Word: budd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last month's trials, winding up four preliminaries and two finals over just six days, Decker finished second in the 1,500, her first loss in four years. Reasoning that "one gold is better than two silvers," she has elected a showdown with South African Sprite Zola Budd, though Decker claims to be more concerned about Rumanian Marciana Puica. In the Helsinki world championships last summer, Decker won both, running Soviet Zamira Zaitseva into the ground. Boycotters Zaitseva and Tatyana Kazankina would be missed more in Los Angeles if that picture were not so fresh and fabulous...
...Budd's qualification for the Olympics shows that the political hurdles are surmountable. It proves that some day the Games can be free of politics and be held for competition's own sake...
...Barefoot Budd...
Hooray for the young barefoot runner from South Africa, Zola Budd [SPORT, June 18]! She epitomizes the modern athlete who must deal with political strife and product endorsements and still concentrate on performance. She is handling her trials bravely and has risen above her peers with well-deserved recognition...
...intends to prove that she is the world's fastest woman distance runner. Until last week, though, the biggest challenge to Zola Budd's determined trek toward an Olympic gold medal seemed more political than athletic. In March, the native South African abruptly left her homeland, which is banned from the Olympics, and picked up a quickie British citizenship, thanks to her English-born grandfather. Eyebrows were raised, feathers were ruffled, backs were got up. Would her hop, skip and sidestep work? The British Olympic Association, after consulting with International Olympic Committee officials, ruled last week that...