Word: golds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back in 1976, when Jerry Ford was still President and Shirley Babashoff was still queen of American women's swimming, the muscular mermaids from the German Democratic Republic capped their dramatic rise to aquatic supremacy by taking 11 of 13 gold medals at the Montreal Olympics. This past summer, a band of upstart teenagers from the U.S., weaned on heavy weight-training programs and enticed by the prospect of increasingly available college scholarships, startled more than a few people at the World Championships in West Berlin by swiping nine gold medals while their supposedly awesome rivals managed only...
...second annual USA Women's International Swimming Competition, held at Harvard's Blodgett Pool this past weekend, was supposed to be the German team's first shot at avenging their embarrassment at Berlin. At first glance, the meet results show that they did so with style: 7 gold medals and 2 U.S. Open records (basically equivalent to world records for yards). But the real story behind this weekend's gathering was the guests who didn't show up--among them Tracy Caulkins (five gold medals, four world records at Berlin), Joan Pennington (two golds, one silver), Kim Linehan (former...
...Brave!!!" "It sure would have been nice if they were here." sure would have been nice if they were here." said the 14-year-old Woodhead, who swam in the meet for the Riverside. Calif. Aquatic Association despite her suspension, after the Germans racked up four of seven gold medals Saturday night...
...team, after being shut out in the gold medal department on Saturday night when the GDR copped four, bounced back with three last night to tie the Germans in total medals. Throw in a couple of surprising performances by some American club swimmers, and the end result was enough to make you understand the rabid nationalism of the cheering U.S. team...
...fourth in the 200 individual medley and a bronze medal with the American "B" team in the 400 freestyle relay on Saturday night; followed by a fourth in the 400 individual medley, a singularly impressive silver medal in the 200 fly, and then a climactic gold for her butterfly leg of the American 400 medley relay on Sunday night...