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...Finishing last, of course, wasn't just the province of tiny island nations or war-ravaged countries. Even athletic giants could crash. American diver Justin Wilcock was still recovering from a stress fracture in his back, but he insisted on competing, against his coaches' advice, reasoning that you don't dedicate 13 years of your life to a sport only to pull out. During one of his dives, the Utah native's foot scraped the board. Another awkward plunge resulted in a score of zero, and Wilcock ended the night at the bottom of the 3-m springboard preliminary competition...
...face in his hands. He bounced off track into the press area, smiling like he had won an olive wreath. "I wasn't disappointed at all," he says. "People just don't understand, when I crossed the finish line, I saw that my training partner (100-m gold medalist Justin Gatlin) ran a personal best, and had almost set an Olympic record. I was so happy for him. I knew I just had to just worry about the 200." Crawford cruised to a gold in that race...
...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...
Besides the terms drug scandal and BALCO, the phrase bandied about most often at last month's U.S. Olympic track-and-field trials in Sacramento, Calif., was "oldhead." It's the nickname track and field's rising young stars apply to their veteran counterparts. "They are the elders," says Justin Gatlin, 22, who will run in the 100-m and 200-m sprints in Athens. "The heads of the pack. It's a term of respect." Hurdler Sheena Johnson, 21, who ran a world-leading 52.95 sec. in the 400 m at the trials, isn't as polite. Says Johnson...
...Mike Kusiewicz, Montreal Pierre-Luc Laforest, Hull, Que. Chris Mears, Ottawa Justin Morneau, New Westminster, B.C. Aaron Myette, New Westminster, B.C. Kevin Nicholson, Vancouver John Ogiltree, Toronto Peter Orr, Richmond Hill, Ont. Simon Pond, North Vancouver Ryan Radmanovich, Calgary Paul Spoljaric, Kelowna, B.C. Adam Stern, London, Ont. Andy Stewart, Oshawa, Ont. Jeremy Ware, Guelph...