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Orlando Vasquez, left, of Nicaragua, looks oddly relaxed for a man hoisting hundreds of pounds of steel overhead. The calm demeanor turned out to be no reflection of success: he placed 18th in his weight class. An in-depth review of other athletes' methods seems to prove there is no correlation between facial elastics and medal prospects...
...Neither did anyone else. The obscure 56-year-old constitutional lawyer is an unlikely savior of his nation. He is calm to the point of being boring. He has labored for years in the backwaters of Serbian politics without making much of an impression. As a staunch anticommunist - and a zealous Serb nationalist who criticized past Yugoslav leaders for compromising Serb rights - he riled communist boss Josip Broz Tito enough in 1974 to get himself fired from his professorship at Belgrade University. When the opportunistic Milosevic, in a campaign to win over intellectuals, offered him the job back...
However, Kelly is more than the quarterback of the team and its points leader. Kelly brings calm and confident leadership to a team almost completely comprised of sophomores and freshmen. His biggest contribution to the team doesn't show up on paper...
...People here are calm but determined. We're still waiting for the official result of the election, which is now expected to be released only on Thursday. But the opposition plans to hold a huge rally in Belgrade on Wednesday, declaring victory and inviting Serbia to celebrate. Then, the next day, Milosevic will give his own version of what happened in the vote on Sunday...
Senior outside hitter Angela Lutich and co-captain Katherine Hart played an important role in the Crimson's win, maintaining the team's calm and composure during moments where the match might have slipped away...