61. As the crowd gave an appreciative cheer, Irwin smiled and held his hands out. 62. As the center court crowd gave him a long standing ovation, Leconte sobbed into his towel. 63. But they were tears of joy, and the crowd gave her another standing ovation. 64. But they were tears of joy, as the crowd gave her another standing ovation. 65. Her coach, Bela Karolyi, carried her into the Georgia Dome for the ceremony, crying as the crowd gave her a standing ovation. 66. His teammates surrounded him on the base as the crowd gave him a standing ovation that lasted more than a minute. 67. In Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, the crowds rarely gave her more than polite applause. 68. She stood, held up her arms and bowed and blew kisses as the Centre Court crowd gave her a standing ovation. 69. The atmosphere contrasted sharply to the mute reception a smaller crowd gave Mugabe two days earlier when he kicked off his re-election campaign in northeastern Zimbabwe. 70. That crowd also gave a huge ovation to American Sarah Hughes, who stood second to Kwan midway through the late qualifying session. |