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...captain Tibor Benedek, 32, a lefty who scored four times in the Sydney final and remains one of the team's strongest all-around players. But the key is Kásás, a versatile, 6-ft.-7-in. right-hander who is the team's fastest swimmer and perhaps the finest distance shooter in the world. If the two-time world player of the year finds top form in Athens, Hungary may be unbeatable. Kásás "has such a feeling for the ball," says Gergely Csurka, a writer for the Budapest weekly...
...missed a connecting flight to the island from the mainland despite arriving at the terminal with time to spare, thanks to her airline’s unfamiliar ticketing and boarding procedure. Waiting at the wrong counter until just after her scheduled flight finished boarding, the Crimson freestyle swimmer was left to jockey for a standby seat, which, after two failed attempts—and seven hours—wasn’t materializing...
Recruited by Harvard as both a runner and swimmer, Shoemaker already possessed a requisite level of mastery over two of the three triathlon sub-events. But with practically no experience on a bike, the transition wasn’t quite seamless...
...Rubab Raza, who this summer will become the first female swimmer to compete for Pakistan in the Olympic Games...
Cromwell, who specializes in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke, would turn out to be the team’s most successful individual swimmer, finishing the year undefeated in all backstroke events. Cromwell and Grant both earned Honorable Mention All-American status...