Word: deloach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Look at what happened to Lewis. He won four gold medals in 1984, but at the age of 27, Lewis lost in the 200 meters in Seoul to a 22-year-old runner by the name of Joe Deloach. There is always someone to knock...
...sprint. Lewis' quadruple quest was suddenly revived when the gold medal was awarded to him by default after Johnson's positive test for steroids. Lewis seemed to be headed for another gold in the 200 meters, but was inched out at the tape by his teammate and friend Joe DeLoach. "Now the world knows how well Joe is running," Lewis said after the race. "At the end, he had more strength." The bitterest frustration, however, came when the anchor man on the U.S. B team, running in a heat for the 4 X 100-meter relay, took possession...
...years older than her counterparts in the East. She finishes a cigarette, slips into her long gloves, and braces for a session with the photographer. She is nervous. Her parents are nervous. "You could cut the tension in our house this afternoon with a knife," says her father, Alfred Deloach Martin Jr., who is in what Texans call R. and I.-ranching and investments. In a few minutes, 125 guests are scheduled to arrive for a dinner in Mimi's honor given by Gene Bishop, an old family friend and chairman of the Mercantile Texas Corp. Then, after dinner...