Wilkinson came from behind to win the gold medal. Wilkinson grabs gold in diving Seemingly from nowhere with no chance to overtake the dominant Chinese, The Woodlands' Laura Wilkinson jumped from fifth-place in her Olympic quest and landed atop the world. First Laura Wilkinson recited a Bible verse. Then she did what every kid does when it's time for the games to begin. She had spent her life filming commercials in athletic showdowns with Michael Jordan and scoring more international goals than anyone on the planet.
Outsized expectations come with that territory.
Mia Hamm has long since gotten used to that. Cuba clinches top seed for baseball final Cuba clinched top seeding for the Olympic baseball medals round ahead of the United States by beating Japan 6-2 on Sunday. The United States and Australia closed out the preliminary round of the women's Olympic basketball tournament with wins on Sunday to stay on course for a gold medal clash. If you believe some track and field officials, Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor is a cocaine user who should not have been allowed to compete at the Olympics. Americans advance to beach volleyball final Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana saw red today, and now they have a chance for gold, beating Portugal for a place in the top medal match.