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...moment in which the country has overcome its longstanding self-perception in sports," says El País sportswriter Juan José Paradinas. "Before, Spaniards didn't see themselves as winners, but as they've won, they've gained confidence. The Spanish athlete - now he believes he's a champion...
...their most idealistic, the Olympics are supposed to unite the world through sport. Yet any witness to the international medal race knows different--governments take these prizes seriously. So do their athletes. As American four-time discus champion Al Oerter once put it, "These are the Olympics. You die before you quit...
...letter to Pitt, Williams was the Archbishop of Wales, his homeland and a diocese where he openly ordained gay priests. His appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2003 was made in the full knowledge of that and liberals within the Church reasonably assumed that he would be the charismatic champion of the kind of church they longed...
...down from some of those podium dreams. Morgan Hamm is out. The U.S. men's team's only Olympic veteran and most experienced gymnast aggravated an ankle problem during training Thursday morning and had to withdraw from the Games. On the women's side, Chellsie Memmel, a former world champion who qualified for her first Games, also worsened a troublesome ankle and is scaling back her program to compete in only one of the four events that count toward the team competition...
Coming into the Games, the men's team had already lost reigning Olympic champion Paul Hamm, Morgan's twin, because of a broken hand and a rotator cuff injury. Without Paul Hamm the team lacks a strong, experienced all-around gymnast who can post high scores on all six events. Without Morgan Hamm, the men's team lacks anyone with Olympic experience. The Chinese men, competing on home turf, are favored. Alexander Artemev , an experienced world competitor, will take Morgan Hamm's place...