Bennett, a train driver born in Shapwick, was Great Britain's first track and field gold medal winner.

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The day's first track and field gold medal went to Ethiopia's Meseret Defar, who bested Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot by less than half a second to win the women's 5, 000-meter race.

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But he adds that a breakthrough in this field would clearly be gold-medal material.

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Suhr's pole-vaulting win was the second gold medal the U.S. track-and-field team has secured during three full days of athletics competitions, following Sanya Richards-Ross winning the women's 400-meter race on Sunday night.

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I'm very happy with the bronze medal, you have to be happy when you see how tight the field is in slalom.

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Franks, who would soon retire and be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, said he ordered the transition to force the Pentagon to get leaders into the field to work with civilian occupation officials.

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