Word: ni
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Everywhere you turned there was something brilliant happening. Texan Laura Wilkinson came from nowhere to win the platform diving on a broken foot. Chinese veteran Xiong Ni nailed his last dive to become the only man besides Greg Louganis to win back-to-back titles off the springboard. American volleyballers Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana kicked sand in Brazil's face at Bondi Beach. The softball and baseball tournaments were more competitive than ever. The U.S. batswomen lost thrice before storming back to win the gold, while the batsmen did the unprecedented, beating Cuba 4-0 for the title. Finally...
...springboard, old Xiong Ni kept hanging around, hanging around - fifth place, fourth, third - and then nailed his last dive and won again, just like in Atlanta. He's the Chinese guy Greg Louganis barely beat in Seoul, way back in '88, and now he's the only man beside Louganis to win back-to-back titles off the springboard. Good...
...take more than a new president to reassure the the international community. The U.S. and E.U. have not yet recognized Noboa's regime, and it will probably be some time before any IMF assistance - requested in the disastrous aftermath of El Niño two years ago - comes along. "The impression among international leaders is that they have all bent over backwards to help Ecuador, and Ecuador hasn't done anything to help itself," says McGirk. "The new president will have such a hard time raising money to alleviate the social unrest that it seems as though...