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The Olympic QuestBegins
Make SI.com your one-stop destination for complete coverage of the SummerGames. Every day read profiles, breaking news and analysis from SI's bestOlympic writers. Plus...
• Scenes from Beijing blog by writer Richard Deitsch
• FanNation: Post your reactions
• Photo galleries from SI's award-winning photographers
• Medal tracker, updated after every event

DAILY OLYMPICEVENT SCHEDULES, RESULTS AND COMMENTARY AT SI.COM/OLYMPICS

CATCHING UPWITH

Summer Memories
If you're wondering what 1984 gold-medal winner Mary Lou Retton is up to thesedays, SI.com has the answer. As part of an Olympic Catching Up With series thatwill run through the Beijing Games, writers tracked down 16 iconic SummerOlympians, including Matt Biondi, Cathy Freeman and Kerri Strug.

> Check outpast Olympics stories and covers at SI.com/vault

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Special Moments
From U.S. diver Greg Louganis's winning gold in 1988 after hitting his head onthe board to Paul Hamm's becoming the first American man to win the all-aroundgymnastics title in 2004, veteran SI Olympic writers Tim Layden, BrianCazeneuve and E.M. Swift recall their favorite moments from the SummerGames.

> For all ofthe SI videos, go to SI.com/olympicvideo

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AnticipationBuilds
SI.com will have 15 writers reporting from Beijing. Before the Games begin, goto SI.com to read what some of them are looking forward to most

TIM LAYDEN
Track and Field
Will Tyson Gay or Usain Bolt win the men's 100-meter final?
SI.com/layden

E.M. SWIFT
Gymnastics
The team showdowns between China and the U.S.
SI.com/swift

BRIAN CAZENEUVE
Taekwondo
The sport's first family, the Lopezes, going for three golds
SI.com/cazeneuve

REBECCA SUN
Commentary
How I'll feel as a Chinese-American reporter at the Games
SI.com/sun

KELLI ANDERSON
Swimming
Will Ryan Lochte play the spoiler in the men's 200 IM?
SI.com/anderson

ALEXANDER WOLFF
Men's Basketball
The U.S. team under the new leadership of Jerry Colangelo
SI.com/wolff

MICHAEL FARBER
Track and Field
Chinese sensation Liu Xiang in the men's 110-meter hurdles
SI.com/farber

SELENA ROBERTS
Commentary
How will the Chinese athletes handle the political pressure?
SI.com/roberts

S.L. PRICE
Commentary
China—after the flame is extinguished
SI.com/price

GRANT WAHL
Soccer
Has the U.S. women's team let the world pass it by?
SI.com/wahl

SportsKid of theYear
If you know someone age 7 to 15 who excels in sports, does well in school andgives back to the community, go to SIKids.com/sportskid to nominate him or herby Sept. 1. The 10 finalists will be announced on Sept. 15, and the winner willappear on the December cover of SI FOR KIDS.

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