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...sport's first family: brother Jean, 30, is his coach; sister Diana, 20, is an Olympic alternate; Mark, 22, nearly faced big brother at the trials (he lost in the semis). THE COMPETITION Although it's a Korean sport, Cuba's Angel Matos Fuentes won the welterweight gold in Sydney. Newcomer Yousef Karami of Iran has also impressed...
LAURA WILKINSON AGE 26 HOMETOWN Spring, Texas EVENTS Diving--10-m platform THE DRAMA Craving suspense? Watch Wilkinson. She won gold in Sydney by making a memorable leap from eighth place. Made the 2004 team on a nail-biting final dive. THE COMPETITION Wilkinson is a wonder, but she'll have Lao Lishi of China and Emilie Heymans of Canada on her heels...
MAURICE GREENE AGE 30 HOMETOWN Kansas City, Kans. EVENTS 100-m dash, 4 x 100-m relay THE DRAMA A motorcycle accident has slowed this brash sprinter since he won gold in 2000, but like Muhammad Ali, Greene claims to be "the greatest." He was superb at the U.S. trials. THE COMPETITION Teammates Shawn Crawford and Justin Gatlin and Jamaican Asafa Powell should make the 100 a (quick) race...
...Dunwoody, Ga. EVENT Saber THE DRAMA Yale student Jacobson is the first U.S. woman ranked No. 1 in the world in saber. In Athens watch for a sibling square-off; sister Emily qualified in the same event. THE COMPETITION Few will be able to parry Jacobson's advances to gold in this event's Olympic debut (a cavalryman's discipline, it joins foil and epee). But Russia's Elena Netchaeva and first-time Olympian Anne-Lise Touya of France will certainly...
...HAMM AGE 32 HOMETOWN Austin, Texas EVENT Soccer THE DRAMA The greatest women's player ever, probably competing in her last Olympics, wants to avenge her team's shattering overtime loss to Norway in the 2000 gold-medal game. THE COMPETITION Germany and Sweden finished 1-2 at the 2003 World...