Word: oolong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dash-just .2 sec. off the world record - runs the 120-yd. high hurdles in 13.9 sec., broad-jumps 25 ft. 5 in., high-jumps 6 ft. 4 in., whirls the javelin 238 ft. 7 in. But the pole vault is not Yang's cup of oolong. Until his big jump Yang had never gone higher than 14 ft. 7 in. in competition. "I used to hate practicing the pole vault." he says. "I was forever getting hit on the head by the pole. I even used to talk to the pole. I'd say, 'Be good...