Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...medal. Biondi, leading at 98 meters, was caught awkwardly between strokes and, a relative newcomer to the fly, tried to glide to the wall. "I was afraid if I took another stroke, what would touch first would be my nose," he explained gloomily. But Nesty, who won the same race in the Pan American Games last year, belonged on the Olympic victory stand, and so did a surprising number of athletes from countries whose representatives used to disappear in the prelims. What happened long ago in track was now evident in swimming: world beaters were bobbing up from all over...
...hurt," said Evans, as a masseur worked over her after her 400-medley victory. "The day after a race, I hurt all over." But in her 400 free rouser it was the trailing East German powerhouses, Heike Friedrich and Anke Moehring, who hurt first. Biondi's coach Nort Thornton offered a clue: "You think Janet doesn't have the body? She's a heart and lung pump, an incredible aerobic machine. Her chest expansion is six inches, and that's two or three inches more than any other woman on the team." Against Friedrich and Moehring, Evans' rare aerobic gifts...
...meter relay. He speculated wryly that the loss might even give him the motivation to make the national water-polo team (he was a four-time All-American at Berkeley), stay with it and compete at Barcelona in 1992. In any case, the racing career of this big, likable man was blazing to a close. He is a social fellow in a loner's sport, and the relays have given him the comradeship he needs. As swimming wound down, he anchored the U.S. 4 X 100 free relay team (Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey and Tom Jager were the other members...
...touched Janet Evans. She went out fast in her last race, the 800- meter free, and hung on for a new Olympic record, finishing the meet with three golds in three tries. That accomplished, she planned a shop-till-you- drop expedition in Seoul's Itaewon market district. One old hero, the great Michael Gross of West Germany, seemed to have come to earth. Until the meet's last days, the lanky "Albatross," who dominated the '84 games, had managed only a bronze in the 4 X 200 relay. Now, one more time, he set out to dominate the field...
...With only a few primaries remaining, Ronald Reagan had the Republican nomination sewn up. Yet one challenger, George Bush, doggedly stayed in the race. Bush's campaign manager and best friend, James Baker, pleaded with him to withdraw. Bush refused. Finally Baker announced at a press conference that Bush was pulling out of the California primary because of lack of funds. Bush, in New Jersey, was shocked when he learned from reporters of Baker's statement and immediately flew to Houston to confront his campaign manager. The incident came close to ending Bush and Baker's friendship. But Bush...