in the 10-metre air rifle was the US’s only shooting gold...

Team USA's swimming team are celebrating a double victory tonight after winning two gold medals. Michael Phelps takes home his 19th gold after winning the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. The 31-year-old, 22-time Olympic medalist, swam the second leg of the relay for Team USA - despite not competing in any freestyle events at the U.S. trials or in the preliminaries in Rio. He was cheered on by his girlfriend Nicole Johnson, who was sat with their son Boomer, and Phelps' mom Deborah.

THE world's most powerful woman, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, will present a gold medal at tonight's swimming finals. Games chairman Ron Walker has asked Dr Rice to present the medals for the women's 50m breaststroke final, one of five finals on the night. America's chief diplomat arrives in Melbourne late today after two days of talks in Sydney with counterpart Alexander Downer and Prime Minister John Howard. A police motorcade will escort her from the airport to the Sports and Aquatic Centre, where she will enjoy front row seats.

U.S. Has Record Gold Haul at Track Worlds By BOB BAUM,/AP Sports Writer Sun Aug 14,2005 The United States is bringing home a record haul of gold from the world track and field championships. It won't win one in the women's 1,600-meter relay, though. The U.S. team easily won its preliminary heat Saturday night but was disqualified for "multiple lane violations." The ruling did not say specifically where the infraction occurred. An appeal was denied. It was the second relay foul-up for the United States. The men dropped the baton on the first exchange of the 400-meter relay preliminary Friday...