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...seeing Inoue for the first time as an 11-year-old, practicing each day until his coaches would force him to stop. Even then, Nakanishi says, "I knew he was someone to be looking forward to." Nonetheless, Inoue's gold-medal-winning performance at Sydney was a shock. To earn first place, judokas have to win five straight matches in a single day, which can take up to 25 minutes of fighting. Inoue won all of his matches by ippon (knockout) in a total of six minutes. "It is his ippon which captivates," says Nakanishi...
...heady expectations, she worked harder than anyone. "The volume of her training is enormous," says sportswriter Toshiya Miyazaki, who has authored a book on the younger Hamaguchi's career. "If other wrestlers do something three times, she will do it five times." That drive has helped earn her five world championships, the first...
...Greece for the Summer Games and are inspired to perform some physical feats of your own, you could get into shape by taking a hike. A trek up to the Byzantine monasteries of Meteora will earn you no medals, but the scenery alone is ample reward. Located on the plain of Thessaly about 350 km from Athens, this cluster of monolithic rocks became a religious center for the Greek Orthodox Church inthe 14th century, when monks seeking to get closer to God built a monastery on the summit of the Great Meteoron. For hundreds of years, the only...
...nations that joined the E.U. in May, 2.7 million of them in Poland). But given the strong attachment many Europeans feel to the countryside, governments have been careful to cushion the impact of the changes to agricultural policies. And agritourism could be a commercially viable way for farmers to earn a living while keeping the rural landscape intact. Even in relatively wealthy countries, the demand is urgent. In Britain, an average farmer earns somewhere between $18,000 and $27,000 a year, according to Philip Clarke, the Europe editor of Farmers Weekly magazine. If you take the long working hours...
...Wisconsin, people have to earn their make, as opposed to Harvard where everything is handed to them on a silver platter,” said Derek Y.M. Opert, a junior at Wisconsin. “That way, when we leave school, we’re better socially prepared and ready to make a killing...