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...front of the field, he could have done a reggae dance and still won. Or hit a Caribbean beach. Maybe chomped on some of those Chicken McNuggets he's so fond of. Instead, near the finish line of the men's 100m dash Saturday night, Usain Bolt - has any sprinter ever had a more appropriate name? - started to celebrate. Bolt spread out his arms and glanced at the crowd. He slapped his chest a few times. And he did it with his shoes untied: his left laces were flopping around at the finish...
...Salute Seen from Many Angles As the sister-in-law of Peter Norman, the late Australian Olympic sprinter, I was disappointed to read your story on Salute, the new documentary about Peter [Aug. 4]. You report that his son Matt, the director, seems to be "angry on his uncle's behalf" with the two athletes Peter supported in their black-power salute at the 1968 Olympics. I believe Peter would turn in his grave if he read that. He had nothing but support for Tommie Smith and John Carlos and was honored to be asked to the unveiling...
...Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein, 21, was already discouraged a month ago. "If you compare our situation with other countries, like the Asian countries, other athletes have already competed in 12 events. We're still in Baghdad," she told TIME, standing on the crushed 1980s asphalt where she trains. But having dodged bullets, curfews, and sectarian threats through five years of war, Hussein was not going to be stopped by training disadvantages and a lack of funding. She saw an overarching hope for helping to heal some of Iraq's bitter sectarian divides with this Olympics. "Sports can unify the Iraqi...
...deeming this as political interference in sporting matters, gave the Iraqi government a deadline in which to reinstate the old committee. Baghdad refused to back down, and now the seven Iraqis who had qualified for the Games - two rowers, an archer, a discus thrower, a sprinter, a weightlifter and a judoka - have been told to unpack their bags...
...Before getting to that, however, Matt Norman wants us to know that his uncle was a fine sprinter: the 20.06 sec. he clocked in the final is still the fastest time in which any Australian has covered the distance. Norman had stunned almost everyone by separating Smith and Carlos, but his unforgettable October evening had just begun...