Word: rudenkov
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...which fell 22 ft. 11 in. short of his world record. Proof of the caliber of competition at Rome: Connolly's losing throw was still a foot better than the Olympic record he set in 1956. Winner of the event was Russia's Vasily Rudenkov at 220 ft. 1% in. ¶In the men's 200 meters, a lanky Italian chemistry student named Livio Berut-ti, 21, rocked U.S. prestige by tying the world record of 20.5 sec. and finishing a stride in front of Ohio's Les Carney, whose time of 20.6 tied...
After his victory, Connolly finally admitted the cause for last year's poor showing. Two days after he lost to Vasily Rudenkov, in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. meet in Philadelphia, he had surgery for a hernia that had plagued him all season. Married to Discus Thrower Olga Fikotova, Czechoslovakia's 1956 Olympic gold medalist, Connolly has a simple explanation for his new strength: "A happy marriage and eating well." Other record breakers...
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