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Long before the first punch was thrown in London, Dawn Barry of Barry’s Boxing in Las Vegas knew the nine men representing the United States would not win a medal. “We didn’t give our kids a chance to succeed, she said, blaming a lack of leadership at USA Boxing that has not groomed athletes.
A runner named Kiprotich winning the Olympic marathon? Hardly a surprise.
That he was the one from Uganda and not Kenya? Major surprise.
LONDON – Most medals, most gold medals. The U.S. got what it wanted from these Olympics.
Seventeen days ago, before Usain Bolt again proved himself the planet’s fastest human, before a man with fiber legs competed against able-bodied athletes, before Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone in Olympic history and American gymnast Gabby Douglas made her own for a person of color, before more questions about doping arose and female badminton players brought disgrace to the games, the goal was to inspire generations.