Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...terms of maturity, though, time seemed to tell at last on Edwin Moses, 33, who lost his bid for a third gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. Moses, who freely admits that he is an old man in a young man's sport, won his first gold medal in Montreal, his second in Los Angeles, and had the U.S. not boycotted the 1980 Olympics, might have won three straight. But the owner of track's longest win streak, who got off to a good start this time, seemed to run out of gas in the last 100 meters. Just...
...first five days of weight-lifting competition, other compact athletes like Grablev walked onto the stage of Seoul's Olympic weight-lifting gymnasium to set world and Olympic records in the five categories. Nearly all these mighty men were from Bulgaria, long a fearsome power in the sport. The most notable exception was Turkey's Naim Suleymanoglu, 21, the "Pocket Hercules," who at 4 ft. 11 in. set three world records in the 132-lb. class and gave his country its first gold medal since 1968. But Suleymanoglu was born in Bulgaria, of Turkish parents, and trained there until...
...opted for a subtler form of boosterism: its commentators are neutral, but if a sport offers dim prospects for a U.S. medal, it gets scant airtime. U.S. viewers intrigued by all the advance talk about Soviet gymnast Dmitri Bilozerchev were able to view only a smattering of his routines, although the reporting team of Dick Enberg, Mary Lou Retton and especially Bart Conner explained the events incisively. Fans of men's diving were lucky to see Greg Louganis tucked into the bottom right-hand corner while a minor basketball game dominated the screen...
...meter individual medley to air a banal taped interview with her. Night after night, viewers saw just enough volleyball or water polo to frustrate them as they waited for something else, yet not enough context or start-to-finish action to convert them into enthusiasts of an unfamiliar sport...
...make the national water-polo team (he was a four-time All-American at Berkeley), stay with it and compete at Barcelona in 1992. In any case, the racing career of this big, likable man was blazing to a close. He is a social fellow in a loner's sport, and the relays have given him the comradeship he needs. As swimming wound down, he anchored the U.S. 4 X 100 free relay team (Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey and Tom Jager were the other members) in an event the U.S. has not lost in modern times. That kind of dominance...