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...Athens, where he tied the world record in the 110-m hurdles. The onslaught of patriotic obligations and commercial contracts overwhelmed the laid-back Shanghai native. Even as his visage was plastered on billboards nationwide, Liu lost his athletic focus, spending less time in training and consequently injuring his knee. Nevertheless, by the summer, Liu's off-track burden had eased, and in August the 22-year-old hurdler strode back onto the medal podium: at the World Championships in Helsinki, he came a close second to France's Ladji Doucour?. And on Sept. 17, Liu raced to victory...
Despite suffering from a knee injury for the past few weeks, captain D. J. Hynes of the Harvard men’s golf team clubbed consistent scores of 71-74-74 to lead the Crimson to an 11th-place finish out of the 14 teams present at the St. John’s Invitational this weekend...
That approach was tough to take last week, when the team withdrew from its season-opening tournament at Dartmouth. Hynes aggravated his knee, which underwent ACL surgery last December—he will return this weekend—and sophomore Sam Lissner withdrew because of sickness, dropping the team below the four-player minimum...
...retired General Tommy Franks and General Electric's ex-CEO Jack Welch. Republicans also say a surprise contender is former Commerce Secretary Don Evans, known as Bush's best friend. Meanwhile, Cheney is preparing to undergo elective surgery Sept. 24 to treat an aneurysm in an artery behind his knee and scheduled the procedure for a weekend--so he wouldn't miss a day on the job. --By Mike Allen
...wayward automobile almost did what no secondary has done but almost assuredly would love to do—neutralize Harvard’s deep threat. But it will take more than bruises, scrapes, and a hairline knee fracture to sideline the receiver...