Word: olympicsized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ALVINDEE BELL, 19; LOS ANGELES, CALIF.; student Leaving work one day in March, Bell heard screams. The strapping young man rescued a teenage girl from an attacker who was later charged with sexual battery. Bell, a developmentally disabled youth who participates in the Special Olympics, received a city council commendation...
Quick! can you name the five sports constituting the modern pentathlon? That's O.K. Even die-hard sports fans probably don't know that shooting, fencing, swimming, horseback riding and running make up this unique event--which, like just about everything else in Atlanta, is a sellout. French nobleman Pierre...
The Dream Girls, a.k.a. the U.S. women's basketball team, won their 47th-straight game, defeating Cuba 106-58. Smothering defense helped turn a 58-32 halftime lead into a rout over a team that should be a medal contender in Atlanta. Lisa Leslie, the 6-ft. 5-in. center...
But it may well be a while before he does anything but row. Ruckman cites the "outside chance that I will stick around for four years and make a shot at the 2000 Olympics."
Ever since she watched Janet Evans swim to three golds in 1988, American Brooke Bennett has wanted to compete in the Olympics. Last year at the summer nationals, she broke Evans' eight-year winning streak in the 800-m freestyle. In March she beat Evans in the 800 at the...