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...good because she has a Russian coach." SVETLANA KHORKINA, Russian gymnast and defending world champion, on Carly Patterson, the American who beat her for the Olympic gold medal in the women's all-round competition...
...team, which is currently relying on one oversize 23-year-old to carry it past traditional basketball powers. Like an ancient Chinese warrior, the nation's 2.26-m center Yao Ming had vowed not to shave for six months if the Chinese didn't make it to the Athens round of eight?an empty threat from a guy who looks like he can hardly grow a single whisker. But in their debut game against Spain, Yao bucketed only 12 points, and the Chinese suffered a 83-58 drubbing. After the game, Yao, China's flag bearer at the Olympic opening...
...which disappointing the country is the ultimate taboo. The national burden has been blamed for several high-profile Olympic chokes in previous Games, most recently Tsukahara's meltdown in Sydney, when he plunged off the pommel horse and ruined his chances of a medal in the individual all-round event. "I'm very sorry," he said, in a common refrain from Japanese Olympians. "I wish I hadn't disgraced my nation." Four years later, Tsukahara has broken free from these emotional shackles. "Yes, I'm happy for my country," he said, just minutes after accepting his first-ever Olympic gold...
...held in Helliniko on the sun-kissed coast south of Athens, "I cried because of the stress," Vezzali told reporters after the contest. "I didn't think of the gold at all." Trillini, a thoughtful and intense fencer, gained an early lead, scoring the only hit of the first round. But the energetic and effusive Vezzali surged back, parrying with increasing confidence and dazzling speed. At the start of the final round, the score was tied at 6-6. That's when Vezzali amped up her attack, scoring three straight points and quashing any hope Trillini had for a comeback...
...also got a vote of confidence from their venture capital investors, who thought better of earlier plans to sell their own shares immediately. But Google's success is an exception: in the past month, Claria, PlanetOut and Nanosys, all based in Silicon Valley, have canceled or postponed their IPOs. Round Two Of The Blame Game First the banks, then the auditors. Enrico Bondi, Parmalat's bankruptcy commissioner, filed a $10 billion suit against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Grant Thornton International, the firms that audited the books of the disgraced Italian food and dairy company. The suit follows others filed against...