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CHESTE, Spain -- Jorge Lorenzo of Spain won the season-ending Valencia Moto Grand Prix on Sunday, ending a 12-race winless streak in his final event before switching from Yamaha to rival Ducati.Lorenzo won from pole position, finishing ahead of champion Marc Marquez, Andrea Iannone and Valentino Rossi. The three-time champion, who hadnt won since the Italian GP in May, will be joining Ducati next year after nine seasons with Yamaha.This was my final gift to Yamaha, Lorenzo said.Marquez, who was crowned world champion two races ago, finished only a second behind Lorenzo after recovering from a poor start that dropped him from second to seventh by the first turn at the Valencia track in southern Spain.The biggest problem of the race was the start, I lost a lot of positions, Marquez said. But then it wasnt so difficult to overtake. I tried to stay calm and attack. With a couple more laps maybe I could have made the pass for the win.Lorenzo, in his 250th grand prix start, said he worried about losing the victory toward the end.I suffered those last 10 laps, he said. I knew he (Marquez) was attacking so I was pushing to the limit.Rossi, who finished second in the riders championship, ahead of Lorenzo, attracted most of the attention a few hours before the race when a video released on social media showed him using his left foot to shove a woman out of his way while he rode a non-racing motorcycle in the paddock.Dani Pedrosa fell out of contention after losing control of his bike and falling while running seventh early in the race.Johann Zarco won the Moto2 finale, while Brad Binder rallied from 22nd to secure victory in the season-ending event in Moto3. Zarco and Binder had already secured the titles in their respective series. Stitched Bruins Jerseys . 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Bruins Jerseys China . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Leah Smith trains with 19-year-old American swimming sensation Katie Ledecky at the Nations Capital Swim Club in Bethesda, Maryland, so she knows what to expect when she and Ledecky go racing. But it has to help, too, that Smith has a grounded sense of humor about the freakishly large margins of victory that Ledecky keeps posting -- as Ledecky did again in their 400-meter freestyle final Sunday night at the Rio Summer Olympics.When Ledecky was still a blistering 1.19 seconds under her own world record at the halfway point of the race, Smith said she wasnt tempted to steal a look because the roar of crowd seemed to grow louder with every lap. And Smith knew it could only mean one thing.When she does that, part of you is in awe and part of you is trying like crazy to catch up to her, Smith said of Ledecky with a laugh. I knew she was going to win. ... But when I saw her take off with 150 meters to go, I knew she was onto something special. Its kind of fun because you hear the crowd going insane and you try to pretend its for you, even though you know its for Katie.Ledecky shattered her previous world mark in the 400 free by 1.91 seconds, finishing Sundays final in 3:56.46 -- a time threshold that meant a lot for her because she had been chasing it (not just her previous world record of 3:58.37) for a couple of years now. Bruce Gemmel, the coach who has helped build her astonishing range at distances from the 100 to 1,500 meters, hung 3:56 out there for her a while ago, and it was one of the few things Ledecky hasnt done.British silver medalist Jazz Carlin finished 4.77 seconds behind Ledecky in 4:01.23, and Smith took the bronze in 4:01.92.All told, the U.S. grabbed five medals Sunday on a terrific night of swimming in which four world records were broken at the Olympics Aquatics Centre.Cody Miller took a bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke that Britains Andy Peaty won in world-record time, American Dana Vollmers comeback was rewarded with a bronze in the 100 butterfly in which Swedens Sarah Sjostrom broke the world record, and the American mens?4x100-meter relay pulled off an emotional win against France and Australia in world-record time, giving Michael Phelps his 19th career gold medal.ddddddddddddIt was a great night for Team USA, Ledecky said. Were rolling and excited for the rest of the week.Ledecky is among the believers that success can be contagious for a swim team when it gets to a big event like this. She was only 15 when she won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the London Games four years ago, and she spent most of her time cheering for the rest of the team because her final wasnt until the seventh day of the eight-day meet.Here in Rio, Ledecky said, the U.S. swimmers tried to get the team spirit going early by deciding to ring a cowbell every time one of its swimmers leaves their gathering spot in the warm-up pool to go to the starting blocks to race. Ledecky admits the bell is an acquired taste.When is Katie Ledeckys next race? Check out the complete scheduleI think its annoying some other teams, she said, breaking into a grin, but we have a really great team atmosphere.No wonder. Phelps meet is off to a strong start. With her win, Ledecky remains a legitimate contender to win six medals in all six of her events in Rio. Shes living up to her renown as arguably the most dominant athlete in the world.On Saturday, she won a silver anchoring the 4x100 freestyle relay, an unexpected honor that admittedly left her shaking as she waited to dive in for the final leg. She still has the 200 free and 800 free to go, plus two relays. (Shes also the current world-record holder in the 800 and 1,500, which isnt contested at the Olympics)So far, so good.Im looking forward to the challenge, Ledecky said. ' ' '