Two of the brightest moments from this week's Olympic track and field events were the victories from Morocco's Hesham el-Guerrouj in the men's 1500-meter race - I was glad that he finally got it- and Greek athlete Fani Halkia, who came out of nowhere to win the women's 400-meter hurdles and lift the spirits of the Greek people, who had been demoralized by the doping scandals affecting their track and field team. And in Team USA, Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams, and Justin Gatlin showed remarkable poise and humility in sweeping the men's 200-meter race (Crawford, gold; Williams, silver; Gatlin, bronze) in front of a less-than-hospitable Greek crowd. Certainly the opposite of the ugly-American preening of our men's 4x100-meter relay runners after they won that event in Sydney.
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