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...past year, it all came together last week. He became the first man since Mark Spitz in 1972 to win the 100-m and 200-m freestyle finals - perhaps an even greater feat than the American's considering the Dutchman's stellar opponents. In winning the blue-ribbon sprint title, Van den Hoogenband ended the reign of Alexander Popov, who was trying to win his third straight Olympic 100-m freestyle gold. "It's not the end of the world, obviously," said the 28-year-old Russian, undefeated over the distance for seven years before the Dutchman beat him last...
...offers unconventional tourism advice and entries on a huge range of subjects, from Homer Simpson to Homer's Iliad. The mobile guide www.h2g2.com/onthemove) which gives people a way to tap in while traveling, can be accessed through 22 mobile operators on four continents, including AT&T Wireless and Sprint's PCS networks in the U.S. Says Adams, who divides his time between a home in Santa Barbara, Calif., and h2g2's London headquarters: "Going wireless is a huge step toward where we want to go with this." And where is that? A quantum leap forward in the customization...
There was no such upset in the women's 500-meter time trial. Ballanger, the event's five-time world champion, held Ferris to silver in the sprint at Atlanta and repeated the feat in the 500 meters at Sydney. Ferris was elated with her 34.696 seconds, but then had to watch as the French superstar, her face contorted with exertion, snatched the lead - and gold - by just over half a second...
...teenager grabbed the torch and ran. He was apprehended after a 20-ft. sprint...
Between stops on the hustings - on Wednesday morning he was in Portland, Oregon, at a town hall meeting with Al Gore - vice-presidential nominee Joe Lieberman has been putting together his campaign staff for the Labor Day-to-Election Day sprint. And sources tell TIME that Lieberman has named Michael Lewan, who was his administrative assistant from 1989-93, to be his campaign chief-of-staff. Lewan, 49, will take an unpaid leave-of-absence from his Washington lobbying shop, where he has represented several life insurance industry clients, Oracle Corp., BellSouth and others. Lewan will travel with Lieberman, while...