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...Hindu philosophy, is pouring $120 million into a planned sports facility in the Indian tech hub of Hyderabad, where international coaches will groom future champions in all sports. It will be a replica of IMG Academies, a coaching center in Bradenton, Fla., that has produced the likes of tennis champ Maria Sharapova. India "is a land of entrepreneurs," says Krieger, "and sports is the greatest entrepreneurial system, as it teaches you to invest in yourself." --By Smita Madhur...
...eight-time relay gold medalist Jenny Thompson of the U.S., who failed to win the solo gold that has eluded her; Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze but couldn't match her triple gold from Sydney; and four-time Olympic champ Alexander Popov of Russia, who didn't even make an individual final. This time, it was a new generation's turn to make an Olympic splash...
...threesome ran the event faster than anyone else has in 2004, and Taylor currently sits with the sixth fastest time overall. Johnson is on top with her mark, but has never run at the international level. Australia’s Jana Pittman is the reigning world champ, and has the second fastest time with 53.22, but has recently had to recover from arthroscopic surgery on her knee...
...high bar--he's the only gymnast who will do three release moves in a row off that apparatus in Athens. THE COMPETITION The big challenge now comes from Asia, not Eastern Europe. China is intent on retaining its Olympic team title, and in the race for all-around champ, Hamm will have to repeat his historic feat and outscore Yang Wei of China and Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan...
Europe's most famous soccer teams are having a busy summer wooing fans in that perennial soccer wasteland, the U.S. Scottish champion Glasgow Celtic, English powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, and Italian champ AC Milan are among nine teams on tour, playing in such cities as Seattle, Cleveland and Philadelphia, often to packed stadiums...