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When Georgia's rugby team plays England in Perth on Oct. 12, thousands will be watching on big screens in downtown Tbilisi. In the former Soviet republic, rugby is now second only to football in popularity, especially since the national team beat arch rivals Russia to qualify for the Rugby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Love and Money | 10/5/2003 | See Source »

All that, however, assumes the thing actually works. In contrast to the Mercury program, which was tested more than a dozen times before Alan Shepard became the first American in space in 1961, China's Shenzhou has flown on only four occasions. The reason for China's rush may be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Leap Skyward | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

For the first time ever, the U.S. women's team won the gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, the top international competition behind the Olympics. What's more, it won despite losing three of six members to illness or injury. That's HOLLIE VISE, left, nailing her balance-beam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 1, 2003 | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

Zani met Louise Gleason while competing against her college sailing team. Several years later, he was her coach for the 1996 Olympics. The two lived in the same house and spent long, intense hours training side by side. Today he considers Gleason, 32, a physical therapist from Miami, one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We're Just Friends. Really! | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

The Qataris are unrepentant. "We're not pioneers on this; we followed the I.A.A.F. rules," says Dahlan Al-Hamad, president of the Qatar Athletic Federation. Though their athletes have been integrated for longer, host France's team includes many foreign-born and naturalized stars, such as long-jump gold medalist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Run For the Money | 8/31/2003 | See Source »

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