Word: beate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Northeastern and Brown fielded their strongest teams," said Tim Harte. "We can definitely beat them in meets to come...
...arrived at Seoul's fast track about as friendly as Iran and Iraq. Johnson, who seems to glower with power even in repose, had declared, "I want to win an Olympic gold medal. After that I don't care -- Carl Lewis could beat me 100 times." For his part, Lewis was on his semi-best behavior. "A number of people can win," he declared beforehand, his mother Evelyn sitting by his side. During the heats, Lewis' times were faster. Johnson, who had been hobbled earlier in the year by a hamstring injury, did not look good. But was he pulling...
...semifinal, Flo countered by running 10.62 in her next heat. Although her rivalry with Griffith Joyner is not as public as Lewis' and Johnson's, Ashford battled fiercely to retain her gold medal. But Flo-Jo was awesome in the final match-up, accelerating all the way to beat Ashford by at least six meters...
...American women may also find the Soviets blocking their path to gold. They struggled to beat Czechoslovakia 87-81, stunned a tough Yugoslav team 101-74, then disposed of China 94-79 to reach the medal round. The tall and talented Soviets bombed Bulgaria 91-62. Thus the stage seemed to be set for two dramatic U.S.-Soviet showdowns in the final week...
...Adrian Moorhouse was favored to win the 100-meter breaststroke, and did. Big Matt Biondi finally won his first gold by anchoring the U.S. 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay team to a world-record win in the best race of the week, roaring up from behind to beat Steffen Zesner of East Germany with the fastest 200-meter leg ever swum, as teammates Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski and Doug Gjertsen bayed to the rafters at poolside. But before that, he finished third . in the 200-meter freestyle, behind Australian Duncan Armstrong and Swede Anders Holmertz, and then was just...