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...keeping their ludicrous 108-game winning streak safe. Later, the U.S. women's soccer team, which played the tournament without its best player, Abby Wambach, shocked Brazil in the gold medal game, a 1-0 overtime thriller. Brazil had spanked the U.S., 4-0, at last year's World Cup, and then the U.S. turned into team turmoil after it, when benched American goalie Hope Solo teed off on their coach. Now, under new coach Pia Sundhage, they're the Olympic champs. And Solo, a polarizing force a year ago, is a star after shutting out Brazil. "Whatever I said...
Continuing a daily routine that's becoming as familiar as a good cup of joe, Michael Phelps continued his obliteration of Olympic history, taking gold medals in both the 200m butterfly and the 4x200m freestyle relay. He now has five gold meals in these Olympics, and 11 in his career, moving past Mark Spitz, U.S. track and field legend Carl Lewis, ex-Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, and Finish distance runner Paavo Nurmi for the all-time record. In the end, "The Flying Finn" was struck from the book by a guy with fins...
...China's diving squad is used to ruling the board. Four years ago in Athens, the Chinese won six out of a possible eight diving golds, delivering more victories to their homeland than any other national squad. At this year's World Cup, the Chinese were even more commanding, capturing all but one of the eight golds on offer. (The sole miss came from the men's individual 10m platform event...
...talent pool but fostered unity in the country's teams. "I've noticed a real difference," says journalist Paradinas. "Before, you'd only read about a few individual, 'name' athletes, and our national teams were made up of these name players, these little islands." This year, the European Cup victory came "despite the players' regional differences - because they knew how to integrate themselves...
...just ideals that have helped lift Spain. Investment in sport began to increase when the country hosted the 1982 soccer World Cup and then rose dramatically in the run up to and aftermath of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Sports clubs began to multiply, and the state created dozens of centers where thousands of elite athletes can train at the government's expense. "This has enabled a professionalization of sports unthinkable two decades ago," says Moscoso, "and encouraged Spaniards to see sports positively - fathers want their sons to be soccer players...