Previously, Kim Gallagher won silver in 1984 and silver in 1988 and Madeline Manning earned gold in 1968.
The United States track and field team, though, had reason to celebrate earlier when its women's 4 X 100-meter team earned gold.
The well-made commercial featuring supermodel Adriana Lima earned a gold pencil at the One Show.
Rutherford, from Woburn Sands, earned the gold medal in the Olympic Stadium with a jump of 8.31m.
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The Andrews Sisters earned 19 gold records and sold about 100 million singles.
Oregon junior English Gardner won the women's 60, beating two pros who earned Olympic gold medals as part of the U.S. 4x100 relay, Jeneba Tarmoh and Lauryn Williams.
U.S. Soccer looks to keep players in the spotlight between the Olympics, where the Americans earned a gold medal in a 2-1 victory against Japan in front of 80, 203 fans at Wembley Stadium, and the World Cup.
She has earned a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Games in the Giant Slalon, 2 silver medals in the 2012 Winter Games, 7 World Cup Championships and 4 podium finishes in the World Championships of Downhill Skiing.
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Every new building completed since 2006 has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
She earned two Olympic gold medals as a player and coached the United States to a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic games.
Jessica Ennis earned the heptathlon gold, Greg Rutherford scored a long jump win and Mo Farah's sprint to victory made him the first British runner ever to do so in the 10, 000 meter competition.
From basketball minds like Jerry West (wise enough to draft Magic Johnson) through Mitch Kupchak (wise enough to steal Pau Gasol from Memphis), or coaching talents such as Pat Riley through Phil Jackson who each earned the Purple and Gold 5 championship banners apiece, Dr. Jerry Buss has been the anti-Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys).
The Auction House will give players access to rare items and gold using your hard earned cash, deposited straight into your Battle.net account.
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Hayek himself, out of a deeply-rooted (and honestly earned) pessimism about government opposed the gold standard.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Bradley Wiggins earned Britain's second Olympic cycling gold medal by beating Australia's Brad McGee in the final of the men's four-kilometer individual pursuit.
But only a desperate lunge earned the 21-year-old from Llanelli gold ahead of Frenchman Fadil Bellaabouss, who was given the same time on Saturday.
His reputation as a fierce tackler -- with a heart of gold for his community work -- earned him admiration and a legion of fans.
The women's 10, 000m was comprehensively won by Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse , who earned the country's first-ever European Championships gold medal.
What typically occurs in one of these seminars is that the presenter whips up fear about gold-diggers filing frivolous lawsuits attempting to get at your hard-earned money.
Earlier Wednesday, Marlen Esparza earned a bronze medal in the 51-kilo flyweight category but narrowly failed to reach the gold-medal fight after a 10-8 semifinal loss to China's Ren Cancan, the world No. 1 and top seed.
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