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London would be Phelps' third Games, a mere trifle compared with teammate Dara Torres' fifth trip under the rings. Torres, who is now the second-fastest woman in the world in the 50-m free, continued to prove that age is no limit, missing the gold by the same tiny margin with which Phelps won the 100-m butterfly. "That was awesome," said de Bruijn, of Torres' race. "I've got so much respect for her. She was one of my biggest rivals when I was still swimming. She quit for many years, she had a baby, and then...
...These days, the facility, originally built more than 30 years ago for exporting oil, takes in roughly 66,460 metric tons of fuel a month, only slightly less than the amount of oil the area pumps for sale on the world market. (Iraq, as a whole, imports roughly a fifth of its oil.) "It's a problem," says port manager Hussein Hamid al-Maliki, who's working on building another jetty to up the inflow still further. "Iraq bringing benzene and gasoline from outside? It's a joke...
...past four years, China's Olympic Waterloo has haunted the men's gymnastics squad. Consistent world champions, China's tumblers disintegrated at the Athens games, finishing a shocking fifth, with Japan's gymnasts snatching the gold...
...putting pressure on pommel world champion Xiao Qin, who redeemed the squad with 16.175. (Xiao had slipped on the pommel four years ago in Athens, contributing to the team's implosion.) Despite Xiao's clutch routine, at the end of the second rotation, China was in fifth place, with France and the U.S. in first and second, respectively...
Something was amiss from the moment the American women's gymnastics team walked onto the floor Sunday afternoon for the team qualification event. Instead of five gymnasts suited up and ready to compete, only four members of the squad marched in outfitted in their leotards. The fifth athlete, Samantha Peszek, walked in wearing her warmup outfit...