Word: rakhmanov
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...room behind the stage of Olympiisky Stadium, they cannot help but steal a glance at the closed curtains of cubicle No. 17. There, in the corner of the vast hall, Alexeyev rests, stretched out on a bed, all 6 ft. 3 in. and 328 Ibs. of him. Sultan Rakhmanov, 30, Alexeyev's former protege and now his chief Soviet rival, works the room, shaking hands and greeting competitors, flashing a smile of angelic sweetness incongruous on his large frame (6 ft. 1 in., 365 Ibs.). He is wearing a faded T shirt and an old pair of black pants...