Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...slalom, where agility counts more than weight. She contented herself with a respectable twelfth in both the downhill and giant slalom. But right from the start of the slalom, Anne put the pressure on Penny, darted through the first steep, 53-gate course in a blazing time of 54 sec. that put her first and left her U.S. rival dangling in seventh place. Nor did Anne let up on the second course, finishing in 55.6 sec. Hell-bent to save her glory, Penny fell and bumped far down the slope on the seat of her pants. Penny ended...
...meet was billed as a tour de force for the amazing Konrads kids, the finest freestylers in history. John, 17, and Ilsa, 15, each held six world records. Barrel-chested John was superb: he shaved .3 sec. off his 220-yd. record with a time of 2:01.6, later swam the 440 in 4:15.9, to break his record by 3.1 sec. (and better by .7 sec. the 400-meter mark of Japan's Tsuyoshi Yamanaka), ended by chopping 17.7 sec. off his record for 1,650 yds. (and 1,500 meters) with a time...
...completely undermined Ilsa's hitherto calm confidence ("She's scared of Dawn," confided Coach Don Talbot), turned Dawn into a worldbeater. In the 110-yd. butterfly, a stroke she had taken up only recently to freshen her interest in swimming, Dawn clocked 1:10.8 to slice .4 sec. from the world record of the U.S.'s Becky Collins. Just 45 minutes later, swimming in the rain, Dawn left Ilsa floundering 6 ft. behind as she knocked 1.2 sec. off her own world record for 110 yds. with a time of 60.2 sec. Exclaimed the awed Ilsa: "What...
...Dawn was far from done. Churning far faster than her rivals, she swept through four laps in the 55-yd. pool in 2:11.6, to slash a full 3.1 sec. from her world's record...
...Sec.: Gee, that's quite an idea! And what did they answer? She: Some take their mothers. Some...