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...Traditionally, Japanese families would eat meals like the one prepared by Shinobu every day: low in fat with lots of seafood, it is a cuisine that has helped the country to world-record levels of life expectancy. But Nobuko Iwamura says the wholesome Japanese diet is, today, mostly a myth, and she has the photo evidence to prove it. Since 1998, Iwamura has conducted in-depth surveys on what the Japanese are actually eating, asking thousands of Tokyo-area parents to photograph the meals they serve their families over the course of a week. The results are surprising to anyone...
...athletes she had rowed with before. Davies stroked the varsity eight at the World Championships, and after she led the team to a world record performance, the Harvard grad stood atop the medal stand with a gold medal. As the top rower on the top boat, Davies had found the top in another aspect—as the best heavyweight rower in the world.“Caryn is something else,” Lofgren said. “Stroking the varsity eight at Worlds, winning the gold—this is basically saying she is, period, the best...
...Heights The ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That world-record ideology assumes that the human body is capable of infinite development, enabling specially gifted athletes to continue breaking records for all time to come. Such an expectation is the reason athletes use performance-enhancing drugs. They know they are not capable of surpassing records without resorting to such drugs...
...Heights The ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That world-record ideology assumes that the human body is capable of infinite development, enabling specially gifted athletes to continue breaking records for all time to come. Such an expectation is the reason athletes use performance-enhancing drugs. They know they are not capable of surpassing records without resorting to such drugs...
...ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That world-record ideology assumes that the human body is capable of infinite development, enabling specially gifted athletes to continue breaking records for all time to come. That expectation is the reason that athletes use performance-enhancing drugs. They know they are not capable of surpassing records without resorting to such drugs. It would...