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...skater, dude, fun kid, icon, superstar of the highest water, was escorted to the top step of the podium thanks to a DQ, it is true. But if you were there in the arena - and even if you didn't understand short track - it was evident in the last lap: Ohno had the legs and smarts to beat that guy, and that guy blocked him. Whatever technical term was applied, was applied well and fairly. Ohno, as savvy as he is slick, had that race won before the home turn. That he won it ultimately is only justice...
...handicap. Two of the top three jumpers, compatriots Samppa Lajunen and Jaako Tallus, skied to gold and silver medals in a double Finnish finish. And a tremendous ski leg catapulted Austrian Felix Gottwald from 11th place to the bronze. When Gottwald passed him in the second lap, Lodwick said, it took the wind out of his sails. His legs felt sluggish. And he was only able to hold on to seventh...
...annual Race of Disgrace, a few Amherst men gather to race around the campus library, downing a beer each time they complete a lap. The first to drop out has to strip naked and kiss the front of the library...
...tight competition came down to a few events, and Northeastern was able to hold the Crimson off. In the distance medley, Harvard was barely defeated by Brandeis, who staged a remarkable quarter-lap comeback around the final turn to edge the Crimson relay squad by half of a second...
Cinelli came close to joining the list of winners in the mile, but he was edged out by Brown senior Scott MacDonald by two-hundredths of a second. Cinelli said that his plan was to go out with the leaders and make a move as he approached the final lap, but MacDonald caught...