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Charley Brackett, Alstead, N.H.CanoeingBrackett, 38, won three age-group gold medals at the Whitewater Open Canoe National Championships in Ohiopyle, Pa. He took first in the solo formula 16 competition and teamed...

Just Dune ItSandboarding used to be snowboarding's slow-footed cousin. Then came Formica. Fused to a snowboard's underside, the Depression-era plastic makes sand as slide-friendly as champagne powder and has...

Bruce Kimball, 12, became the youngest male ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials when he finished ninth at the National AAU Senior Men's 10-meter competition in Cleveland. His sister VICKI, 15, placed...

Phil Partridge, 63, a civil engineer from New York City, set world age-group records in all five throwing events (discus, shotput, javelin, hammer and 35-pound weight) in one day at a Masters meet in Raleigh, N.C.,...