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Breast beating is common enough in Izvestia. But what was the problem that aggravated the Russians this time? The disappointing showing of Soviet athletes at last month's Olympic Games. The final medal standings at the Mexico City games showed the U.S. with 45 gold, 28 silver and 34 bronze for a total of 107, compared with Russia's 29 gold, 32 silver, 30 bronze and a total of 91. Track and field was an utter debacle for the Russians, who managed to win only three events while the U.S. was winning 15. Every bit as embarrassing...
Their lead is usually staggering too: in Mex ico, about one medal per 350,000 population v. the U.S.'s one medal...
...short, they did provide insight as to the thrill and drama of the Games. But while you gave credit to the dominance of the American swim team, the name of Charlie Hickcox was absent. Fast becoming the Yanks' premier male swimmer, Hickcox grabbed three golds and a silver medal in Mexico. He annexed the 200-and 400-meter individual medley crowns and swam to a second place in the 100-meter backstroke. He also led off America's world-record-setting medley relay team. Hickcox now holds world records in the two individual medleys and the American record...
...foreign-aid agency. He has been nominated for two Purple Hearts for wounds during and since Tet, for the Bronze Star with a V for valor when he rescued four wounded Vietnamese troops from an ambush late in March, and for the South Vietnamese Chuong My medal-the highest a civilian...
...medal ceremony in which Smith and Carlos bowed their heads during the national anthem and raised clenched fists, Hoffman happened to be sitting with Smith's and Carlos's wives. According to Hoffman, Pete Axthelm, a Newsweek correspondent, had invited the two wives over to sit with them during the race...