NOLA Track turnaround music to U.S. ears (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

BEIJING -- At 8:55 p.m. Monday, the Star-Spangled Banner finally played at National Stadium. Three-and-a-half days and 15 events into the Olympic track and field competition, the United States' team finally gained steam -- and a measure of respectability -- after a perplexingly slow start.

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