Word: discuses
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Olympic watchdogs are ready It has been the talk of the locker rooms for years. East Germany's muscular women swimmers are suspected of training on body-building anabolic steroids. So are weight lifters, shotputters and javelin and discus throwers of many countries. Soviet female gymnasts have been accused of taking pituitary blockers to slow down growth. Swimmers, runners, cyclists and hockey players are widely believed to compete while "hopped up" on stimulants, especially amphetamines. Though practically all drug use is forbidden under Olympic rules, competitors, coaches and sports physicians alike say flatly that the taking of drugs...
...circle when Karen Hawkins, 22, of St. Louis took a silver in the 200-meter dash. Then the U.S. collected four gold medals in Spartakiad's first five days: Wardell Gilbreath, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, in the 200-meter dash; John Powell, 32, of Cupertino, Calif., in the discus; Henry Marsh, 25, of Eugene, Ore., in the 3,000-meter steeplechase; and Vinson, 27, of Chicago, in the 400 meter...
Tracksters Lanny Tron and Dan Dvaric followed Pellegrini to register a sweep in the discus...
Hammer thrower Tom Lenz and discus standout Joe Pellegrini each set meet records in his event. Lenz recorded a toss of 202 ft. 3 in, and Pellegrini heaved the discus...
...Pellegrini shattered a 30-year-old record by heaving the discus 181 ft., 4 in., toppling the previous mark by over three feet and outdistancing Saturday's pretenders by over five feet...