Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter how corny it sounds, swimming is a terrific sport which creates good clean heroes for a world that needs them," Hall says, "The Olympics and the sporting events contested there every four years showcase some of the finest people I've met. We need the Mike Burtons and the Eric Heidens...
...quite a debt to the coaches who first began experimenting with the wide influx of ideas now common practice in my sport. The massive yardage and major stroke adjustments I thought peculiar years ago make even my high school kids capable of times once reserved for only the best," Oyakawa said from his Cincinnati home...
...role of a sportscaster, Spitz stays close to swimming and the record breaking performances that continue to lower the once seemingly unshatterable barriers. From age eight to the time he left the sport 14 years later, Spitz racked up scores of records; in Munich alone, the butterfly and freestyle specialist set or contributed to a world record in every event in which he competed...
...Seeing my records broken comes as neither a surprise nor a disappointment. After this much time in swimming I know that records never last long, the constant drops in time are what makes the sport interesting," Spitz said this spring while preparing to witness this year's attack on NCAA records...
When Rose was swimming best the sport and its superstars received much less publicity than today. Over the years people have tended to associate his name with swimming, but often recognize him for the work he's done in movies, television and commercials...