Word: drechsler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee was jumping for joy. After copping the heptathlon gold, she returned last week to her first love, the long jump. But the wind in the Olympic stadium was tricky, and she trailed Heike Drechsler of East Germany for most of the competition. "I kept feeding myself positive information," she remarked afterward. "I kept saying, 'You can do it, you can do it.' " Indeed she could. On the fifth jump, Joyner-Kersee soared 24 ft. 3 1/2 in., the second best performance of her career. When it was clear that she had won, husband and coach Bob Kersee...
Jackie's jubilation at winning a second gold medal was tempered only by goodwill toward her East German friend and opponent. She and Drechsler left the field hand in hand on the way to receive their medals. Said Jackie after her victory: "I think it's fantastic for myself and Florence to perform so well. I can share my golds with Bobby, and Florence can share hers with Al." And with millions of viewers around the world who were thrilled by their extraordinary feats...
...bright national banner with the wonderful slogan A DIRT WAGON CARRIES DIRT, BUT IT DOES NOT CARRY SHAME. There were old names too. Saving her heptathlon for the coming world championships in Rome, the regal Jackie Joyner-Kersee focused on the long jump and equaled East German Heike Drechsler's 24-ft. 5 1/2-in. world mark. With Carl Lewis standing by for his own turn at the long jump and Greg Louganis still perched on his diving pedestal, thoughts of 1984 were unavoidable...
...that's the Soviet Union." For welcome counterbalance, Regal Hurdler Edwin Moses extended his nine-year winning streak to 111 races; Cheryl Miller led the U.S. women's basketball team to an 83-60 victory over the Soviets; Dasher Evelyn Ashford, 29, held off East Germany's Heike Drechsler, 21, for another day; Jackie Joyner became the first U.S. woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias to hold the world record in a multiple-discipline event...