Word: medals
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...Boorda knowingly award himself medal embellishments he did not earn? It would appear so. He received two commendations for serving in combat areas during the Vietnam War: first as weapons officer aboard the U.S.S. John R. Craig in 1965 and later as executive officer aboard the U.S.S. Brooke for 14 months from 1971 to 1973. But neither citation specifies that Boorda was qualified for the combat V--which, according to Navy rules, goes only to "individuals who are exposed to personal hazard due to direct hostile action...
...paid off for him. Nobody has got ahead of Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, his partner in the coxless pairs, for four years. Redgrave and Pinsent have racked up a string of more than 50 international wins in pairs, as well as four consecutive world championships and a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics...
Redgrave has a second--and even more enviable--record to worry about in Atlanta. He is attempting to win a gold medal in four successive Olympics. In addition to the gold he won with Pinsent in Barcelona, Redgrave has had rowing gold medals with other partners in 1984 and '88. To win a fourth would be a rare achievement. No rower has done it, and only three other athletes in the 100-year history of the Games have managed it. "Winning a fourth gold has been the motivation for carrying on with rowing for the last four years," says Redgrave...
...water polo without the water, or soccer but you use your hands," says handballer Thomas Fitzgerald. While the men's Olympic team is still far behind powerhouses France and Sweden, the women's, led by twins Tami and Toni Jameson, has a shot at the first U.S. medal in the sport...
...women foil fencers went into last week's World Cup in Atlanta with the top ranking and a chance to show their competitors from Italy, Germany and Romania that Americans will be medal contenders at the Olympics. What they left with, though, was a disappointing early-round defeat. "Our team wasn't really performing as a unit," said Ann Marsh, the No. 1 American. But, she adds, "by the Olympics we'll be able to pull it all together...