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...those splendid matchups that rarely occur in a sport in which the race is not against another but against the clock. The pairings for speed skating are a matter of pure chance. For the 500 meters last week, the draw for the inner lane was the Soviets' Kulikov, the current world record holder in the event and the gold medal winner in 1976. For the outer lane: Eric Heiden...
When Heiden skated onto the ice, the crowd chanted rhythmically, "Eric! E-ric!" Heiden and Kulikov stripped down to their sleek, skintight uniforms. Their hair was tucked into constricting hoods that improve their aerodynamics but, says Heiden, make it hard to breathe in any position other than a skater's crouch...
...Russians as usual came away with the lion's share of the winter medals. They picked up a host of prizes in speed skating, where Evgeni Kulikov, 25, and Valeri Muratov, 29, finished one-two in the 500. The Russian hockey machine, as expected, finished first...
Soviet army leaders have also been quick to crush the nascent hope that a reduction in military spending would result in more consumer goods for the people. On the contrary, asserted Soviet Chief of Staff Victor Kulikov recently, "the process of preparation for a new war, of accumulating and perfecting weapons continues and has even intensified in capitalist countries." As a result, he said, "the Soviet armed forces are maintaining their defense capabilities at the necessary level...
...remain in Communist China) are waiting and praying to follow them. After months of citified idleness, they itch to get back to felling trees, building houses, tilling the soil-and to go on worshiping in their own way. "We don't want to travel any more," says Elder Kulikov. "We never want to see Soviet Russia again. All we want is peace and hard work...