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...world-famed features range from the computerlike introspection of Bobby Fischer, 23, defending the U.S. chess title in Manhattan last week, to the craggy face of French Olympic Skier Jean-Claude Killy, 23, swooping through the slalom gates in Chile. It is World Record Miler Jim Ryun, 19, snapping news pictures for the Topeka Capital-Journal to prepare himself for the day when he can no longer break four minutes. It is Opera Singer Jane Marsh, 24, capturing first prize at Moscow's Tchaikovsky competition. It is Medal of Honor Winner Robert...
Above all, L'Équipe is thorough. To cover the World Cup soccer tournament, which ended last week in England (see SPORT), the paper sent over 13 reporters, three cartoonists and four photographers. When U.S. Miler Jim Ryun recently set a new world record in Berkeley, Calif., L'Équipe ran his picture on the front page under a banner headline; inside, the paper devoted the better part of a page to a description of his feat, and postrace interviews with Ryun and ex-Record Holders Michel Jazy and Roger Bannister. "I doubt," boasts L'Équipe...
Rumors that a record attempt was in the offing brought 15,000 spectators to Berkeley's Edwards Track Stadium, and most of them were on their feet when Von Ruden and Romo, setting the early pace, zipped past the quarter-mile mark in 57.7 sec., with Ryun patiently running a close-up third. Romo passed the lead to Bell during the second quarter; the half-mile time was 1 min. 55.4 sec. In the third lap, Ryun outran his rabbits. He flashed past Romo-"running like a bull," said Romo later-took off after Bell, and with...
Momentarily, the crowd quieted. Then the public-address system boomed: "A new world's record . . ." The roar that followed almost drowned out the announcement of Ryun's time. The judges had clocked him at 3 min. 51.3 sec.-a fantastic 2.3 sec. faster than Jazy's year-old record...
...Notion of Motion. Jim was hardly even breathing hard. "He's a physiological phenomenon," said Texas Southern Coach Stan Wright. He certainly is. Already the No. 1 distance runner in history, Ryun still has most of his racing career ahead of him, and he has no notion of what his limits may be. "Faster," he shrugged. "I always feel I can run faster." So saying, he headed for the Top of the Mark in San Francisco to celebrate his record-smashing victory-only to get turned away because he was under...