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...through the traffic of Turin. Another American, Dave Wottle, who qualified for the 1,500-meter run even though he was soundly beaten by Ryun, found unexpected consolation. Entering the 800 meters, a tune-up for the 1,500, Wottle tied the world record of 1:44.3. At Munich, Wottle could run into-literally as well as figuratively, considering the rough race the 800 usually is-a cluster of Kenyans...
...Hill and Willie Davenport. Milburn still ranks as the favorite, but he is clearly not invincible. In the discus, Jay Silvester of Orem, Utah, was the world record holder beaten by Al Oerter in 1968. He holds the record again (224 ft. 5 in.) as he goes to Munich, and Oerter has retired. But Silvester's top competition, Ricky Bruch of Sweden, has not. Once notorious for his temper tantrums and a tempestuous love life, the bearded "Giant from Skane" seems to have settled down as a serious contender...
...Feuerbach, who has hair like Samson's and a mustache like Fu Manchu's, releases the shot with a banzai-type yell. Oldfield competed at the U.S. trials in a brief, floral-patterned swimsuit and a low-cut fishnet jersey. If these Americans fail to stir the Munich stadium crowds, West German Uwe Beyer almost certainly will. After winning the bronze medal in the hammer throw at Tokyo in 1964, Beyer gave up sport to enter his Nordic features and Mr. Atlas physique in show business. He flopped first in the movies, then as a crooner and vanished...
...track and field program will include a 1,500-meter race for the first time. One contender is Vera Nikolic of Yugoslavia. During a semifinal heat of the 800 meters in 1968, Vera suddenly stopped and fled the track in tears, overcome by a broken romance. In Munich, Vera will probably compete in both the 800 and 1,500. In the former, though, gospel-singing Madeline Manning Jackson of Columbus will be trying to duplicate the gold medal she won last time in Mexico. Other U.S. hopes in women's track include Metric Miler Francie Larrieu, who proudly calls...
...pancaked this fellow, and I heard him screaming underneath me," he recalls. "I thought his back was broken. But it was his neck. He was paralyzed from the neck down." Taylor won the match, of course, but he lost much of his meanness. If he gets it back before Munich, he might trouble the only wrestler ever to have whipped him: 280-lb. World Champion Alexander Medved of Russia. Another Soviet giant is 330-lb. Weight Lifter Vasily Ivanovich Alexeyev. Agile enough to play volleyball, easygoing Alexeyev has set 54 world records in the super-heavyweight division since March...