Word: olympian
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Imagine if Pistorius' blades made him exactly as biomechanically efficient as a normal runner. What should be the baseline: Normal for the average man? Or for the average Olympian? Cyclist Lance Armstrong was born with a heart and lungs that can make a mountain feel flat; he also trained harder than anyone on the planet. Where's the unfair advantage? George Eyser's wooden leg didn't stop him from winning six Olympic gymnastics medals, including in the parallel bars. But that was 1904; legs have improved since then...
...said. But by tightening up on Vaillancourt, BC created opportunities for the Crimson’s other scoring threats, and it was Cahow—a defenseman—who answered the call. “Where one door closes, another door opens,” Cahow said. The Olympian paced the Harvard scoring barrage with her first career hat trick, showing off the versatility that landed her a spot as a forward on the US National Team. Cahow bookended her historic night with two power play goals off of textbook passes across the crease from junior forward Jenny Brine...
...optimistic is the governor about those elusive voters that after his second-straight silver medal - to use Romney's favorite Olympian metaphor - he plans to roll onto his native Michigan with his new-old campaign themes in place. On the surface, at least, the campaign will stick to the messages they turned to after their defeat in Iowa: competence and change, no longer his conservative credentials. "The governor's experience as a solution-oriented guy, a turnaround CEO, is a particularly good fit in Michigan," says his national spokesman, Kevin Madden. "We can win there with a focus...
...bitter man in 19th century London who has lost his wife and child and determines to carve out his revenge, has never seemed so human or so bleak. It's no longer just a Guignol songfest, staring at its creatures, with fascination but not pity, from an Olympian distance above the cage in which they claw at one another. Inside this sarcophagus of a play, beneath Sondheim's cold-steel lyrics, Burton finds a pulsing, mournful heart...
...spotless 9-0-0 record—the only unbeaten, untied record in women’s hockey—Harvard has even more incentive to evade another loss to the Huskies. Gone from last year’s roster is a talented senior class, which included two-time Olympian Julie Chu and co-captain Jennifer Sifers. But returning players and rookies alike have stepped up to get the Crimson off to one of its most successful starts in program history. Junior Sarah Vaillancourt leads the team with 20 points recorded through nine games and was recently named ECAC Hockey...