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For teen pentathlete, no time like the present (USA Today)

4 Jul 2008

Last June, at 15, Margaux Isaksen, who just two years before could not name the five sports involved in modern pentathlon let alone shoot a pistol with precision or do a flip turn in the pool, won the U.S. senior national title in this most quirky and demanding of Olympic sports.

Judo's former prodigy marshals her life, talents (USA Today)

4 Jul 2008

Ronda Rousey went to the 2004 Olympics as a teenaged cause clbre in judo. The daughter of the USA's only female judo world champion, she seemed destined to make her own history while following the trail her mom blazed.Rousey finished ninth at the Athens Games, then won gold at the 2004 world junior judo championships. Less than six months later, the prodigy took a prodigal turn: She decided to ...

Austin Daily Herald (Austin Daily Herald)

4 Jul 2008

Local Web designer Rebecca Dibble loves the creative process, a quality pretty apparent from the moment one walks in her home.