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Bobby Thompson, who joined the team just last week, demonstrated that his game is in fine shape, carving out a 74 over the tricky Concord layout to capture medalist honors by four strokes. Thompson was fortunate to start his round on the backside, which is far less demanding than the treacherously tight front nine...
...last year's medalist, once again humbled the 40-man field with back to back rounds of 69 and 70. He finished a full seven strokes ahead of the pack...
...rising wind, Mueller churned through the 1,000-meter showdown more than a second faster than his closest pursuer-an overwhelming margin of victory in a race where finishers are clustered within hundredths of a second. For Mueller, 21, fiancé of the 1,500-meter silver medalist Leah Poulos, the victory was the payoff for 15 years of gruelling training. "He's crazy about this sport," says Poulos. "Peter can never stop working. He just can't be bad at anything he does." Says Mueller simply: "I just love to go fast...
...grandfather worked as an electrician. Though he was excellent in compulsory figures, he was never an inspired free skater; Fassi's best showing was a third in the 1953 world championships. He began coaching Italians in 1956, and later took on Europeans and Americans-including 1968 Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming...
...that power perfected becomes grace. Skating with elan and subtle musicality, she skims over the ice, gliding smoothly into jumps that flow without hesitation into spins and spirals. There are no seams in her skating. "Every move is right, every line is clean," says two-time figure-skating Gold Medalist Dick Button. "Everything is in the right position." Charles Foster, a judge at the U.S. championships in Colorado Springs last month, put it this way: "Dorothy skates with finesse; she performs a difficult program, works at high speed, plus she interprets the music with feeling. She's a beautiful...