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...certain that the 22-year-old will be posting up against Shaq (7 ft. 1 in.) anytime soon, however. Wang is the starting center for the Bayi Rockets--the team of the People's Liberation Army--and even when he peels off his basketball doublet, he belongs to the army. In China, which is light-years away from NBA-style unions and agents, a team has almost total control over a player's rights. The P.L.A. would fight to keep him. He led the Rockets to five national championships. Says Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Donn Nelson, whose team tabbed Wang...
...East Germany became the first runner to repeat as champion since Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia accomplished the feat in 1960 and 1964. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Bronislaw Malinowski, 29, of Poland finally finished on top after coming in fourth at Munich, second at Montreal. Filbert Bayi, 27, a Tanzanian miler running only the sixth steeplechase of his career, appeared to have the race in hand, leading by as much as 50 meters. But Malinowski mounted a stirring comeback and overtook Bayi with about 150 meters remaining. His time was 8:09.7, the fastest in the world this year...
...Zealand's John Walker, the world's fastest miler, failed even to qualify for the 800-meter semifinals. This was only a tune-up for the 1,500-meter race Walker runs this Saturday-an event that will not include Tanzania's record-holding Filbert Bayi-but the poor showing still was unexpected. "I wish Bayi were here," said Walker. "I lost my pacemaker...
...next Olympics I hope to be competing as an American." Added a coach: "If my boys wanted to play politics, they would run for Parliament. To wreck their sporting careers for petty political points is not only unfair-it is criminal." Lamented Tanzania's great Filbert Bayi, world record holder in the 1,500 meters: "Four years of hard work have been wasted...
...good genes and hard slog will not be wasted at Montreal, with or without Bayi. The regret is that without Bayi, Walker may not be pressed to his ultimate under the glorious conditions that an Olympics provides...