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...barely noticed that the crowd was going crazy for her. Then she had this Sally Fields moment - they like me! - and started asking them to clap harder before she vaulted. Oof, they lifted her over 5.60m, higher than she's ever gone. So now our Stacy, the world champ, had to clear 5.65. She did, on her first try, and won the first ever women's pole vault gold. "I'm a clean athlete and I earned this," Stacy said afterwards, and I thought how sad it was that an athlete needed to react like that...
...play in a men's tournament, restated his belief that many male college players and members of the seniors' tour could defeat the sisters. "Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?" he asked. "Where's their humility?" Venus, the 20-year-old U.S. Open champ, declined to return the volley. "I'm always honest," she said, "and the fact is that I'm a good player...
...face made to smolder--the young Brando womanized. She knows she can hold a movie's center just by being onscreen. And she grows with the role. A star is born? Better: an actress. Watch out, Jennifer Lopez. Rodriguez is a challenger who could be the next champ...
...with composure and grace. "It was a great race and it was a real privilege to swim in it," said Thorpe after the 200 m. "I gave it my best shot and while I was a little disappointed with the time, I wasn't with the result." The new champ had been inspired by Thorpe's rise. "The whole year he was breaking world records," said Van den Hoogenband last Monday. "I was home practicing and training and he motivated me to train harder...
...Olympics. It's the first Pokemon World Championship. In case you're clueless--or past age 14--here's how it works: players "train" six creatures on their Nintendo Game Boys, upload them to virtual stadiums and they bludgeon one another into comas. U.S. hopes rest on national champ Ian Garvey, 13, from New Hope...