Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1930s, I know that today's tracks are faster, shoes are better and training methods superior. I have seen both Lewis and Owens in action, and would say that they would be dead even in the sprints. Lewis might rate a slight edge in the long jump...
...some young U.S. hammer throwers be inspired, he will be pleased. "They need to learn how to compete," he said kindly. "A lot of them are marshmallows." The winner, Finland's Juha Tiainen, sighed, "It's not the same without the Eastern bloc countries." In the high jump, the celebrities were World Record Holder Zhu Jianhua of China and Dwight Stones of the U.S., but the winner was Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany. He never missed at any height until everyone else was out and, alone with the bar, he tried raising...
...second best long jump in Olympic history, 28 ft. ¼ in., thrilled Moscow four years ago when East German Lutz Dombrowski accomplished it. By the exact measurement, although a slightly different standard, Los Angeles was a little disappointed with Carl Lewis. He reached that distance on his first jump, fouled on the second and folded the rest. If it was more than a foot less than he could have done, it was almost a foot more than he had to do. Stopping was good track and bad theater: some of the $60 customers, not including Bob Beamon, booed. "My friend...
First, two Saturdays ago, he won the 100-meter dash. As the aficionados put it, Lewis was fast and Sam Graddy only quick. The time was 9.99, the margin comfortable. Then the long jump, and it could have been mailed in. "My strategy will be the same as always," he announced beforehand, "to pop a very big jump early and make everyone chase after me. If I feel 'on' after my first jump, I might take a second." For a personal Olympic motto he chose: "A gold medal is first. The world record is last." If his priorities...
...Olympics was this 100-meter leg. Smith's famous early burst won the lead, and Lewis' 8.94 split topped off the first world record of the Olympic track meet: 37.83. Lewis' sister Carol, who had failed to make the finals in the women's long jump, greeted him with a bouquet and a heart-shaped balloon-hearts and flowers. "This has been the time of my life," he said. "I'm tired emotionally and physically. The world record lifts me up." He planned to celebrate by jumping fully clothed into a swimming pool...