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...Japan. Suetsugu, 24, credits a centuries-old practice called nanba for the bronze medal he won in the 200-m race at last year's track-and-field World Championships, which made him the first East Asian since 1900 to land a medal in an international sprint competition. In Athens, the goateed native of Japan's southern Kyushu Island is entered to compete in the 100-m and 200-m dashes and the 4 x 100-m relay. Along the way, he will try to reverse a lingering perception among his countrymen that Asian athletes are somehow physically ill-equipped...
...create speed. And what one person believes to be a physical impediment might, of course, be more of a psychological barrier. After all, the Chinese are perennial Olympic favorites in weight lifting, a sport that clearly depends on energy and power. And yet the notion that Asians can't sprint remains widespread?and both Liu and Suetsugu are determined to show that toughness of spirit can bridge the gap. "My physique is poor," says Liu. "But through extra-hard training, I can make up for my deficiencies." Liu credits his rise to an intensive muscle-training program designed...
...trains in a modern matrix of tech and technique, mind and body. Olympic coaches and athletes now exploit a wide range of mechanical, video and computer devices designed to coax peak performance out of human bodies. Complex cables propelled by pulleys drag runners faster than they thought they could sprint. A new machine from France lets speedsters run virtual-reality races against the best in the world. Innovative video software allows swimmers and divers to break down their performances frame by precious frame. Like Blake, many athletes have been "sleeping high [in altitude-simulation tents] and training low," and everybody...
...CANOE/KAYAK (Sprint) Mylanie Barre, Lac-Beauport, Que. Caroline Brunet, Lac-Beauport, Que. Tamas Buday Jr., Mississauga, Ont. Attila Buday, Mississauga, Ont. Ryan Cuthbert, Carleton Place, Ont. Jillian D'Alessio, Middle Sackville, N.S. Richard Dalton, Halifax Richard Dober Jr., Trois-Rivi?res, Que. Karen Furneaux, Waverley, N.S. Steve Giles, Lake Echo, N.S. Kamini Jain, Calgary Steven Jorens, Aurora, Ont. Carrie Lightbound, Mississauga, Ont. Mike Scarola, Waverley, N.S. Adam van Koeverden, Oakville, Ont. Andrew Willows, Gananoque...
Defending gold-medal sprinter Greene will wear Adidas' Formotion Sprint Suit in Athens if he qualifies this week for the Olympic team at the U.S. track-and-field trials. The suit, made of advanced fabrics, will be available to consumers next spring...