Word: medley
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...over 20 sec. against longtime rival and Olympic teammate Tom Jager. He endorses swimsuits and looks ultra-hip in a TV ad campaign for ) sunglasses. In Barcelona, Biondi, 26, will appear in at most four events -- the 50- and 100-m freestyle races, a freestyle relay and perhaps the medley relay -- and only in the relays is he a solid bet for gold. If he wins medals of any color in all four, however, he will top the career mark of 11 by a male swimmer. The recordholder: Mark Spitz...
...other Olympic sport has the competitive picture been so transformed. East Germany doesn't exist anymore; neither does the steroid program that artificially enhanced its athletes. Meanwhile, so much American talent has ripened that Evans didn't qualify for this year's team in the 400-m individual medley, an event in which she won gold four years ago. Overall, U.S. women stand a good chance of winning a record-tying 11 of 15 events, and eight team members rank as at least co-favorites in one or more individual races. For the first time in decades, the U.S. women...
...took $30,000 in stipends from U.S. swimming officials, plus $10,000 for setting two world records at the team trials. That money is a trickle compared with what will come if she wins the 100-m and 200-m breaststroke and adds a gold in the medley relay...
EVENTS:Freestyle, individual medley, backstroke...
...most interesting instrumentation, though, is on first two songs: "You make the Whole World Cry" and "Elephant." In the first track, Tikaram cleverly combines guitar and percussion to complement a medley of synthesizers and saxophones. She literally creates a wave of rich sound that carries you away with its intense, inherent emotion...