Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...under the watchful eyes of Mihaly Igloi, a former Hungarian Olympic coach who defected at Melbourne in 1956. "I have absolute faith in Coach," says Beatty. "I don't understand his formula; I just do what he says. If he told me to run a 3-min. 50-sec mile [world record: 3 min. 54.4 sec.], I'd do it." Farfetched as this may sound, the way Beatty has been running recently almost anything seems possible. Fortnight ago in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, he became the first miler ever to break four minutes indoors. According...
...Madison Square Garden, Beatty was told by Coach Igloi, "Go out and run and see how it develops." Coach and Beatty expected a 4:02 or 4:03 would do the trick. But Beatty was tagged by Loyola Sophomore Tom O'Hara, who cut a startling 6.5 sec. off his own previous best time to keep up the blistering pace...
...perfect leap I ever saw. I'm sure he would have made it if the bar was at 16 ft. 4 in.-with a metal pole or any other kind." Rangy (6 ft. 1 in., 172 Ibs.) and well-knit, Uelses runs the 100-yd. dash in 9.7 sec., needs only an abbreviated, 104-ft. approach (standard: 130-140 ft.) to reach top speed. He gets so much lift that he needs only a cut-down, 14-ft. 11-in. pole to propel his body across a 16-ft.-high bar. Aloft he is unusually graceful, clearing the crossbar...
...week over pock-marked mountain trails. Now, when he chooses to run on a track, Snell is the fastest middle-distance runner in the world. Fortnight ago at Wanganui, N.Z., he outdistanced a star-studded international field by 25 yds. and set a world record of 3 min. 54.4 sec. for the mile. Last week in Christchurch, Snell added two more records to his bag. Finishing a fantastic 100 yds. ahead of the U.S.'s Jim Dupree, Snell streaked through 880 yds. in 1 min. 45.1 sec. On the way, he was clocked at 1 min. 44.3 sec...
...game," he explains, "you can't afford to be cautious. You just have to go as fast as you can." Now Ferries has finally found the control to match his speed. At Kitzbühel fort night ago, he ranked eighth in the slalom after a mediocre 77.2-sec. first pass at the course. On his second run, Ferries clocked a sizzling 69.7 sec.-fastest time of the day-to eke out a .7-sec. victory over France's Périllat. Last week at Cortina, he picked up 1.4 sec. on his second pass, beat France...