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...jogging has aroused new interest and new hopes for a U.S. victory in the 26-mile 385-yd. race. That was evident when a record field of 1,398 turned out last week for the 77th running of the marathon. While the U.S. had such serious contenders as Olympian Jon Anderson and College Star Tom Fleming, most of the entrants were run-for-fun enthusiasts who pursue their lonely sport despite sneering remarks from passers-by and snarls from dogs snapping at their heels...
...Philadelphia 76ers opened this year's National Basketball Association draft yesterday by picking Olympian Doug Collins of Illinois State. Jim Brewer of Minnesota went second to Portland...
Former Crimson crew captain and Olympian Dave Sawyier '72, currently at Christ Church College, Oxford, will stroke the Oxford eight next Saturday in the Oxford-Cambridge boat race, and rowing enthusiasts watching from the banks say they have never seen a stroke work his crew so hard...
Thus, with a smell of the circus, professional track-a slickly packaged, hyped-up version of the oldest athletic show on earth-will officially vault into existence this Saturday night. Along with Olympian Carlos, the Big Show will feature Old Rivals Kip Keino and Jim Ryun competing in the mile, as well as Champion Shotputters Randy Matson and Brian Oldfield. Dallas Cowboys' Wide Receiver Bob Hayes, once known as the "fastest man on earth," will test his speed against Washington Redskin Defensive Back Clancy Williams in a 40-yd. sprint...
EVEN before France's voters went to the polls for this week's final runoff, the hotly contested election for a new National Assembly had already had a powerful impact on French politics. After 15 years of aloof, Olympian and, some would say, arrogant rule, President Georges Pompidou's Gaullists seemed visibly chastened by the surge of the Socialist-Communist opposition in the first-round voting. When the results showed the Gaullists and their allies trailing in the popular vote tally by an expected but still humiliating eight percentage points, government spokesmen began sounding unaccustomed notes...