Word: beamon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Texan Christopher Beamon, 13, spent five days in juvenile detention for writing a horror story for his seventh-grade English class about killing his classmates. He got extra credit for the assignment...
...Beamon obliterates long-jump record in Mexico City Olympics; at same Games, black runners Tommie Smith, John Carlos stage protest...
...would finish third, "I saw a blue blur go by, whoosh, and thought, 'There goes first.'" As Johnson widened his lead, it was clear he was running for more than gold. Clyde Hart, Johnson's coach, later said, "I was in the stands in Mexico City when Bob Beamon long-jumped over 29 ft., and even when he was in the air, you just knew it was something special. Tonight, same thing." When Johnson crossed the finish line, a full 5 m ahead of silver medalist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, the timer read 19.32 sec. People who knew the significance...
...short of record-breaking territory. Then in 1988 he began improving rapidly. At the world championships in Tokyo last August, Powell came into his own. He bounded down the runway, hit the board and soared 8.95 m, eclipsing by 5 cm the "unbreakable" record set by America's Bob Beamon 24 years ago. A believer in nonstop improvement, Powell thinks he could set another record in Barcelona...
...title of Bunglers of the Year. In fact, not just of the year. If there were such a thing as an Incompetence Olympics held every four years, the Moscow plotters would easily win the gold medal and set a world record that might last as long as Leapin' Bob Beamon's mark in the long jump...