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...sprint events, however, were a bright spot for a Harvard squad that traditionally has relied on the middle distances for points...
...Huskies surged to a lead after the sprint events, as only freshman hurdler Eleanor Thompson won an event. Her time of 8.57 in the 55-meter hurdles was good enough to hold off two Northeastern runners...
...looks a lot more dangerous than it really is," maintains Alex Coomber, the reigning women's World Cup champion. We'll take her word for it. A skeleton run begins with a 30-m sprint before the slider dives onto the 90-cm sled to hurtle around 15 steeply banked curves of the 1,500-m course. And without any mechanism for steering, sliders can control their descent only by shifting hips and shoulders. They risk losing precious 100ths of a second if they touch...
...walk. Not run or jog or sprint. Just walk, at a reasonably vigorous clip (3 m.p.h.-4 m.p.h.) for half an hour or so, maybe five or six times a week. You may not feel the benefits all at once, but the evidence suggests that over the long term, a regular walking routine can do a world of preventive good, from lowering your risk of stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis to treating arthritis, high blood pressure and even depression...
...LANCE ARMSTRONG. After spotting the competition an Alp or deux, Armstrong blew past them with a lung-searing, spirit-crushing sprint up Alpe d'Huez to set up his third straight Tour de France victory, all this after recovering from cancer. The U.S. Postal Service rider was 23rd at the beginning of the mountain stages, first at the end, pausing only long enough to look back at the vanquished...