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...good because she has a Russian coach." SVETLANA KHORKINA, Russian gymnast and defending world champion, on Carly Patterson, the American who beat her for the Olympic gold medal in the women's all-round competition...
...average lonely heart, Bobby Fischer?erstwhile chess champion, virulent anti-Semite, and fugitive from the U.S. justice system?might not sound like Mr. Right. But to hear Miyoko Watai tell it, he's a dreamboat. Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo last week, Watai gushed: "I think of Bobby as a king and I would like to become queen." The 59-year-old acting head of the Japan Chess Association said turbulent circumstances had forced her to reveal what she had previously preferred to keep private?that she and Fischer have been living together in Tokyo for the past...
...this event. Their success was especially sweet since the Yanks and Aussies were the two strongest, deepest teams in the pool. Australia's Ian Thorpe won four medals, including a gold in the 200-m freestyle, his marquee matchup with Phelps, who got the bronze, and Dutch champion Pieter van den Hoogenband, who took silver. But the U.S. could even share credit for some wins that didn't show up in their medals tally, because many of the athletes swimming for other countries are products of the American collegiate system. Three of the four South African men trained...
...honor around the hall, waving a Russian flag. Before the medal presentation, she changed from her diamanté black leotard into a sleeveless electric blue one. And when she stepped up to receive her medal, she raised an index finger in the air. "I'm still an Olympic champion," she said at a press conference after the event. She had a point. In Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996, Khorkina won gold in the uneven bars, her signature event. Her chance to make it three for three was still ahead of her. Patterson's victory capped one of America's best...
Word has it that the Ivy League presidents are going to remove their ban on postseason play for football and allow the Ivy champion to participate in the I-AA playoffs...