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Preventing an East German sweep of the first week's bullion was the victory by Soviet Lina Kachusite in the 200-meter breaststroke. Behind by two seconds after 150 meters, she sprinted past a teammate to win by .07. Her time of 2:29.54 was slower than her own world record but comfortably ahead of Caulkins' 1980 best...
...extraverted university graduate from Sheffield, is the darling of the British sporting press. He was favored to win the 800, just as Ovett has been considered the likely winner of their next confrontation in this week's 1,500 meters. Approaching the final turn in last week's 800 meters, Coe was gliding right behind the leaders, poised to floor the accelerator in the stretch. But he waited too long. Ovett pulled into the lead and kept it with a punishing kick of his own. Coe, who also owns the world record in the 1,000 meters...
That will be a difficult task in the 1,500-meter freestyle, where Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union last week became the first man to break 15 minutes, an achievement that swimmers rank with running the mile in less than four minutes. Urged on by a chanting, cheering crowd, Salnikov, 20, finished in 14:58.27, more than four seconds below the world record set by Brian Goodell of the U.S. during the 1976 games. "If the U.S. swimmers were here in the pool, I'm sure my time would have been the same," he said afterward, speaking through...
...next day Salnikov picked up another gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, which the Soviets won in 7:23.50, almost three seconds off the world record. A day after that he added a third, winning the 400-meter freestyle in the Olympic record time of 3:51.31, more than half a second faster than Goodell's 1976 mark; his time was also a fraction faster than the top U.S. time this year, Mike Bruner...
...sports fans, they will be entering the second week of an imaginary Olympiad, hunching over the agate type in their sports sections and asking some tantalizing questions. What if Renaldo Nehemiah were running the 110-meter hurdles? What if Mac Wilkins were throwing the discus? What if Larry Myricks were competing in the long jump, and the U.S. basketball team were challenging the Soviets on their home court? Like home-team boosters everywhere, they will know the answers with a visceral certainty. Gold. Gold. Gold. So, too, will many Soviets, whatever face they put upon their diminished Olympiad...