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...country's best-known diver, Tian Liang, a two-time Olympic gold medalist on the 10-meter board and until last week the world champion, wasn't even in Australia. He has been at loggerheads with China's sports administrators ever since he returned in triumph from the Athens Olympic Games. Conspicuously absent from the roster of divers headed for Melbourne, he lost his place on the national team because of what control-obsessed sports bureaucrats called his excessive "commercial activities...
DIED. Herman Brix, 100, Olympic shot-put medalist turned Hollywood actor, best known for playing the lead in 1935's The New Adventures of Tarzan; in Los Angeles. Brix was not the most famous Tarzan--an injury forced him to cede that role to Johnny Weissmuller-- but he was the favorite of Tarzan writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. Later, as Bruce Bennett, his stage name, he appeared in such acclaimed films of the 1940s as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, with Humphrey Bogart, and the Joan Crawford classic Mildred Pierce...
DIED. Willye White, 67, philanthropic track-and-field star, five-time U.S. Olympian and two-time silver medalist who dominated the long jump for nearly two decades; of pancreatic cancer; in Chicago. After winning second place for the long jump in 1956, White, a longtime mentor to inner-city youth, took home her second silver medal for the 4 x 100-m relay in 1964 and made her final Olympic appearance in Munich...
...it’s not looks. It’s rhythm and acumen. It’s discussion and rock and roll. It’s because he travels, and because she speaks, and because he acts. It’s an Olympic medalist and a campus all-star. It’s faith. It’s creativity. It’s hottness. And it’s so much more...
...winning the gold—this is basically saying she is, period, the best.”Lofgren held her own during the intimidating situation. She picked up a bronze medal for her work in the women’s four with coxswain, finishing just three seconds behind gold medalist Australia, which set a world-record time of 6:25.35. And as such a young member of the squad, Lofgren was always learning. As a result, it is most encouraging for the Radcliffe team that Lofgren remains humble and excited to keep growing. For her, the experience, in more ways...