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...sports fans, they will be entering the second week of an imaginary Olympiad, hunching over the agate type in their sports sections and asking some tantalizing questions. What if Renaldo Nehemiah were running the 110-meter hurdles? What if Mac Wilkins were throwing the discus? What if Larry Myricks were competing in the long jump, and the U.S. basketball team were challenging the Soviets on their home court? Like home-team boosters everywhere, they will know the answers with a visceral certainty. Gold. Gold. Gold. So, too, will many Soviets, whatever face they put upon their diminished Olympiad...
...least four U.S. men would have been favored to win gold medals in track and field: Edwin Moses (400-meter hurdles), Renaldo Nehemiah (110-meter hurdles), Larry Myricks (long jump) and Mac Wilkins (discus). In addition, Sprinters James Sanford (100 meters), LaMonte King (200) and Billy Mullins (400) have world-best times this year...
...done when he qualified for the team that year-there were moments of world-class jubilation. Karin Smith, 24, last week's women's javelin champion, danced around the infield, stabbing her fist into the air. Anthony Campbell, 20, who finished third behind heavily favored Renaldo Nehemiah in the 110-meter hurdles, leaped so high for joy that he could have qualified in the high jump...
...book paused at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden when he could not resist proudly lifting his index finger at the tape. That gesture of triumph may have cost him another world record-he finished the 60 yds. in 6.89 sec., just .01 off his best time-but Renaldo Nehemiah has no regrets: "Up to this point, there were still a few doubts about my dominance. But now I know...
Clearest Signs that the '60s Are Dead: Bob Dylan's Renaldo and Clara, the Bee Gees in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...