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...chief Soviet track coach, Gavriil Korobkov, had an explanation, too. The Americans, he said were overconfident after the decisive U.S. victory in the 1964 dual meet and the poor Soviet performances in the Tokyo Olympics that followed. There was something to that. In Kiev, the U.S. men's sprint relay team had practiced passing the baton for only two hours prior to the meet. Not surprisingly, it bobbled an exchange in the race and was disqualified...
...what a sprint! Racing against the clock for points, the autos roll up one by one to the starting gate, pause until a red light flashes green, then bolt off, engines screaming and rear ends smoking as the tires burn under the tremendous torque. The course, usually four to 14 miles long, runs up steep country roads, contains no fewer than 15 curves, and its straightaways are no longer than 200 yds. Yet the cars average 69 m.p.h., occasionally even top 125 m.p.h. Most drivers try to "straighten the curves" by skidding around the corner in a controlled four-wheel...
...both races, but his time for the half-mile (1 min. 53.8 sec.) was only soso. He ran an 880-yd. race against Canada's Bill Crothers in Toronto. On the last turn, Snell pulled his usual ploy, turned on a great burst of speed for the final sprint, but Crothers hung on, passed him 40 yds. from the tape. "My legs felt dead," complained Snell...
...could run against topflight competition as well as against the clock in carefully staged set-piece races. Ranged against him at Helsinki was a raft of world stars, among them Australia's Ron Clarke and U.S. Olympic Winner Bob Schul; Jazy beat them all, turning on his sprint in the final 200 yds. to win by 5 yds. and come within 1.8 sec. of Clarke's four-week old world record...
...Australia's Ron Clarke, 28: the 10,000-meter run in 28 min. 14 sec., snipping 1.6 sec. off his own world record; on the famed track at Turku, Finland. Outdistancing a pack of Finnish runners, Clarke finished without his usual sprint, leading observers to believe that the intense Aussie can run still faster...