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...goal came on its final power play of the afternoon. After endless cycling of the puck, Botterill found herself stationed in the deep left corner of the ice. Yards away from any defender, she darted unobstructed towards the net. With a variety of options to choose from as she strode into the crease, she took the easiest one--slipping the puck inside the left pipe...
...clattering like enormous insects. A short man--slightly topping Albright's 5 ft. 3 in.--with a potbelly, he wore well-shined shoes that formed triangles below his trademark khaki trousers and zip-front jacket. His skin looked pallid and his eyes slightly puffy, but he smiled as he strode toward Albright. She grinned back and said, "I'm very glad to be here; it's a beautiful city"--the first part of which, at least, was true...
...that a goalie is easier to beat when she is sprawled face-forward on the ground. Facing Sullivan one-on-one, Nagle, using all her experience and confidence, did not rush her shot. She placidly maneuvered in front the net, tricked Sullivan into diving out after the ball, then strode right around her for goal number...
...sounded. She got a fair start, but was clearly behind. She went into the far turn gaining but came out of the near turn still trailing Jamaica's Lorraine Graham. Flashbulbs sparked the tension; the stadium was a live wire. In the stretch, Freeman finally caught Graham, then strode ahead, the noise rising as her lead lengthened, and exploding as she crossed the line first...
...meter, not what it meant to Australia, not the larger picture. No South African white in the stadium wasn't thinking about his country's blacks, no white American wasn't contemplating what we did to the Indians. In the stretch Cathy finally caught the Jamaican, and then strode ahead. The sound was a soundscape: just this immense thrum of noise. Only in the last 20 meters was it clear she would win, and then the sound crescendoed. You were in a waterfall. I think everybody felt, behind their screaming: Well, of course. She had to win this race...