Word: hurdler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most notable absentees were distance specialists Jenny Stricker and Kristin Perini, jumper Mimi Sheller, sprinter Carol Kirton, thrower Kathy Durante and hurdler Erin Sugrue...
ACQUITTED. Edwin Moses, 29, Olympic gold medal hurdler; by a six-man, six- woman jury, of soliciting an act of prostitution; in Los Angeles. Undercover Officer Susan Gonzales testified that on Jan. 13 he offered her $100 for sex acts, but the jury apparently believed Moses' testimony that he pulled his car over on a Hollywood street only because he thought she recognized him, and that she suggested the sex acts, then asked how much money he had. Startled because she was dressed "normally," he told her $100. On the stand he said, "People come up to me every...
...preparations for the Games for more than a year, including our October 1983 cover story on how the Olympics were being financed. "I confess," says Holmes, "I am a certified Olympic nut. I knew it when I walked into the Coliseum for the opening ceremonies. I was with Hurdler Edwin Moses, whose journey was interrupted every few steps by people wanting to take his picture-not only spectators but other athletes, all wanting to preserve the special moment...
...only to Americans, to Olympians, the heart of the Games is the track meet, which started on the run over the weekend with Hurdler Edwin Moses going for his 105th straight victory...
...better he feels. On this humid Tuesday afternoon, as Lewis prepares for his final workout, the stands at the Santa Monica track are empty save for the security guards who only have eyes for stray spectators trying to pass through the chain-link fence. A female hurdler sprints along one side of the track. Lewis, his coach Tom Tellez, and Carl's friend Kirk Baptiste, a University of Houston sophomore who will run the 200 meter, set up shop on the opposite side. "Carl, go grab the tape measure!" Tellez yells from the stands. Lewis ambles over...