Word: indoor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long jump has been the exclusive bag of two men for so long that the event could have been called "The Ralph & Igor Show." Between them since 1960, the U.S.'s Ralph Boston, 28, and Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, 29, have broken and rebroken the world indoor and outdoor records eleven times, won four Olympic medals and dominated every meet they entered. So imagine the impertinence when a slender, 21-year-old sophomore from the University of Texas at El Paso swiped all the action from his elders...
Eight times so far this season, Bob Beamon has jumped against Boston, and beaten him every time. Ter-Ovanesyan has been sitting it out back home. Two months ago in Kansas City, Beamon sailed 27 ft. 1 in. to break the world indoor mark of 27 ft. set by the Russian in 1966. Two weeks ago, at the N.C.A.A. championships in Detroit, Beamon rubbed salt in the wound with a leap...
...freshman at the A.A.U. championships in Oakland last March, Beamon fouled on three of his four jumps. His one legal jump, though, was a full 15 in. better than he had ever done before-26 ft. 11½ in., good enough for a new American indoor record...
...that he has the world indoor record, Beamon has his sights on the outdoor record of 27 ft. 4¾ in., held jointly by Boston and Ter-Ovanesyan. And why not? After all, Bob got off a fantastic 27-ft. 7½-in. jump at the N.C.A.A. championships, only to find that he had fouled by ½ in. Ultimately, he aims for a 28-ft. jump-the distance it may take to win in the Olympics. "I'm not in good shape yet," says he. "I haven't really started my training...
Hardin, the little two-mile indoor record-setter, will double with Baker in the mile and two-mile, giving Harvard near-invincible distance strength...