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Julia L. Trotman '88, who took third place in the European Class singlehanded women's sailing competition, became the third Harvard athlete to win an Olympic bronze medal, David C. Berkoff '89 earned his bronze in the men's 100 backstroke and Anna B. Seaton '86 won hers in the women's crew pairs race...
...women's gymnastics, favored Kim Zmeskal slipped on the balance beam in the team competition (but recouped to help the U.S. to a bronze medal), then bounced out of bounds -- and contention -- in floor exercises in the women's all-around. Shannon Miller stepped gracefully into the breach and took silver. Americans Mike Stulce and James Doehring won unexpected gold and silver in the shot put. And though America's women swimmers were surprised by the Chinese, who seemed to be picking up where the East Germans left off, the U.S. generally did well in the water. In 1988 American...
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...strains of the Russian anthem faded, veterans Biondi with a silver medal and Jager with a bronze found themselves looking up at the 6-ft. 6-in., 192-lb. frame of Alexander Popov, a fresh-faced 20-year-old who was virtually unknown in swimming circles until last year. Popov's gold in the 50- m race followed his victory two days earlier in the 100-m freestyle, where Biondi holds the world record. At the postrace press conference, Popov was asked how it was possible to succeed amid the chaos of the former Soviet ( Union. "We were preparing...
...issue posed by the '92 Games is not the coverage's quality. (The judging from here: a respectable bronze medal for Bob Costas' cool authority in the anchor booth and those welcome stretches of silence from the gymnastics commentators during crucial routines.) The issue is quantity. NBC scheduled a typically excessive 161 hours of coverage over the Olympics fortnight. In addition, the network put together an elaborate pay-per-view package: three additional channels of events, running 24 hours a day (12 of them live). Cost: a hefty $125 for the 15-day package...