Sports, 2nd prize
Barry Chin
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
31 July, 1996
A cyclist hits the dirt at the start of the cross country mountain bike race - one of the newly introduced Olympic sports. The Olympics yield dramatic images of victory and defeat, jubilation and despair.
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