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Last week the 24-year-old Krayzelburg called on both aspects of his background to win three gold medals and lead an underrated U.S. team to an astounding 33 medals in the pool. In a week in which some big fish got reeled in--Australian sensation Ian Thorpe, Dutch wonderboy...
An Olympic medal is a dream that Nott has been chasing since she was a schoolgirl. Slightly built, she was an accomplished gymnast but didn't make an Olympic team. She picked up volleyball and basketball and then zeroed in on soccer, making several national teams. She failed to make...
A double thumbs-up for your articles on the Games [SUMMER OLYMPICS, Sept. 11]. Here in Nigeria just as much fuss is made about them as everywhere else. That is true despite the fact that we just won our first gold medals in 1996 in Atlanta. We would count ourselves...
Jones is an extremely gifted athlete who is pretty, vivacious and supremely confident. She seems to have thrived on the pre-Olympics hype for her goal of winning five gold medals. Every Olympic event has its sad moments when an athlete fails to live up to expectations. The pressure on...
Your report on drugs and Olympic athletes cited nations with cheaters, including Canada, East Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands [SUMMER OLYMPICS, Sept. 11]. Although you mentioned American shot putter Randy Barnes, who tested positive for steroids, why wasn't there more of a discussion of cheating by U.S. athletes, who...