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Take Nancy Reno, for example. She is not only an Olympic hopeful in beach volleyball but a marine biologist as well. Or rower Ruth Davidon, who became the fastest single-sculler in the U.S. while pursuing a medical degree at Johns Hopkins and a doctorate at Harvard simultaneously. Or triple jumper Mike Conley, who happens to be a deputy sheriff in Washington County, Arkansas. And Americans aren't the only Olympic athletes with uncommon pursuits. Conley's rival in the triple jump, Britain's world-record holder Jonathan Edwards, worked in a genetics lab in Newcastle until recently...
...attributes much of his athletic longevity to a nutritional diet that includes lots of fruits, fresh vegetables and nutritional supplements. But the real reason Bostick defeated favored competitors 15 years his junior to make the Olympic team had nothing to do with sustenance. "Kent might not have been the fastest rider, but he was the one who wanted it the most," says Frank Scioscia, director of Bostick's riding team, Shaklee--named for its health-food-company sponsor. "In athletics, desire is often the deciding factor...
...past couple of years, a business exceeding more than half a billion dollars has emerged that the trade calls "eatertainment." Theme restaurants, a combination plate of amusement park, diner, souvenir stand and museum, have become the fastest-growing segment of the restaurant industry, turning up the heat on fast feeders such as McDonald's and the segment known as casual dining, which includes such now ho-hum fern joints as Bennigan's that serve mere food and drink in a relaxed setting. This heady expansion leads to projections that eatertainment will be a $5 billion baby by the turn...
...Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Flo-Jo, not to mention a man named Stella. Ever since Antwerp in 1920, when Charley Paddock gulped down a raw egg in a glass of sherry and defeated five rivals with a time of 10.8 sec., the winner has been declared "the world's fastest human." Basically, the race is 10 sec. that last a lifetime. Adding to its allure for the 1996 Centennial Games is the convergence of time and distance: 100 years, 100 meters. What's more, Atlanta seems to have been handed two 100th-anniversary gifts from the Greek gods...
...track coach Willard Hirschi: "If you come up too quickly, you lose acceleration. If you lean too far, you can stumble. It is like an airplane taking off--there is an ideal angle at which you can generate speed." To get up to speed--about 23 m.p.h. at their fastest--runners have to be careful not to try too hard. As Hirschi says, "Speed and effort are not synonymous." Then, once they reach top speed at 40 m, the key becomes economy of motion. "That's why Carl Lewis always looked like he was eating everyone for lunch," says Hirschi...