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...questioned whether the Chinese side, having made history by making it to the gold medal match, lost its desire in the final. "We need to remember that U.S. beach volleyball has enjoyed a long history and development. In China it's still pretty new," responded Tian, a three-time Olympian. "They were too strong, too competitive. So the best thing we could do was relax...
...Having the perspective of a few days, however, helped the Iowa native appreciate that she hadn't lost anything but rather had won an impressive collection of hardware for a first-time Olympian. "I go by the fact that everything happens for a reason," she said. "I was meant to have the silver [in the all-around]. At first, it upset me a little, but I thought about it, and just to have a medal around my neck meant the world...
...amassed in 1972. But none of the athletes in the pool, American or otherwise, stood a chance of eclipsing Phelps. Taehwan Park of Korea and Kosuke Kitajima of Japan both snared Olympic titles and set a new standard for Asian swimmers at the élite level, but no other Olympian could come close to the frenzy that Phelps generated in the Water Cube, luring luminaries from two Presidents (George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush) to LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, who attended not just one but several of Phelps' races in Beijing...
...wonders of Olympic basketball. Except these guys aren't playing hoops. They're going for gold in team handball, a popular game throughout Europe and, to a lesser extent, American gym classes. But handball is the only sport in which the Americans don't have a single Olympian. (Rhythmic gymnastics - you know, the one with the ribbons and balls - also has no Yank participant. But since it's an event within gymnastics, it doesn't count as its own Olympic sport...
...were distracted by this, five people barricaded themselves behind bicycles at a nearby park entrance. But the time and place were symbolic - in Beijing, just a short distance from the Olympic stadium and the Water Cube, where just two hours earlier Michael Phelps became the world's most decorated Olympian...