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...strong). Determinedly friendly from the first, they had made a point of visiting the U.S. camp, chatting in sign language and translated wisecracks. The U.S.'s world champion shotputter, brawny, injury-prone Jim ("The Magnificent Wreck") Fuchs, swapped shot talk (through a translator) with Russia's Shotput Ace Otto Grigalka, who stepped into the ring, dressed in his tight-fitting double-breasted suit, to demonstrate his technique...
Champion's Confidence. A lineal descendant of the ancient pentathlon,* the decathlon is the most searching test of athletic skill and endurance ever devised: four running events (100, 400 & 1,500 meters and the 110-meter hurdles); six field events (javelin, discus, shotput, pole vault, high jump and broad jump). At 21, already a veteran of eight decathlon meets, four times national champion and the world recordholder, handsome Bob Mathias meets to a remarkable degree the physical specification for this Olympic challenge. He is tall (6 ft. 3 in.), with the reaching stride of a hurdler or high-jumper...
...nearest competitor. Now, a poised and handsome 21, a veteran fullback of Stanford's 1951 Rose Bowl team, and filled out to a rangy frame (6 ft. 3 in., 200 Ibs.), Bob is better than ever. At the end of five events (the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shotput, high jump, and 400-meter run), Mathias was not only far in front of the field, but far ahead of his 1950 world record pace...
...Wilson once again gained top individual honors. The new holder of the Harvard discus title won the discus and the shotput and took second in the hammer. Another double winner was Charlie Durakis, who captured the high and low hurdle events. Sophomore Rob Twitchell placed second to Durakis each time...
...almost entirely of athletes who placed 1-2-3 in last year's national championships, will be strong. Two of its big stars are the Rev. Bob Richards, who cleared 15 ft. again last week in Manhattan, and Yale's Jim Fuchs, holder of the world shotput record. Though Champion Miler Don Gehrmann, unbeaten in 38 races, will not make the trip, the U.S. will be represented by such outstanding runners as Hugo Maiocco, winner of last week's National Indoor 600-yd. race, and T/Sgt. Mal Whitfield, U.S.A.F., Olympic 800-meter champion who is home...