Word: medals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...front of Memorial Church at their regular Sunday afternoon meetings, but the club takes its juggling seriously. Last summer, members strutted their stuff at the International Juggling Association festival and competition in Niagara Falls, where Joseph A. Cousin '02 juggled nine balls for 22 catches--and won a gold medal for his efforts...
Even so, better fed and more scientifically conditioned than any previous generation, today's senior athletes are stretching their bodies' performance beyond what was once thought possible. Some are even winning phantom races against young champions of the past, swimming and running faster, jumping higher and farther than Olympic medal winners in their prime early in the century. One bettered Johnny Weissmuller, who went on to become Hollywood's most famous Tarzan (see chart...
...vaulted onto the garage. That was the beginning of a career that took him to the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Going into the finals in the decathlon, he needed only to clear his usual height of 14 ft. 10 in., in the pole vault to win a bronze medal. But he pulled a groin muscle and had to withdraw...
...Accurate, but no length." He trained for jumping at a local high school, but for understandable liability reasons, the school did not offer javelin instruction. So Duckman watched videotapes of the best javelin throwers in the world and slowed the action to study their style. He won a bronze medal in the '95 Games with a toss...
...doesn't want to appear to be "poaching" China's best players. While a Chinese star would help ratings, a big indigenous basketball market may be even more important. And the Chinese want to win. They have hopes of a medal in Sydney next year. Though Beijing has permitted a few soccer players to work in Europe, its Sports Ministry keeps them mostly at home, training, Soviet-style, for the next Olympics. China's free market does not yet extend to national treasures like Wang...