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...field in the 400-meter freestyle by 10 feet and destroying the old Olympic record with his time of 3:40.59. The center exploded in joy - I'm not sure, but I think the roof actually did come off the building. But in typical Australian understated style, Thorpe smiled modestly and barely waved. Thorpe is the bane of a sport photographer's existence: They beg him smile or yell, or to raise his entire arm, maybe even two, out of the water when he wins...
Well, his hair is blond. His eyes are blue. He could be standing next to an SUV with a surfboard and a smile, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and baggy shorts. Yes, he looks Californian. Very Californian. He's both. That is the beauty of his success. Of all the stories that will be spun from now until the end of the Sydney Games, his is one of the oldest and best success-story stories: the immigrant who has come to a new land and worked hard and overcome obstacles and found exactly what he hoped to find. The American dream...
Friendship among nations based on mutual recognition and respect has always been the essence of the Olympic spirit. And it was that spirit that animated the broad smile on the face of Israeli fencing coach Alex Spitzer in Munich in the summer of 1972, as he sauntered back to his wife, Ankie, after chatting with members of the team representing Lebanon, a nation with whom Alex's was legally...
...crisp dives captured a silver medal at the Diving World Cup. The gold went to 18-year-old compatriot Guo Jingjing, Fu's main rival in the individual events and partner in synchronized diving, a debut sport at Sydney. "Guo is China's young star," Fu says with a smile. "But don't count the big sister...
...students: DO YOU WANT TO COME?" Galucci said he was game but didn't get the "go" signal until 6 p.m. Thursday. Amazingly, the speech stayed under wraps all night until the White House sent out the word a little after 7 a.m. Says an official with a smile: "Every once in a while, we get to talk first, and you guys get to listen first...