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Last year a viral infection stayed Steffi from Wimbledon, and while nobody concedes her a pre-eminent place yet on grass (she's seeded second), everyone seems sure the true heir to Evert-Navratilova has been found. And glamorous Argentine Gabriela Sabatini, 17, may be her baseliner-in-waiting. They are doubles partners and friends but could start a Centre Court rivalry next week in the quarterfinals. Evert says, "I can't believe how hard Steffi hits the ball." Her forehand especially. "She's wonderful," says Billie Jean King, who spotted Graf early. "Steffi always had better footwork than...
...Lewis copyright mark on your cover photograph reflects the true character of your subject. Lewis is apparently out for himself. A worthier cover subject would have been the U.S. men's gymnastics team or Gabriela Andersen-Schiess They, not Lewis, are true Olympians...
...delicate they all really are, and how fragile their dream. For every flying Carl Lewis there is a fallen Mary Decker, and the fullest appreciation of sport requires both. Joan Benoit breezes in gracefully from her marathon, while Gabriela Andersen-Schiess lurches along grotesquely behind, and the picture-memory of the spectators develops into a composite of both images-the terrific and the terrible-much more touching as an entry than either could be individually. The happiest circumstance, of course, is when they take turns. First U.S. Gymnast Mary Lou Retton rejoiced as Rumania's Ecaterina Szabo sighed, then...
...trials in May. For death-defying suspense, the spectacle of Gabriela reeling to a 37th-place finish was the most prolonged horror of the Games. She is a ski instructor in Sun Valley, Idaho, grotesquely adept at staying upright. Nobody in the Coliseum could either help, touch or help being touched by the looniness of the long-distance runner...
...sinewy, demolished the myths of frailty forever, and they did it with humor, grace, gaiety and even... sportsmanship. Try telling the women's rowing crew that women can't get along with each other, or the volleyball team that women lack commitment. Try telling the marathoners-collapsing Gabriela Andersen-Schiess and the surprise bronze-medal winner Rosa Mota- enough. These women tested their limits, and having the chance to do that is what sports and feminism are all about. -By Jane O'Reilly. Reported by Deborah Kaplan/Los Angeles