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Johnson, who already holds the world marks at 200 and 400, is certainly eager to burnish his reputation as perhaps the greatest sprinter ever, but admits this is a very different Olympics for him. He is not the focus of attention, for one thing. "Doubling is a lot--a lot...
And the election, suddenly, is back on the back burner. Anyone else want to boycott the Olympics?
That's not at all surprising. Although judo has been part of the Olympics since 1964--nearly 200 countries participate worldwide--in the U.S. it often gets lost in the mishmash of martial-arts schools that teach everything from karate to karaoke. Pedro, 29, the son of a judo instructor...
Possible past links between government and 17 November are another problem. "We know," says Merry, "that there were people in the government, in the party, who had more than a damn good idea" of the terrorists' identities. Tying powerful figures to the group could be a political nightmare for reform...
He's also accrued something that the glamour athletes never will. "I have $100,000 in student loans to pay back," he says. Smith has an M.B.A. from M.I.T. and wants to put it to work--full time--when the Olympics are over. "I've subjugated all the other parts...