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...maneuver in which she flies off the high bar, twists 360[degrees] in the air like a diver heading for the water, grabs the bar, swings through and does it all over again. "When I saw it, I couldn't believe she did that," says Comaneci, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, of the double release that Ray was the first to master in competition...
...from the body. Adidas' version uses a compression Lycra that, the company claims, minimizes muscle vibration. Swimming's international governing body has ruled the suits do not enhance performance, and they can be worn at the Olympics. Tom Malchow, for one, will be wearing one. The 1996 Olympic silver medalist smashed the world record in the 200-m butterfly in one of the suits earlier this month. No wonder USA Swimming's Charlie Snyder predicts "a massive dressing room-like situation after the team is selected, with all 52 members trying on different versions of the suit." Perhaps athletes...
...Fiennes. The first of them, Ignatz, changes his name to Sors, in order to advance his career as a judge faithfully serving the empire. He ends up bitter and betrayed. His son Adam abandons his religion in order to join the right fencing club. He becomes an Olympic gold medalist, but--in the film's most haunting sequence--dies in a concentration camp denying his lost Judaism. His son Ivan becomes a communist bureaucrat, then revolts against that totalitarianism. The picture ends virtually as the century does, with Ivan melting into a crowd, all ambitions, all faiths abandoned...
...past four seasons, the team has benefited from the help of former Soviet National Coach Granit Taropin as well as former Harvard All-American Andy McNerney '83. Joining the staff this year was DeNunzio, Harvard's second two-time All-American. Former Olympic Gold Medalist Kendall Cross also volunteers his time to help the team, and has proved an invaluable asset these past few years...
...each of the past two years, Martin had finished fifth in the 1650 freestyle. Last year, his time of 14:58.38 broke the school record of Olympic silver-medalist Bobby Hackett '79. Martin also finished 12th in the 500 freestyle his sophomore year and 11th his junior year...