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Tiny Tara Nott became the first U.S. athlete in 40 years, as the women's version of the sport debuted in Sydney, to win an Olympic gold medal in weight lifting. Nott's achievement came at the expense of Bulgarian lifter Izabela Dragneva, who initially won the gold but was disqualified after failing a doping test. Thus Nott, 28, who had won the silver with a total lift of 407 3/4 lbs. in the 106-lb. weight class, became the Olympic champion...
...your mark" part, Moussambani had to swim alone. Moussambani had never even come close to swimming two pool lengths before. Halfway through the race, he started flailing and seemed in danger of drowning. But he prevailed, clocking in at 1:52.72. That's 1:04.08 longer than it took gold-medal winner Pieter van den Hoogenband and 50.27 longer than Moussambani's closest competitor, the 70th-place swimmer from Bahrain. It turns out that before he arrived in Sydney, Moussambani didn't know how to swim...
...double thumbs-up for your articles on the Games [SUMMER OLYMPICS, Sept. 11]. Here in Nigeria just as much fuss is made about them as everywhere else. That is true despite the fact that we just won our first gold medals in 1996 in Atlanta. We would count ourselves lucky if our athletes as a group could win the five gold medals that runner Marion Jones is aspiring to capture all by herself. The joy of competing and interacting with other nations, cheering the winners and even agonizing over the losses makes it all worthwhile--gold or not. YEWANDE FAMUYIRO...
Jones is an extremely gifted athlete who is pretty, vivacious and supremely confident. She seems to have thrived on the pre-Olympics hype for her goal of winning five gold medals. Every Olympic event has its sad moments when an athlete fails to live up to expectations. The pressure on everyone is enormous. I hope she has the kind of success experienced 40 years ago by sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals in Rome. Rudolph was the model of grace and humility, two qualities all Olympic athletes today might emulate. PAUL L. WHITELEY SR. Louisville...
...SHEEPISH If there were medals for marketing, the gold would go to the Australian Wool Industry, which has issued press releases promoting...