Word: medals
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...stunned and teary. "I felt awful," she says now."I was supposed to win. I let everyone down." A few days later she won the 800-m free in unexciting time and so left Barcelona with what almost every other athlete there would have rejoiced to own: one silver medal and another gold to go with the three from Seoul. But she was depressed and ashamed, and she quit swimming...
...champion wears her accomplishments proudly. But Moceanu's ambition is tempered by an easygoing attitude and sense of perspective rare in one so young. While the U.S. media build her up as the next Nadia or Mary Lou, Moceanu is keeping a firm grip on reality. "I want a medal, maybe even a gold on the beam." She pauses, then shrugs and adds, "A medal in the all-around." While neither achievement would place her in the firmament of such all-around stars as Comaneci and Retton, if Moceanu can be her witty, outspoken self in Atlanta, a strong performance...
...Bubka is haunted by Barcelona, he's not about to let on. "A medal?" he asks, smiling. "We will see. I try to remember Barcelona and use it to be more focused for Atlanta. But I just want to make best results possible." That sounds innocuous enough. But the piercing memories of the past, like the injuries that increasingly plague him with age, are clearly visible, etched into his face when he competes. He is still great, but he can no longer overpower the field with the effortlessness of yore. Barcelona changed that. Which...
...truth is, all the pieces the team needs to win a gold medal this summer are in place here at the Women's National Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee: eight experienced, mature, ferociously strong athletes; Yazmin Farooq, their coxswain, cheerleader and sometime nemesis; and Hartmut Buschbacher, their unsmiling East German coach who really does have a warm and fuzzy center in there somewhere. After taking the gold at the world championships in Tampere, Finland, last August, the Eight--Jennifer Dore, Catriona Fallon, Amy Fuller, Laurel Korholz, Monica Tranel Michini, Kakela and the McCagg twins--know in their heart that they...
...true time." The passage isn't measured in seconds or minutes or days or even the fortnight in which the Games are held. The one true time is the length of the dream, the years of training and striving for just the chance at a gold medal. So while we remember gold medalists like Zatopek, we shouldn't forget the men and women who pushed them to greatness. In the past year, photographer David Burnett has staked out various events for Olympic hopefuls in order to capture that time, and on these pages, we present his classic pictures, along with...