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BEIJING, Aug. 13 — China’s women’s gymnastics team completed a gold-medal sweep for the host nation in the team competition Wednesday, taking top honors at the Olympics with a score of 188.900.

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BEIJING, Aug. 12 — With oversize headphones resting atop his head, Carmelo Anthony tried to play down the U.S. men’s basketball rematch against Greece, saying that it doesn’t compare to the emotional Olympic opener against China, a game he described as the “greatest sporting event in history.”

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BEIJING After a while this gold medal thing can wear on a guy, even one with Michael Phelps’s seemingly non-biodegradable constitution. It suddenly all seemed tiring, the cycle of eat-sleep-swim, the ice baths, the thousands of meters of warmups and warm-downs, the constant carbo-loading. Phelps…

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TV: USA Network, 8 a.m. tomorrow, live.

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