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This time around, China, the reigning world champions, wanted vengeance - and they got it by a gaping 7.250 margin over their Japanese rivals. In a packed stadium where a giant T.V. screen repeatedly lauded the Chinese performances with the word "wonderful" - only one American merited a "fantastic" - the team got down to the business of winning gold for China. The start was shaky. In the second rotation, Huang Xu fumbled on the pommel horse, earning a score of 14.750 and putting pressure on pommel world champion Xiao Qin, who redeemed the squad with 16.175. (Xiao had slipped on the pommel...
...have a taste of what the pressure cooker team finals will be like later in the week, when only three gymnasts will be competing on each apparatus and all three scores count. With the home crowd rooting for their team in a sure to be sold-out National Indoor Stadium, the stakes - and the stress - will be even higher come Wednesday. "We've definitely done better, but we've also seen worse," says Sacramone. "We will ice up, rest tonight and hit the gym tomorrow. We want that gold medal more than anything...
...away. Protesters of everything from China's role in Darfur to the continuing repression of Tibet had tried to use the Games to highlight their causes. But long ago, loose talk of an Olympic boycott had fizzled. On opening night, sitting in the splendor of the Bird's Nest Stadium, were two men who have at times been among China's most vocal Western critics: George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. They knew this was China's moment. Back in the Middle Kingdom's heyday, dignitaries from elsewhere in the world would come to pay tribute...
...There were less dramatic protests in the capital, too. A team of foreign protesters scrambled up lampposts near the iconic "bird's nest" National Stadium to hang FREE TIBET banners. Three Christians were bundled out of Tiananmen Square after displaying signs calling for religious freedom in China. Then came the news that Beijing had barred entry to former U.S. Olympian Joey Cheek, a speed skater and prominent critic of China's closeness to the Sudanese regime blamed for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur. (The Cheek incident didn't stop the U.S. team from choosing...
...illustrating a Spanish translation of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. While he exhibited his work around the globe and lived abroad for many years, his devotion was ultimately to his homeland and his favorite sports team. Two of Celis' colorful murals adorn the walls at the Buenos Aires stadium of his beloved Boca Juniors soccer team. He died of leukemia...