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...some Australians were trying to change the country's thinking on this issue, and slowly Cathy developed into an admired character - not least because she continued to succeed, winning two more world championships and a silver medal at Atlanta. Meantime, she enjoyed a really messy personal life - lawsuits by a former coach/lover, stuff like that. During the messy years she was in shape, then out, too heavy or too thin, on form or off. So Cathy was becoming more of a symbol and more human at the same time. She became a vulnerable crusader...
...pirates because it was just so damn easy to do--easier even than ordering a CD online. And once that happened, would we ever be able to go back to getting into our car, driving to the mall and buying a shrink-wrapped piece of plastic with a little silver disc inside? "I don't know how to stop it," says Atlantic Records Group co-chairman Val Azzoli, of the problems created by Napster. "It's not just music I'm worried about. It's all intellectual properties. If you can take music, you can take everything else...
...version of the sport debuted in Sydney, to win an Olympic gold medal in weight lifting. Nott's achievement came at the expense of Bulgarian lifter Izabela Dragneva, who initially won the gold but was disqualified after failing a doping test. Thus Nott, 28, who had won the silver with a total lift of 407 3/4 lbs. in the 106-lb. weight class, became the Olympic champion...
...star in Denmark, of course, but badminton players don't get the kind of exposure the glamorous Kournikova gets. And there's a salient difference between Martin and the much ogled Kournikova--Martin wins big matches. She's the defending world champion. Last week she achieved a silver medal, losing only in the singles finals to China's top-seeded Gong Zhichao...
...None of that really mattered to Aussie captain Michele Timms, a feisty guard with spikey blond hair, who ran into the stands to collapse in her grandparents' arms. "We tried," she whispered, as her grandmother smoothed her hair. As Timms headed back on court to prepare for the silver-medal ceremony, an American fan reached out. She wore a bright pattern of the Stars and Stripes on her sleeve, but her heart was with the Aussie basketballer. "It's okay," she said. "It's okay...