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...often set the pace. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Yale graduate became the first American in more than 50 years to win the marathon, and the attention he received helped quicken interest in the running boom. In 1976 Shorter came back to win a silver medal in Montreal. His 140-mile training weeks left him little opportunity to support himself as a lawyer, however, so he challenged the Amateur Athletic Union's rules prohibiting sports-related income. In a precedent-setting case that has helped other athletes, Shorter convinced the A.A.U. that his manufacturing of running gear should...
Unofficial estimates put construction costs at about $375 million, or less than half the totals for both Munich and Montreal. While refusing to give an official cost estimate, the Soviet government does say that income from sports lotteries, tour ism, commemorative stamp sales, souvenirs and television rights should more than cover building costs. The Soviets also point out that all the new Olympic facil ities will be put to good use after the games. The Olympic Village (see box), for example, will become a housing project for 12,000 lucky citizens. Indeed, the 1980 Olympics will be not just...
...competitors and coaches will live two to a room in 3,540 two-and three-bedroom suites. The apartment interiors are strikingly modern in design, and sport natural-wood surfaces, tasteful wallpaper and extra-long beds. Each suite has its own kitchen, balcony and bath. Compared with Montreal, where as many as eleven athletes were crammed into a single apartment, the Moscow facility should be a paradigm of comfort. Security measures should be less obtrusive too. There will be two circles of fencing, and gates will be closely monitored, but armed soldiers will not be perched on balconies as they...
...seat movie theaters and even a discothèque. Already scheduled are performances by the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet companies and by the Beryozhka folk dancers. One bit of bad news for devotees of the high life: there will be no beer halls like the popular one in Montreal...
...Montreal had won two of the three games played so far with the Cubs; but ace hurler Rick Reuschel was scheduled to pitch for the Cubs that day, which gave Chicagoans heart. My resident sage, though, had other thoughts...