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...suggesting that he had been tied. His last meal had been chicken (in a TV appeal for his return, his mother had mentioned that his favorite dinner was chicken). His body was strikingly clean. "He was scrubbed, his fingernails and toenails were immaculate," says Wayne County Medical Examiner Werner Spitz. "Even his clothes had been cleaned...
...knows what will happen in the future? One school can't win forever, a fact Walker learned when he swam at Indiana, which dominated college swimming in the Mark Spitz era just as USC has done in recent years...
...runner injured in the Olympic trials), Brian Oldfield (a former Olympic shot-putter), Bob Seagren (of pole vault and superstar fame), O.J. Simpson (he ran sprints before sweeps) and Wyomia Tyus (100-meter gold medalist in 1964 and 1968). Jackson, along with Bill Flemming and former Olympic Stars Mark Spitz, Donna de Varona and Micki King, will cover swimming and diving, while Chris Schenkel with Cathy Rigby Mason, America's Olga Korbut, will report gymnastics. Boxing and freestyle wrestling will be called by familiar Mouth Howard Cosell and Face Frank Gifford, respectively. For basketball, Old Pros Curt Gowdy...
...does-he habitually table-hops his way through lunch at school-Naber's seemingly unlimited energy is reflected in his approach to his sport. He plans to swim not only the two backstroke events but also the 200-meter freestyle-his time at the U.S. trials bettered Mark Spitz's 1972 Olympic winning time by more than a second -and two relays. "I'd rather be good at everything," says Naber, "than be excellent in one thing." Asked to size up his East German rival, Naber is characteristically generous and accurate: "Matthes is experience, maturity and talent...
...seems capable of tanning his exquisitely chiseled features, Jenner believes that a gold medal would ensure him lucrative advertising offers and possibly even a movie career. And if he wins the gold, Jenner, the son of a Connecticut tree surgeon, promises not to make the same mistake as Mark Spitz: "I'll show personality...