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...already knew. The roar of the crowd was swelling as Sarah checked off jumps and spins with the precision of a sharpshooter until the crescendo drowned out the last few seconds of her music. When Sarah's final spin circled to a halt, John and Amy ran inside and joined in the thunderous applause for their 16-year-old daughter's history-making performance last Thursday. After her "top this" scores were posted, Hughes slipped backstage and did something she had never done before at the end of a competition--she called her mother. "Mom, I did it," she said...
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant is a homey little joint with red vinyl booths and murals of Mayan ruins. Papa Thomas Bermejo greets customers, while daughter Candy punches the cash register and son Julio presides behind the bar. The roar of ice crushers blends with mariachi brass. The waitress, in a worn T shirt, scuttles about at 78 R.P.M., hoisting platters of sizzling enchiladas...
...prepped for a throw jump, Sale collided chest first into Sikharulidze in a freak accident of timing. She had the wind knocked out of her, but as painful as it looked, no harm was done and when Sale and Pelletier returned, their names could hardly be heard over the roar of the crowd. They poured the emotional bond they share as an off-ice couple into their two-year old program, which still seemed as fresh and as passionate as the first time they performed it in 1999. Sale, despite the run-in and some lingering stomach pain, landed...
...crowd. As their second place ranking flashed on the screen, the roar of cheers dropped to the roar of boos throughout the arena, drowning out the names of the final pairs competitors from China, who won bronze. "It's been a tough six months. " said Pelletier. "You go to the grocery store, and it's 'Bring back the gold.' You go to the hardware store, and it's 'Bring back the gold.' I'm just there to buy a hammer. It's six months of people's expectations coming out on me. So when the marks came...
...Suddenly, a murmur starts near the athletes' entrance, sweeping through the press corps as it turns into a roar. "Casey's here!" This is Casey FitzRandolph, the American who's currently in first place, and who also happens to be one of Wotherspoon's best friends. Just as he stops directly across the barrier from me, I notice that FitzRandolph looks pretty dejected for someone who's got a good chance of winning a medal...