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...World Equestrian Games went to the starting gate in Jerez and the World Rowing Championships were launched in Seville. At the athletics track the crowd had hoped to see U.S. sprinter Tim Montgomery, fresh from setting a new 100-m world record at the season's last Grand Prix event in Paris. Montgomery had clipped .01 seconds off Maurice Greene's three-year-old record of 9.79, but so drained was he by the record-breaking effort that the World Cup 100 m became a race too far. He did turn up in Seville though, to watch girlfriend Marion Jones...
...season has become a bit of a bore. The Ferraris have been so strong that unless the two red cars take each other out on the first corner, no one else has a chance of catching them. Having wrapped up his fifth drivers' championship in the French Grand Prix at the end of July, Michael Schumacher had a nice relaxed Sunday afternoon following teammate Rubens Barrichello round the Hungaroring circuit three races later to give the team the constructors' championship too, with points totaling more than those of the next three teams together. Ferrari is so far ahead of nearest...
...Tokyo, wander up Nakamise-dori poking through the stalls for souvenirs. Buy your fortune - translated into very bad English - at Sensoji Temple. POWER LUNCH Unlike its New York and London counterparts, Nobu Tokyo doesn't make you wait three months for a table. Plus, it features a delightful midday prix-fixe meal at about $30. 6-10-17 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, tel. 03 5467-0022. PEOPLE WATCHING Stroll along Omotesando's wide tree-lined avenue of designer boutiques, where Tokyo fashionistas gather to shop and strut. Hunt for souvenirs at kitschy Oriental Bazaar, Omotesando-dori, tel. 03 3400-3933. GLAMOROUS...
...Turki bin Abdullah, 41, died in a car accident on his way to Prince Ahmed's funeral. RETIRED. MIKA HAKKINEN, 33, two-time Formula One champion; announced in Hockenheim, Germany. Born in Vantaa, Finland, the 'Flying Finn' recovered from a near-fatal crash at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix to go on to win both the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Championships. DIED. SALAH SHEHADEH, 48, founder and leader of the military wing of Hamas, fervent supporter of suicide bombings and a possible successor to Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in an Israeli air strike; in Gaza City...
...many slices and analyzing why the drivers are faster or slower." In addition to introducing the new technology, Richards set about reforming the championship's sometimes haphazard organization. With the often reluctant agreement of the race organizers he ensured that races would not clash with Formula One Grands Prix, redesigned the high-speed stages so that they returned to a central service park and imposed computer-controlled timing equipment. Barry Reynolds, manager of Ford's motorsport communications, recalls that years ago positions in a race were sorted out by co-drivers comparing times. "You'd go and ask a driver...