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Article: Coughlin is golden again
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- Oakland Tribune
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- August 11, 2008
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BEIJING -- Her golden moment from the 2004 Athens Olympics may be
a rather nebulous memory, but chances are this is one Natalie
Coughlin may want to keep in permanent focus.
Coughlin, a Concord native, became the first woman to win back-
to-back gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke since it became an
Olympic event in 1924. It took her 58.96 seconds to slide into the
history books Tuesday morning (Beijing time) at the "Water Cube" and
pick up her second medal of the Beijing Games, the seventh of her
decorated career.
In a field loaded with the likes of France's Laure Manaudou and
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, the woman who snatched Coughlin's world
record during the semifinals the day ...