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As the bus of Americans edged to the curb after midnight in the Opera district in central Paris in August, its occupants poured out in jubilation, gripping champagne bottles and chomping on cigars with medals swinging from their necks.
At the end of a specially designed tunnel into their hotel, which featured a massive image of Kobe Bryant over a message to shut up critics, were their children, lined up and waiting for hugs. Their families, friends and agents, armed with confetti poppers and cellphones in video mode, stood just behind.