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...experts reckoned that Liberty performed best in winds of 15 to 20 knots, while Australia II was the faster boat either below or above that range. For the fourth race the breeze was made to order for Liberty. And Dennis Conner, who is probably the world's finest 12-meter skipper, handled his boat masterfully. He won the start from Bertrand by 6 sec. and never let up, skillfully covering the Australian, repeatedly pouncing on the wind shifts he needed to carry him ahead. After two shifts on the first leg, Conner declared, "God works on Tuesdays." Bertrand admitted...
...stickwomen came back to life last night, turning in their finest performance of the year to down Boston University, 2-0, and bring to an end a two-game skid...
Less than a week after the Cantabs suffered their worst defeat in three years, they came back to play their finest hockey of the year. And they did it against one of the finest teams in the country...
...squash team won three national championships--the U.S. Squash Racquets Association Championship, the nine-man dual match title and the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association Championship. Freshman Kenton Jernigan defeated teammate David Boyum in the final rounds of both tournament championships, thus establishing himself as the finest amateur squash player in the country...
Jeff Michels, 21, is unquestionably America's finest amateur weightlifter, but he will not be competing in next year's Olympics. Last week the Chicago athlete had to give back three gold medals he won at the Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, after the biggest drug bust in the history of international amateur sporting competition. In all, nine medalists and five additional athletes from the U.S., Canada, Cuba and other nations were disqualified because tests showed that they used anabolic steroid drugs or ephedrine stimulants, which are banned by the International Olympic Committee. After the test results...