Word: doneness
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...know what? You're so busy you don't realize how crazy it is and it's just getting crazier, so..." and here Nugen trails off and there's a long pause as if he's counting down the list of all the things he has to get done...
...British athletes - track star Christine Ohuruogu, the only member of the team to win standing up, among them - had bagged 39 medals, including 17 golds - Britain's best haul in a century. Only the far larger countries of China, with 46 gold medals, and the U.S., with 28, have done better in Beijing...
They seem unlikely to stop here. "The Chinese federation has done amazing things in the past few years," said Walsh. "They've been getting better and better. These girls are so young and so good. I can't even imagine what London is going to be like with these two teams...
...know, I feel like we let USA softball down," she says. "Many women have worn this uniform, and accepted nothing but gold. So many thoughts. What more could I have done? And then, can this be the last time that softball players stand on the podium at the Olympic games? The unknown [future] of our sport, all those young girls watching us, and all the many people who've supported me. I haven't seen my son in a month and a half, I can't wait to see his little face when I get home . . . so many things...
...Finch, who has spent more time promoting her sport than anyone on the planet? She blames herself for some of this mess? "I do," she says. "I hold that responsibility. Being an Olympic softball player, what more can I do? Lisa Fernandez, Dot Richardson, the many greats, they've done so much, and now it's our turn. And what did we do with the torch? So yeah, you do feel let down. Those many girls, they don't look to the International Olympic Committee. They look...