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...economy is a bit like an Olympic bicycle racer rolling along with the breeze at his back. Once he builds up speed, not even powerful brakes can bring him to an abrupt stop. And so, after barreling ahead at an 8.8% annual growth rate during the first half of 1984, the economy will slow in the coming months, but it still has enough momentum to keep going at least through 1985. Even a national auto strike against GM would have only a limited and temporary impact, unless it lasted for many months...
...Then, on the other side, in Lane 5, Annemarie Verstappen of The Netherlands, a lanky and apparently boneless 19-year-old, pulled to the slightest of leads. But 25 meters from the finish, Hogshead caught Verstappen, and Steinseifer was catching Hogshead, chopping through a communal bow wave. The Dutch racer faltered, and the two Americans surged on. The Scoreboard at first registered Steinseifer as the winner, then corrected itself: the first two times were identical, 55.92 sec. For the first time ever, two gold medals were awarded in an Olympic swimming race. Verstappen got the bronze...
...Germany would ride away with virtually everything in the Games but the women's event. However, under the direction of a dynamic former Polish national coach, Edward Borysewicz, 44, better known as "Eddie B.," U.S. amateurs have risen to rank near the top in international competition. Professional Road Racer Greg LeMond, 23, came in third in the Tour de France last month, the highest place ever for a U.S. rider, while fellow American Marianne Martin, 26, won the women's version of the event...
Spurred by the energy crunch, perhaps by the movie Breaking Away, the story of a youth intent on becoming a world-class racer, the country is developing a passion for pedaling. In 1983 the U.S. Cycling Federation issued 16,000 racing permits (9,000 in 1970); 10 million bikes will be shipped to stores for the country's 100 million riders. So it should have come as no surprise that 200,000 flag-waving aficionados gathered by the tile-roofed, half-a-million-dollar ranch homes in Mission Viejo, 50 miles south of Los Angeles...
...Kevlar-cycle for the 4,000-meter individual pursuit race. In this two-man event, a competitor chases an opponent who starts on the opposite side of the banked track. If he catches him, it's over; otherwise, the fastest time wins. Hegg took Rolf Golz, an experienced racer from West Germany by 4 sec. for the gold. After squeaking through quarterfinals in the team pursuit, where four-man squads shift leads to rest in the slipstream, the U.S. cyclists confronted the highly favored West Germans in the semis. The Germans, however, started too fast and lost a fatigued...