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...Like most of the veterans, she has survived a low period in which training and competition made no sense. Now, entered in a single race, the 200-meter freestyle, she finished second behind Teammate Mary Wayte, 19, only a year younger but a generation fresher, since she is a postboycott team member. Afterward Woodhead was radiant, satisfied. Mary T. Meagher, an elderly 19, is satisfied too, and she should be. As a 15-year-old she was favored to win both butterflies at Moscow. Instead she hit her peak a year later, setting a 100-meter mark that neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Tidal Wave off Winners | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

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