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...Elaine Youngs celebrated their bronze medal as if they had just liberated France. In fact, their win came over an Australian team whose top player reinjured her shoulder during the match, forcing her to serve underhand. But the most egregious celebration of the Games was by Swedish triple jumper Christian Olsson, whose oblivious victory lap was so lengthy that it interrupted the medal ceremony for the 1,500-m wheelchair race. Thanks for taking the pressure off, Christian. --With reporting by Jeff Chu, Sean Gregory, Alice Park, Simon Robinson and Jane Wulf/Athens
...This year, only long jumper Anju George (who won gold at the 2002 Asian Games), air-rifle markswoman Anjali Bhagwat and doubles tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi look like serious medal hopes for India. Does that mean the country is sending a small team? Hardly. In 2000, India flew a contingent of 113 people to Sydney, where it won a single bronze in women's weightlifting. This year, expectations are of an even bigger delegation: 78 athletes for 28 sports?significantly bigger than the average Olympic team of 53?and a host of officials, trainers, masseurs and managers...
...minded dedication to vaulting at top speed over 10 barriers, each more than a meter high. His parents wanted him to study computer engineering or some other profession befitting his middle-class Shanghai upbringing, but Liu was intent on athletics. He entered a local sports school as a high jumper and then switched to hurdles, although some coaches thought a Chinese athlete shouldn't even bother. But Liu, who hurdled for joy rather than obligation, was hooked. "I liked the fact that so much of hurdles is about technique and that you have to approach the sport very scientifically," says...
...gone. Age is chasing some champions off the Olympic stage, and an ugly drug scandal is hunting down others. Superstar Marion Jones, 28, didn't qualify in the two events, the 100-m and the 200m dashes, in which she took gold in Sydney. She's merely a long jumper. So while suggestions of drug use--which she vehemently denies--cloud her legacy, America's success on the track is no longer riding on her shoulders. She's just another oldhead...
...Latham sees himself as an Australian everyman; a working fellow who likes sharing jokes with his mates. He arrived in Canberra in 1994 encased in a V-neck jumper when all around him Keating Labor staffers wore superfine suits. A mere 18 months ago, Latham was in the outer at the Sydney Cricket Ground, plastic beer cup in hand, watching an Ashes Test. Howard was there, too - in the Australian Cricket Board suite sipping wine with the chairman. Latham is more complex than the blokey caricature. It's true he's distinctly of his class, neighborhood and generation...