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Martha McCabe began dreaming of her first Olympic final long before she even attended her first day of school -- her blond, curly locks bouncing past her family cottage as she raced her siblings to a make-shift finish line. Bernard Pierce Jersey . But as she addressed the media on Thursday evening, in the moments after her oft-dreamed of race, tears began to spill down the Canadian swimmers cheeks. "Coming into tonight, I thought, Theres nothing to lose here. The first 50 metres, just go," McCabe said. But things had not gone to plan. Despite swimming her fastest time of the year, McCabe had fallen short, finishing fifth in the womens 200-metre breaststroke. One of Canadas podium hopefuls ahead of these Games, McCabe got a taste for winning at the 2011 World Championships, where she finished third. When she remembers standing on the podium following that race, her memories are crystal clear. "I was just so happy -- it was weird, but it was awesome," she said. "I was looking at my family to my left and my team was straight ahead, so it was pretty cool." Trying to recreate that moment in Londons Aquatics Centre on Thursday evening, McCabe, 23, was the fourth-fastest swimmer off the blocks. But by her first turn, she had already dropped to sixth place. She rallied hard over the final 50 metres, but the Canadian swimmers deficit was simply too much to overcome. McCabe touched the wall in two minutes, 23.16 seconds. It was 1.65 seconds faster than her bronze-medal world championship time, but it was not fast enough. Rebecca Soni, the brightest swimmer in the pool in a hot pink swimsuit, set a world record time of 2:19.59 to finish first. Japans Satomi Suzuki took silver in 2:20.72 while Iuliia Efimova of Russia was third in 2:20.72. "Its another learning experience," McCabe said. "Im upset right now just because I was dreaming of a medal. I put my heart into this, so it means a lot. "Its not a podium finish like I was hoping." Where McCabe was left crushed, however, her American rival was buoyant. In an Olympic competition that has been largely dominated by young swimmers, Soni was the first 2008 Olympic swimming champion to defend her title. "Im so happy, I didnt try to focus on medals or records, I just wanted to swim one more race the way I knew I could," she said.  The world record was Sonis second in the event in as many nights, after she swam 2:20.00 in Wednesdays semi-final to lower the mark that had been set by Canadian Annamay Pierse in 2009. "Its been my goal since I was a little kid to swim under 2:20," Soni said, adding that her coach once told her she would be the first woman to accomplish the deed. "Ive been chasing it ever since and Im so happy." Ray Lewis Jersey . -- Joey Logano had wasted enough shots at winning Dover to feel like he was on the brink of doing it again. Bernard Pierce Womens Jersey . The game did get close, and unlike last Mondays meltdown, this time the Nets handled it. Brook Lopez scored 20 points, Kris Humphries added 14 points and 21 rebounds, and the Nets beat the Orlando Magic 82-74 on Sunday to complete a home-and-home sweep. http://www.thebaltimoreravensgear.com/jameel-mcclain-jerseys-1 . Joensuu opened the scoring at 13:27 in the second period, before Anaheim Ducks forward Kyle Palmieri scored 20 seconds later. Bobby Ryan added a goal for the Americans early in the third period. Ravens Ed Reed Jersey .S. Senate seat. Seven former directors -- including McMahon -- and two officers of Broadway Bank ignored federal warnings about just how risky some of the banks loans were, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. lawsuit filed last month. Authentic Ray Rice Jersey . Manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday that he and general manager Brian Sabean are meeting to finalize their 25-man roster for the best-of-five division series. Cabrera would be allowed to play in the NLCS if the Giants advance that far, but -- at this stage, at least -- they have no intention of adding him to the roster at any point in the post-season.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers wide receivers Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb should be ready for Saturday nights NFC divisional playoff game against San Francisco despite missing practice Wednesday. Nelson is nursing an "ongoing" ankle injury, but coach Mike McCarthy says he hopes the receiver will practice Thursday. Cobb was sent home with the flu, the latest Packeer to get sick. Matt Birk Jersey. . "Its just that time of year here," McCarthy said. "But our doctors feel confident everybody will be ready for the game." The Packers got some good news with the return of running back James Starks, who missed the last five games with a knee injury. McCarthy says its too early to say how much hell play against the 49ers. ' ' '

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