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Carr, with nine strikeouts, and some adventurous Crimson defense Kept Brown of the scoreboard for the rest of the game...
...bronze in the 1,000. This time at the Albertville track, Bonnie skated first, posting a 1:21.9 for Ye to top. With no repeat of the jostling during the lane changeover, Ye surged toward the finish line and vindication. When she lifted her head to the scoreboard, the Chinese skater had certainly achieved that. But by the incomprehensibly slim margin of .02 sec., less than the blink of an eye, Blair had won a second gold medal, making her the first American woman to take home three gold medals from the Winter Games...
...Olympics are a celebration of instants: not just in the milliseconds ticking away on every scoreboard in the Savoie but in the larger way in which 15 years of determination can turn on a single moment. Look away from the slope for an instant, touch the side of the run for a second, and 10,000 hours of practice are gone. The athletes carry alarm clocks -- or time bombs -- in their heads and measure their lives in heartbeats (193 a minute for a biathlete). "Luge is all feeling," explained Duncan Kennedy, an American luger who won by placing 10th (higher...
Time plays strange tricks in the Winter Games. Ortlieb was the first one down the hill, whooshing through the course in 1:50:37; then, like the rest of us, he could do nothing but watch the scoreboard, as 55 other skiers, one by one, tried to eclipse his time. He had competed only against himself; the others were up against the clock. Athletes at their greatest can attain almost meditative states -- the so-called zone -- in which time slows down or seems suspended. We, however, bring them back to earth with our deadlines. Hardly had the majestic figure-skating...
...hour later, Harkin stumps at the NashuaSpartan Hall, a bingo hall. A Harkin banner coversthe electronic Bingo scoreboard in front, thetables have been moved to the rear. The generalpublic was invited to this speech, and Harkindoesn't have the unconditional cheering he had atthe hotel, but he gets them going with the preppieRip Van Winkle...