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...early 20s he worked as a carpenter - Scheving proudly boasts that he built his own house "from scratch" - and taught fitness in his spare time. Then, when he was 25, Scheving made a life-changing bet with a friend: they gave each other three years to excel in a sport they'd never tried before. "I chose snooker for him, and he picked aerobic gymnastics for me," he says...
...sight of this beautiful animal collapsing after her courageous effort, her life ended by two shattered front ankles, called up memories of Barbaro, that brilliant colt ruined by a broken leg at the Preakness two years ago. Inevitably, people asked if some moral rot has crept into the sport of kings, wherein immature horses are urged to overextend themselves on legs that snap like icicles...
...Emily to medal, she’s going to have to defeat one of them, but she’s capable of doing it.” Valentina Vezzali, who, according to Cross, is one of the most consistently strong fencers in the history of the sport, is the star of the Italian team and won gold in the individual event in 2000 and 2004. Vezzali currently holds the No. 1 ranking in the world, but Cross defeated her the only time the two dueled.“It was a long time ago, and I think...
...tiny hitch can mean the difference between gold - with its millions in potential endorsement dollars - and heading back to that job at Home Depot. Every distraction makes a difference; they can't afford to muddle their minds. "The athletes are doing the right thing, as far as focusing on sport," says USA Gymnastics executive Ron Galimore, a 1980 Olympian. "They have a small window. It's not that they don't care. It just takes so much focus, so much energy to make an Olympic Games. Their heads are in the right place...
...sport that is picking up speed and popularity across the country, a sport in which every year the Ancient Eight fields multiple nationally competitive teams—lacrosse...