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1992 US Open – Women's Singles

Monica Seles was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title without losing a set, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


1933 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

Joan Hartigan is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.

1988 US Open – Women's Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

1998 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

The Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 World Cycling Championships was held on Wednesday October 7, 1998 from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul.

2005 Pacific Life Open

Also competing in the field were Australian Open titlist Marat Safin, 2004 French Open winner Guillermo Coria, Tim Henman, Carlos Moyá and Gastón Gaudio.

2005 Pacific Life Open – Women's Doubles

The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2005 Pacific Life Open took place between March 7 and March 20 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States.

2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km Race Walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

2008 Heineken Open

The field was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup finalist and defending champion David Ferrer, US Open quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, and 2007 Stockholm quarterfinalist Juan Mónaco.

2008 Movistar Open

Other seeded players were 2007 St. Petersburg finalist Fernando Verdasco, Doha and Sydney quarterfinalist Agustín Calleri, Óscar Hernández, José Acasuso and Nicolás Massú.

2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium

The Women's Omnium was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

The Women's Team Sprint is one of the 7 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Cuban Yarelis Barrios looked set to build upon her World and Olympic silver medals from the last two years and Aimin Song had also performed well during the season.

2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany came second, and Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, also of Germany, came third.

2010 BMW Tennis Championship – Singles

Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but he competed in the BNP Paribas Open instead.

2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit

The main rival of Van Dijk should be Kirsten Wild, the national champion of 2009.

2012 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles

It was the 39th edition of the BNP Paribas Open, also known as the Indian Wells Masters, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour.

2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Millennium Place in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada on September 27.

2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 67 kg

The women's freestyle 67 kg is a competition featured at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Millennium Place in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada on September 27.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Women's 500 metres

The podium placings of both races were identical – Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won, followed by Jenny Wolf of Germany and Wang Beixing of China.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 1000 metres

Brittany Bowe of the United States won the race, setting a new world record of 1:12.58 in the process, with fellow American Heather Richardson finishing in second place, only 3/100 of a second behind, and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands in third place.

Angharad Mason

Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres.

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

These two were a fair distance behind the business end of the race where world indoor 60 m. champion Gevaert, who had burst out the blocks, was run down by Anim (NR) and Arron who both recorded the same time.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Moments after the bell, Aregawi passed behind Morgan Uceny, who stumbled, her knee meeting the back-kick of Ekaterina Kostetskaya.

Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program.

Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Georgia Kokloni

Her first global outdoor championships was the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where she was part of the Greek 4 x 100 metres relay team.

Hilary Barte

She competed at the 2011 US Open Doubles Tournament, where she received together with her partner Mallory Burdette a wildcard.

Jessie Barr

Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish athlete who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Katherine Washington

Katherine Washington is a former American women's basketball player, who played on the first two U.S. women's national teams, earning world championships in 1953 and 1957.

Maja Palaveršić

Her best singles result was First Round in 2001 Australian Open.

Marie Marchand-Arvier

She finished fifth in the combined, and sixth in the downhill.

Petra Chocová

At 2012 European Long Course Championships in Debrecen, Chocová won a bronze medal in non-Olympics distance of 50-metre breaststroke in a time of 31.25, a national record.

Rainer Kuhlmey

He has won several national titles (including the 1968 German Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt), took part in several international tournaments, such as Beaulieu and Cannes Championships, and represented Germany in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris.

Rajwinder Kaur

Kaur finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman.

Sayaka Hirano

At the 2012 London Olympics Women's Team Event semi-finals, she helped Japan overcome Singapore to reach their first historic finals by winning her Double's match with Kasumi Ishikawa over Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei (11-3, 13-11 and 11-4).

Shana Cox

Competing in her first major competition for Great Britain, Cox won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu and Perri Shakes-Drayton.

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap

Pia Hansen raised Rhode's Olympic record by seven hits, and was only one hit from Deborah Gelisio's World records in both the qualification and final rounds.

Silje Norendal

She will compete in slopestyle during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

Slađana Perunović

The 2009 Summer Universiade was held in Belgrade and she competed in both the women's 800 metres and the women's 1500 metres.

Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Lucy Bronze gave a superb display at right-back, earning herself the Player of the Match Award for the Black Cats.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200m Breaststroke event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Monday, July 17, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Monday, July 17, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Table tennis at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's singles

The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between December 20 and 21, at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Tennis at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe – Women's Doubles

Mandy Minella and Claudine Schaul were the defending champion but decided not to participate.

Terry Fox Award

Despite obvious physical pain, she went on to win bronze in the Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic.

The Merit Club

The Merit Club hosted the United States Women's Open in 2000, won by Karrie Webb.

Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC.


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