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...Shotput. With World Record Holder Bill Nieder no longer competing, the battle of the behemoths co-stars Veteran Parry O'Brien and Southern Cal's 260-lb. Dallas Long. With a 64-ft. 7¼-in. heave last week. Long has come closest this year to Nieder's 65-ft. 10-in. record...
...squad that won the unofficial team victory in the first modern Olympiad in 1896; of arteriosclerosis; in Baltimore. After arriving in Athens tired and out of shape a day before the Games began, Garrett, then a Princeton junior, unkinked quickly, finished first in the shotput and the discus throw (which he had never tried before), took second in the broad jump and high jump...
...shotput, the U.S. whales will wage a private war that will likely produce the most fascinating field event on the program. Back for a try at his third gold medal is California's Parry O'Brien, patriarch of the herd at 28. whose best effort this year (63 ft. 5 in.) nonetheless stands a poor third to that of Arizona's 20-year-old Dallas Long (64 ft. 6½ in.) and Kansas' Bill Nieder, 26. the world record holder (65 ft. 10 in.). As the equalizer. O'Brien counts on his imposing reputation...
...cunningly alternated so that the competitor has no chance to use the same muscles and reflexes twice in succession. The cumulative effect is numbing. Because of his rare combination of speed and strength, Johnson is at his best in the 100 meters, 400 meters, the javelin, discus and shotput. But his weight is a handicap in the pole vault and high jump and, like every big man, he detests the 1,500-meter event that closes the two days of struggle. "The whole decathlon is ridiculous," says Johnson, "but the 1,500 meters is insanity." Why does he compete? Johnson...
...history. "It's only going to take one bad event to bump a guy right out of a gold medal," says Coach Drake. "A bad start in the sprints, a puff of wind at the wrong time in the high jump or pole vault, a foul in the shotput or discus, a broken stride in the hurdles, and poof, it could be all over for one of these boys." Under such pressure, Johnson's greatest asset will be his bedrock of self-reliance, a quality that keeps him from having few really intimate friends, but allows...