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The thing about the Olympics is that if you start to wander around, you never know what you'll find. Case in point: I was walking outside of the table tennis venue at Peking University this week when I saw this sign - "Gluing Tent." Actually, I smelled it before I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

After my initial excitement, I figured that the table tennis elite must actually whack through their paddles pretty quickly, and maybe needed some sort of pit station for repairing their rubber. But not being a ping pong - sorry, table tennis - aficionado, I asked Bob Fox, team leader for USA Table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

In my system, overall points would be weighted by how popular the sport is, as determined by television ratings. You got a bronze in the gymnastic floor competition? That's 100 Olympic points. You nailed a gold in the modern pentathlon? (That's pistol-shooting, épée fencing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising the Stakes at the Olympics | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

But the Gulf states are not the only nations to benefit from athletes shifting national alliances. Some Nordic states have granted asylum to African runners who later competed for their national teams. The U.S. table-tennis team is stacked with Chinese-born players, while the three American runners competing in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of the Mercenary Athlete | 8/19/2008 | See Source »

After winning a surprise gold medal in the 110-m hurdles in Athens four years ago, Liu morphed from amiable jock into national stud. In 2006 he shattered the event's world record with his 12.88 time. As an Asian athlete competing in a klieg-light track event - not an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Track Superstar Drops Out | 8/18/2008 | See Source »

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