By the last, there were only two - American champion Billy Barton and the unconsidered Tipperary Tim.
The next American champion will almost certainly be the product of tremendous natural talent coupled with an unusual creation myth.
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When the American champion Lance Armstrong condescendingly, Mr Pantani thought allowed him to win the Mont Ventoux stage of the Tour in 2000, he was so angry that he made Mr Armstrong chase him through the peaks for the next two days.
The American League champion Red Sox employ a more traditional closer in young fireball Jonathan Papelbon.
On Oct. 21, the promoters organized a christening ceremony complete with rides around the circuit courtesy of Mario Andretti, the only living American F1 champion.
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American NASCAR champion Robby Gordon made a disastrous start in his Hummer, coming to a halt on course and despite eventually restarting came in over 10 minutes down.
Toni Elias, who will not be retained by San Carlo Honda Gresini for next season, was fourth ahead of American former world champion Colin Edwards and young Italian Andrea Dovizioso.
" On the victory podium standing with Mario Andretti, the only living American F1 world champion, Hamilton called the event "probably one of the best, if not the best Grand Prix we've had all year.
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Olympic gold medallist Bryan Clay ran a valiant 1, 000m to take the heptathlon title ahead of fellow American and world champion Trey Hardee by 20 points after a fascinating competition with Aleksey Drozdov of Russia taking bronze.
And over the last year, Richard has proved to be a champion of American consumers.
From 1924 to 1933, every Open champion was American with wins for Gene Sarazen, James Barnes, Denny Shute and Tommy Armour.
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To give some indication of where men's boxing is at, on the same night Britain's Amir Khan will be fighting Danny Garcia in Las Vegas, having been reinstated as WBA welterweight champion after American Lamont Peterson was found guilty of doping following his controversial win when they met in December.
Clinton promised that American workers would have a champion in Washington if she's the party's nominee.
McDonagh spent last winter training in American with Olympic and world champion Dwight Phillips.
She's a jazz violinist with her own swing band and is known as a champion of contemporary American music.
Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, despite claiming to be a champion of Latin American unity (see article), has stirred things up.
A., styles himself as a champion of the American entrepreneur.
Not long after the species' greatest champion, the American zoologist Dian Fossey, was killed in Rwanda in 1985, there were fewer than 300 of the giant primates left in the wild.
The presentation party on the day included 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero, the 2009 British amateur champion, and American Michelle Wie, who said it would be a "dream" to play in the Olympics.
Cloud is the IBF champion while fellow American Dawson - who does not hold one of the four recognised world light-heavyweight belts - is generally accepted as the leading operator at 175lbs and holds the unofficial Ring Magazine crown.
The American technology sector has been a champion of title inflation.
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Thirteen years after he lost a play-off for the USPGA Championship to Mark Brooks at Valhalla, the American can now become the oldest champion in major history.
Especially if things go wrong with Brazil's economy, Mr da Silva may be tempted to appease his own radicals by posing as the rhetorical champion of the Latin American left against Yankee imperialism.
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Cook, a former undefeated British, Commonwealth and European champion, lost to American Steven Luevano when they fought for the vacant WBO crown, but he believes he holds an advantage over his opponent as he steps up a division.
In the absence of the world's three fastest men - world and Olympic outdoors champion Usain Bolt, American Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa Powell - the United States team would have hoped for high podium positions for Williams and compatriot Michael Rodgers.
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