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Olympics: From .01-second heartbreak to stunning gold, Torri Huske lives out a dream in Paris

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TOKYO — Torri Huske stretched for the wall, and emerged from the water, and out of the corner of her eye, she could see it: a bright red light, then a scoreboard crowning an Olympic champion.

That’s how the women’s 100-meter butterfly concluded, Sunday but also three years ago, with a head thrown back and a joyous, disbelieving voice piercing chlorine-scented air.

And here at Paris La Défense Arena, it was Huske’s joy that lit up the Olympics.