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...child gymnastics stars. Ponor, at 16, has superb balance and a rare clarity of artistic expression that recalls Comaneci. Whether she has Comaneci's effortless grace under pressure won't become clear until she competes in Athens, but Comaneci herself says Ponor has "everything it takes to be a champion." And Ponor leaves no doubt about her goal. "I have a picture of her in my head and I want to become like her," she says during a break in practice on a recent morning at the gym that for the last two years has been her home. Ponor...
...wide mesh holes that increase ventilation. Adistar's silver microfibers down the back and metallic tape at the neck let heat escape, creating a cooling sensation upon touch. "Since I started using ClimaCool, I don't sweat as much," says Haile Gebrselassie, the two-time 10,000-m Olympic champion from Ethiopia and one of some 5,000 athletes who will use ClimaCool in Athens. "It's like getting fresh air without...
...Spartan in Ancient Greece, she never, ever surrenders or loses sight of the target." Several months before Barcelona, Kendall was thrown from a power boat, its propeller severing a tendon and breaking a bone in her wrist. During a remarkable recovery, she trained with her brother Bruce (Olympic boardsailing champion in '88). "It never occurred to her that she couldn't beat him," recalls Beck. "She drove herself to a level so far ahead of the women that she absolutely dominated the Olympic competition." Despite her laid-back lingo ("bummed" and "stoked"), there's a regal confidence...
...restores a sense of direction and awareness of self and others. When she reaches "that beautiful spot" in a race when intuition takes over, Kendall knows she's unbeatable. In the fleet at Athens, she'll be racing her longtime rival Italian Alessandra Sensini, the defending world and Olympic champion...
...ultimately was credited with saving it. He came into office looking not to survive the cold war but to win it, building up America's defenses to confront the "evil empire" but then backing off enough to give Mikhail Gorbachev room to change course. Reagan may have been the champion of missile defense, but he also declared as his dream the complete abolition of nuclear weapons, a position that made even the moderates around him flinch...