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...finals in Tokyo because of a pulled thigh muscle. Last year, he again made the Olympic team and again was troubled by injuries. It was apparently just the kind of pressure he needed. He relaxed his way into the finals and then tied an Olympic record for the 110-meter hurdles with a winning time of 13.3 seconds...
Murphy, Eastern champ in the three-meter dive two years ago, has just perfected a double-twist dive for use in the one-meter competition. "Bill looks really loose and his timing is great," assistant coach Benn Merritt said last night. "With this new dive, I expect him to win the one-meter as well as the three-meter," Merritt said...
Today's events are the 400-yard medley relay, the one-meter diving, and the 50-yard and 500-yard freestyles...
Murphy turned in another excellent performance in the diving, easily out-pointing his Eli opponents. On the basis of his diving this season, Murphy is the favorite to recapture the three-meter crown at the Eastern Seaboards next weekend at Yale...
...most likely Crimson candidate to earn a first is diver Bill Murphy. Murphy is probably the best diver in the league, and should be able to beat Yale's Paul Priebe in both the one-meter and the three-meter...