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...only 11 medals at the 1976 Montr?al Olympics, appeared at the bottom of the list at least eight times. One of the most poignant final-place finishes, though, came from Brunei's Jimmy Anak Ahar, the Southeast Asian nation's sole Olympic athlete, who straggled far behind the pack in the 1,500 m, erasing his country's dreams of Olympic respectability. Still sucking wind after his 4:14.11 time, 40 seconds slower than gold medalist El Guerrouj, Ahar swept past reporters, his head downcast. Yet the Bruneian's performance was surely more honorable than that of Uzbekistan's Olga...
...This year's festival will be launched at the Schottenhamel tent by the lord mayor of Munich, who has the honor of tapping the first keg of Oktoberfest beer. Once the keg has been opened, the drinking will last until Oct. 3?best pack some pills for headaches. For more information, visit www.oktoberfest.de...
...idea," adds the actor, whose own sequel, The Bourne Supremacy, was a summer hit. The movie's retro-glamorous European locations ensured that the shoot was well documented by the paparazzi. And the parties at star George Clooney's house at Italy's Lake Como added to the Rat Pack mystique. "George raised a good point about sequels," Damon says. "He said if how much fun you had making the movie always translated into something good, Cannonball Run 2 would be the best movie ever." We know. And yet we still let Dom DeLuise burn us on that...
...first few laps of the 25-lap race, Gebrselassie stayed with the lead pack as it glided its way around the graceful Olympic Stadium. By the 5000-m mark, Bekele, Gebrselassie and Ethiopia's third runner, Sileshi Sihine, were 1-2-3. The Ethiopian trio was soon lapping slower runners, even as the younger men seemed to slow the pace to accommodate Gebrselassie. But then he began to struggle. At 7,500 m, he fell back for a lap before coming again, fighting off pain, hoping he could run through...
...shadow of Iraq. The much-feared terrorist attack thankfully didn't come, but American spectators couldn't stop wringing their hands over proper comportment in a world grown hostile toward the lone superpower. (Were they cheering too much? Too little? Should they leave the God Bless The USA fanny pack at the hotel?) It didn't help that a presumed ally, the Iraqi soccer team, swatted away suggestions that its surprising run to fourth place came courtesy of U.S. liberators. One Iraqi, upset at his team's inclusion in a campaign ad for George W. Bush, said...