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...quickly fell in love with the sport - the relay strategies, the tactics of the 100-meter dash versus the distance races, the oddball field sports - pole vault! Hammer-throw! I got to know Justin Gatlin at those trials, and smiled in disbelief when he won the 100-meter sprint in Athens. Just 22 years old, charismatic, and most importantly, clean. Or so I thought. Two years later, Gatlin was busted for doping, and he is now serving an eight-year ban. And Friday Jones pled guilty to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs...
...trail, glancing at my iPod nano every few strides. I wish that little chip in my Nikes would malfunction. It's telling the nano my pace, and the nano in turn is taunting me: a 10-min. 30-sec. clip, with about another half a mile to go. I sprint--and almost die--near the finish. One mile completed, the nano screen reads. My time: 9 min. 42 sec. Yes! Cue the Chariots of Fire music...
...strengths are his mobility and ability to get out of the pocket,” Harvard captain Brad Bagdis said. “He really excells on sprint motions and options. We’re trying to make sure we contain him and keep him in the pocket...
...foreign affairs, Sarkozy has similarly shown a flair for big announcements of limited results. Despite his finish-line sprint, 99% of the credit for freeing the Bulgarian medics from Libya goes to years of tireless work by E.U. officials. Sarkozy's warmer relations with the U.S. shouldn't and can't hide the deep differences that France and Europe have with America - and not just on Iraq. And it's hard to fully applaud his success in Europe's agreement on the simplified treaty when, elsewhere, Sarkozy sends the message to Germany and others that their work to trim deficits...
...conservative voting record are likely to play well in South Carolina. If Thompson can keep enthusiasm high until he enters the race in the fall, he might be able to turn what was supposed to be a marathon race for the nomination into a relatively brief, four-month sprint. And while Thompson may not, in the end, be all things to all Republicans, at 6 ft. 5 in. and at least 225 lbs., he definitely is no pygmy...