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...Thailand where, two years ago, the government-funded International Takraw Academy was set up in Bangkok to train both local and overseas players, coaches and administrators. The Thais and Malays are historic rivals and dominate international competitions (at Doha, the Thai team took home four golds and a silver; Malaysia left with two silvers and a bronze); both claim the game as their own, and even split the sport's name between them, with sepak meaning kick in Malay and takraw meaning ball in Thai...
...they're certainly hoping to. Teams like Burma, where the traditional sport of chinlone requires much of the same skills as sepak takraw, and Indonesia, which has brought in top Thai coach Somkiet Sungsatitanon, will need to be taken seriously in coming years (Burma won three bronzes and a silver at Doha; Indonesia came out with three bronzes). And yet Sungsatitanon is under no illusions about the scale of the challenge before him. "If he were to play Thailand now, he'd be too intimidated," he says at the courtside, pointing to 16-year-old server Dani Slamat...
Julie W. Chu ’06-’07, women’s hockey: The half-Chinese Olympian, who already has a silver medal, won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the nation’s best player...
...grading system—except for all the others. If grade inflation was a clear problem and there were fair and compelling ways to reduce grades without harming the undergraduate experience, we would hardly mind having fewer A’s on our transcripts. Until someone finds such a silver bullet, however, we’ll take the status...
...that the Black and White will be competing in the NCAA’s postseason. Radcliffe finished its dual racing season with a 10-5 record, while the Black and White took fourth place at the EARC Sprints last weekend. At sprints, Radcliffe took home four medals, including two silver medals in the varsity four A and the second varsity eight...