Word: meters
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Other events in yesterday's competition were the high hurdles, the javelin, and the 1500-meter run. The decathlon began on Thursday with the 100 meters, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump, and the 400 meters. Kulash cleared 6 ft. 1 in. in the high jump, his specialty...
From there it was no contest. At 500 meters Radcliffe had a 16 second lead (roughly four lengths) which increased to 24 seconds by the end of the 1000-meter course. Radcliffe finished with a good 4:15 clocking...
...house lights dim in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Miler Marty Liquori, acting as M.C. and resplendent in his $250 tuxedo, will direct the crowd's attention to a spotlighted sprinter crouching in the blocks. "He is co-holder of the world 100-meter record, and has run the fastest 200 meters in history," Liquori will spiel. The runner tenses for an introductory dash down the board track. "Let's have a big welcome for-JOHN CARLOS...
...mile run. Another I.T.A. innovation was pacer lights; spaced every ten yards along the track, the lights told both the competitors and the crowd what pace the racers were maintaining. Running against the lights, Lee Evans broke Martin Bilham's indoor world record in the 600-meter...
Sato placed 23rd in the 1-meter dive while Cervilla, plagued by a cold throughout the meet, failed to perform up to her qualifying times in her event, the 50-yd. butterfly...