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...York City in 1987 to further his career. In the meantime, he fulfilled a lifelong "obsession" with water and taught himself to swim. Despite an awkward technique, he was a fast learner. During workouts at Lehman College, he met John Collins, who coaches, among others, 1992 gold medalist Lea Loveless, and who was impressed with Senakwami's determination. The Togolese took a leave from his job with the Boys Choir of Harlem and began training six or more hours a day. Soon he was swimming the 100-m freestyle in 60 sec.--off the record of 48.21 but respectable nonetheless...
TRACK Led by double Olympic medalist Rebecca Twigg and four-time world champion Connie Paraskevin-Young, the U.S. women will win their share of races against strong cyclists from France and Italy. There could be a great sprint battle between Marty Nothstein of the U.S. and Curt Harnett of Canada...
...free) and Daniel Kowalski (200-, 400- and 1,500-m free). Russia has Barcelona star Aleksandr Popov, who's looking to repeat his 50- and 100-m double. But most eyes in Atlanta will be upon the Americans: Gary Hall Jr., son of three-time Olympic medalist Gary Sr., in the 50-m free; Tom Dolan in the 400-m free and 400-m individual medley relay; and Tripp Schwenk in the 100- and 200-m backstroke...
...sort that most athletes can only dream of achieving. He claimed his first world record (19 ft. 2 1/4 in.) in 1984, the same year the Soviet boycott forced him to miss the L.A. Olympics (two weeks before, he jumped six inches higher than the eventual gold medalist). He won a gold of his own at Seoul in 1988, and then set his sights on 20 ft.--a seemingly superhuman barrier that like the four-minute mile and the 8-ft. high jump, was regarded for years as insurmountable. He crashed through the ceiling in March 1991 and then, during...
...never stopped swimming either. In May her family gave her a 90th birthday party and then put her on a plane for the U.S. Masters Swimming Championships in Cupertino, California. Aileen, the youngest female gold medalist in 1920 (and oldest living female one in the U.S.), won four gold medals in her age group...