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EAST MORICHES, N.Y.: The voice recorder tapes from the doomed TWA Flight 800 cut off 12 minutes into the trip with an unusual noise lasting a mere fraction of a second, but authorities hope that sound will explain what caused the plane to explode into a fiery ball last week...
Chinese divers Sun Shuwei and Fu Mingxia are poised to repeat their 1992 victories in men's and women's platform, respectively; Fu is favored in springboard as well. Mark Lenzi of the U.S., the springboard winner in Barcelona, ended a 20-month retirement to defend his title.
"The girls slept four to a cabin, but our accommodations were like the Ritz compared with the men, who often slept on the deck rather than in the hold. We all shared one canvas tank in which to train--we would swim strapped to the side of the tank. Jack...
Three-quarters through the meet, Harvard was behind by only 20 points, but when the meet was over, the Crimson was down by almost 50. The Crimson also faced a Bull-dog squad of 40, versus only 16 swimmers and three divers for Harvard.
"Our only real competition is Princeton, but I have a feeling we'll beat them," he says. "Navy has great divers, Yale has great divers and Princeton has great divers, but I feel we can win the league."