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...were rocking, pumping their fists in the air after nearly flawless routines and passing high-fives around the team. With a feisty pro-Chinese crowd cheering them on, six men in tights finally captured what had been eluding China for so long: the nation's first Olympic gymnastics team gold...
...night's big upset was the absence of Tournant from that podium. Tournant had broken Kelly's world record in June with a time of 1:00.148, but on Sept. 16 was almost 3 seconds slower. The silver went to German Stefan Nimke and the gold to Britain's Jason Queally, who set an Olympic record (1:01.609). Queally admitted he had thought himself an outside chance for third: "If I can win a gold medal, I think there's hope for many, many others...
...five-time world champion, held Ferris to silver in the sprint at Atlanta and repeated the feat in the 500 meters at Sydney. Ferris was elated with her 34.696 seconds, but then had to watch as the French superstar, her face contorted with exertion, snatched the lead - and gold - by just over half a second...
...winner. If the winner happens to be one of the event's speed queens, Marion Jones or Inger Miller, the gap could be as much as 10 meters. Williams' personal best time is 11.91 seconds, slower than every 100-meter champion in Olympic history save Betty Robinson, who won gold in Amsterdam in 1928 in just her fourth track meet...
...little impatient because he wants his brother-in-law Terry to have the complete collection before he dies. He's already given his fishing gear to another brother-in-law. He divvied up his two gemstone rings and a gold necklace among his sisters and has bequeathed his soft-rock CD collection to Twilia, who has similar musical tastes. "That's about all I have," he notes matter-of-factly. Making the decisions himself about what happens to his few possessions lets him feel better--so much better that his health has actually improved a bit since he rejected further...