Word: finished
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tested hither or yon, the shows that will actually finish the trip give promise of an unusual season...
...mile windward-leeward course, checked their chronometers and studied the 12-meters through binoculars. A superb boat in light air, Weatherly was already the commanding favorite. Deftly, Mosbacher beat Ted Hood to the start, had a three-length lead crossing the line. He increased the margin until at the finish Weatherly was 13 boat lengths and 1 min. 26 sec. in front...
...eight-mile legs. And in another afternoon of light breezes (5-8 knots), Mosbacher clearly had the better boat. On the first leg, Weatherly opened up a lead of more than six minutes, and Hood was only able to nibble at it the rest of the way. At the finish line, Weatherly was a crushing 4 min. 41 sec. ahead...
...muddy track in 7 min. 54.2 sec.-just 5 sec. off Michel Jazy's world record. FANTASTIC ! echoed Britain's Daily Herald, when Beatty ran the mile in 3 min. 56.5 sec. over a notoriously slow track at White City stadium-pulling four other competitors over the finish in less than four minutes. Moving up to a longer distance at Turku, Finland, Beatty then ran the 5,000 meters in 13 min. 45 sec., beating his own listed American record by 6.8 seconds...
...slammed into the water of Chicago's Portage Park pool, arms flailing and legs churning. On the fourth lap, the freckle-faced blonde in Lane 4 began to pull away-increasing her lead with each powerful stroke, while her competitors strained vainly to match her pace. At the finish of the 1,500-meter freestyle, Carolyn House was a full 30 meters ahead. Her time: 18 min. 44 sec.-smashing the world record by 18.8 sec. During the next three days at the A.A.U. championships, 17-year-old Carolyn added the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle titles...