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...Daddy's Boys Father usually knows best in tradition-bound Japan, especially if he's a gold-medal Olympian. But Naoya Tsukahara and Akihiro Kasamatsu - sons of two of Japan's most decorated gymnasts - are ready to prove they know a little something, too. "We can compete on our own terms," says the younger Tsukahara, who stars on Japan's Sydney squad along with Kasamatsu junior. "This...
...Just as unforgettable was the grin that later lit up the face of Cathy Freeman as she became the last Olympian to be handed the torch after a tantalizing relay around the stadium, from Raelene Boyle and Betty Cuthbert, to Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland, Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King. And then an eternity it really seemed, as the flaming cauldron wobbled above Freeman's head, stopped, then began its agonizingly slow crawl up the 70-meter waterfall. A small engineering problem had caused "some extraordinary adrenaline rushes" among the organizers, said master of ceremonies Ric Birch. But by evening...
...teenage boys are, in fact, her biggest fans. At 17 this high school senior is already the world's best junior weight lifter, and she aims to be Olympic champion. "She's the best woman lifter I've ever seen," says her coach, Mike Cohen, a former Olympian who now runs Team Savannah, one of the country's top weight-lifting centers...
...teenage boys are, in fact, her biggest fans. At 17 this high school senior is already the world's best junior weight lifter, and she aims to be Olympic champion. "She's the best woman lifter I've ever seen," says her coach, Mike Cohen, a former Olympian who now runs Team Savannah, one of the country's top weight-lifting centers...
...fallen school records, the 100-meter run and the 4x100-meter relay, had belonged in part to another Trial competitor, Meredith Rainey-Valmon '90. An Atlanta Olympian in 1996, Rainey-Valmon will be attempting to make the team in the 800-meter run this weekend. She still holds the school records...