Word: olympicsized
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Bayi is not the first East African to run into the record books. Kenyan Kip Keino won the 1,500-meter gold medal in the 1968 Olympics, Fellow Countryman Ben Jipcho is history's second fastest miler, and Ugandan John Akii-bua holds the world record in the 400...
Not that many people doubted him. Stones also holds the outdoor record ft. 6 1/2 in. in Munich, July 11, 1973 for the high jump. He owns a bronze medal from the 1972 Olympics and is favored to take the gold next year. He has won every meet he has...
This will be the last time Stones and Embree will meet this year except for the Penn Relays. Embree would like to continue his her over the cocky Stones with an eye towards the Olympics. "If he thinks he's jinxed this year." Embree said, "then I won't have...
That kind of privacy is nothing new for long-distance (the shortest run is 5 km., or 3.1 miles) ski racers in the U.S. For years they have been skiing in the shadow of downhill racers at home and always losing to Norwegians, Finns or Russians in international competition. Indeed...
Whatever their motivation, skiers competing for berths on the U.S. Olympic team have not ducked much pain lately. The program set up by the U.S. Ski Association, which organized competition in 1966 and has built training facilities in Utah, is brutal. Summer workouts begin with a 6-mile morning run...