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...takes a decathlon athlete to truly appreciate what Jenner has done," summed up 1968 Decathlon Gold Medalist Bill Toomey. "It was total artistry, a beautiful composition." Citing the controlled intensity of Jenner's performance, Toomey added: "He was like a hand grenade ready to explode. And he held the pin until the Olympics. He was hungry, extremely motivated. That element was missing from a lot of American performances...
Years from now I will no longer remember that the defending gold medalist had coasted along in second place before making his move at the beginning of the bell lap, ending the mounting suspense with a blistering finish. The controversy over blood doping will be forgotten. But that victory tour of the massive stadium will remain in my mind, not because of the uproar raised by Puma and Adidas over Viren's "blatantly commercial" display of his shoes, but because of the spontaneous surge of nationalist feeling by flag waving, chanting Finns for their tired hero. The only reason that...
...star running back on the girls' flag football team at Rice University. Her 50-yard near-touchdown run (she slipped three yards from the goal line) made the front page of the Houston Chronicle. In Montreal last week, Schreiber tested her speed against the former U.S. Olympic gold medalist Wyomia Tyus; after an interview, they were caught in a sudden downpour and had to race for cover. Who won? This time Schreiber is keeping the results "a deep dark secret...
...field will be handled by Keith Jackson, assisted by Experts Marty Liquori (the distance runner injured in the Olympic trials), Brian Oldfield (a former Olympic shot-putter), Bob Seagren (of pole vault and superstar fame), O.J. Simpson (he ran sprints before sweeps) and Wyomia Tyus (100-meter gold medalist in 1964 and 1968). Jackson, along with Bill Flemming and former Olympic Stars Mark Spitz, Donna de Varona and Micki King, will cover swimming and diving, while Chris Schenkel with Cathy Rigby Mason, America's Olga Korbut, will report gymnastics. Boxing and freestyle wrestling will be called by familiar Mouth...
...decathlon competition at Munich four years ago, Russian Gold Medalist Nikolai Avilov was still catching his breath when a young man approached him, shook his hand and announced he would take Avilov's crown away from him at the next Olympics. "I took a good look," Avilov recalls. "Just think, a kid who had placed way down the list somewhere [tenth] threatening to beat...