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.

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Instead, it reported that Ryan Lochte won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley, beating Michael Phelps.

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The boy with frizzy hair and braces created an instant stir, beating his more experienced single-amputee rivals to gold in the T44 200m and taking bronze in the 100m.

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Likewise, real estate is another asset class famous for beating inflation, but like gold it is prone to huge run-ups and crushing pullbacks.

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The team went on to win in the final, beating Yugoslavia 2-1 to claim the nation's fourth Olympic gold in the competition.

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Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat won gold in the men's singles badminton final, beating South Korea's Shon Seung-Mo 15-8 15-7.

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Long stretches of outperformance in gold are frequently followed by major pullbacks, and it often takes decades to see those inflation-beating benefits.

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Limardo won the men's individual epee late on Wednesday, beating Norwegian Bartosz Piasecki 15-10 to earn Venezuela only its second Olympic gold medal in history.

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ATHENS, Greece -- Brothers Pavol and Peter Hochshorner took gold once again in the Olympic pairs canoe slalom Friday, beating their nearest challengers by nearly four seconds.

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The English 16-year-old overcame a triceps injury he sustained in August to win gold with 538.35 points, beating Mitcham by a margin of 29.20.

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