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...reverse 3-1/2 somersault in the tuck position. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, it had a degree of difficulty of 3.4, compounded by 2-the number of divers who had died attempting it. But the Dive of Death is what Greg Louganis needed to win the gold medal in the 10-m platform competition, his second of the Games. He nailed it, straight in, no splash...
...said former Olympic diving champion Dr. Sammy Lee, "he was 10, and I knew he would be the greatest diver in history if he got the right coach." Lee became that coach, and at the '76 Olympics in Montreal the 16-year-old Louganis won a silver medal. It was also in Montreal that Louganis developed a big crush-on a Soviet diver called Yuri in the book. "I fell for him like a boulder off the 10-m platform," writes Louganis. It led to nothing more than a night of drunken cuddling. "It was the most natural thing...
...medals are very popular," explains the red-haired cashier, who asked not to be identified. "People buy them and have them blessed by a priest. There's real special meaning to them. The most popular is the miraculous medal and St. Christopher (the patron saint of travelers...
...years from now, an event like the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which ended a week ago in Providence, Rhode Island, may seem dated. A couple of hundred young people who have prevailed in regional contests slug it out for a national medal, with no monetary reward-how quaint. The nationals have always had pride of place, the only event in the sport to be regularly televised and, for an American skater, the imprimatur of success. Yes, there is a world championship, and every four years the perihelion of the Olympics. But to be national champ has meant being...
President Neil L. Rudenstine will present Lemmon with the award at a ceremony on April 29. The medal is "meant to go to an alumnus or alumna who has made a significant contribution to the arts," said Myra May-man, director of the Harvard University Office for the Arts...