Word: kazantsev
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Association's 10,000-meter championship in 1950, the 3,000-meter steeplechase title the next year. But he had run the steeplechase only eight times in all before going to Helsinki. And there he was up against the world's toughest competition: Russia's Vladimir Kazantsev, the Soviet Union's best bet for a gold medal in men's track. Kazantsev was merely coasting, hinted his modest compatriots, in setting an Olympic record of 8 min. 58 sec. in the first qualifying heat...
...time at Helsinki; when he was not running he was studying style and method for an event that is seldom run in the U.S. By the time he finished his qualifying heat, he had given even the Russians something to think about: a new Olympic record, seven seconds under Kazantsev's qualifying time...
...backstretch Kazantsev strained into a two-yard lead. Then, at the last water jump, the Russian stumbled and nearly took a header. Showing the new form he had picked up from watching the Europeans practice, Ashenfelter took off from the barrier in one smooth glide, splashed on one foot near the water's edge, swung up on the turf, then back on the track. Sailing over the final hurdle, he sprinted the last 30 yards, finished 6.2 sec. ahead of tottering Vladimir. His time: 8 min. 45.4 sec., the fastest steeplechase ever run on either side of the Iron...
Grinning happily, Steeplechaser Ashenfelter, the first American in 44 years to win an Olympic race of more than 800 meters, threw his arms around Kazantsev and Britain's John Disley (third by a hair), then rushed into the stands to embrace his pretty wife. Next day he got a cable from J. Edgar Hoover: "ALL YOUR...