Word: medals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...boxer Evander Holyfield and Greek track star Voula Patoulidou, ran around the track together and handed off to U.S. swimmer Janet Evans. She ran up the ramp and passed the torch to a large man emerging from the shadows. As Cassius Clay, he had won the light-heavyweight gold medal in Rome, and as Muhammad Ali, he became the most famous athlete in the world. But a lifetime of blows has left him with Parkinson's syndrome and robbed him of his quick wit and physical skills. So when Ali bravely took the torch and, with a trembling...
...body betrays him. The key, O'Brien has learned, is the number one, as in "one day at a time, one event at a time, one throw at a time, one jump at a time." And when the past, present and future converge at Centennial Olympic Stadium, one gold medal for all time...
...Czech women's contingent, simply refused to return to Czechoslovakia. The drama will be in the number of Cubans or the names. Is it possible that Felix Savon, the great heavyweight boxer, or a flame-throwing pitcher named Omar Luis or even Linares might bolt before receiving his gold medal? "Anything is possible," says El Gordo. "Something will happen...
ATLANTA: Jackie Joyner-Kersee's bid for an unprecedented third straight heptathlon gold medal ground to a halt when she pulled out after one event Saturday with an injured right hamstring. Joyner-Kersee, who has been bothered by the hamstring injury for months, had the second-fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles. She appeared to re-injure the heavily bandaged hamstring as she jumped over the final hurdle. After a long rain delay between the hurdles and the high jump portion of the competition, Joyner-Kersee, limping badly, pulled out at the urging of her husband and coach Bobby...
ATLANTA: The floor exercise decided Thursday's women's gymnastic individual all-around. While Lilia Podkopayeva of Ukraine, performing to an Irish jig, delighted the crowd and judges with her emotional floor routine, Dominique Dawes and Shannon Miller saw their medal hopes dashed by one misplaced foot and one slip on the same event. China's Mo Huilan, who was tied with Podkopayeva entering the final floor routine, stepped out of bounds clinching the gold for Podkopayeva. The Dream Teens -->