Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...steeplechase was ridiculous, last week's marathon was sublime. This hellish race, 26 miles and 385 yds., usually ends with one man running alone into a stadium, basking in the cheers of a crowd saluting his solitary achievement. This time five runners burst in together, bunched as tightly as they had been when they started 2 hr. 12 min. earlier. The marathoners were kicking like milers; indeed, they were moving nearly as fast as the 1,500-meter finishers had an hour before. With about ten meters to go, Leonid Moseyev, 27, the Soviet and European champion, shot into...
...contingent was less concerned with rivals than with logistics. Language, transportation and communications in sprawling Lenin Stadium proved to be nagging problems. Said Track and Field Coach Jimmy Carnes: "Next year we intend to come here as self-contained as we possibly...
...Yankees will retire his number 15 and place a plaque in his honor on the centerfield wall. But perhaps the greatest tribute of all came from 51,151 fans in Yankee Stadium, who cheered his memory for ten minutes before the team's first game without...
...Lenin Stadium, now 23 years old, has been thoroughly refurbished. On the newly installed track, times were slow last week, but that could have been partly because of the paucity of world-class sprinters. As at most Olympic venues, the seating is bleacher-style and tough on the back and posterior. Rest rooms are a testament to the Soviet bladder: one ladies' room, for example, serves for nearly 10,000 spectators with just three toilets...
...indoor stadium in the Olimpiisky Sports Center will be the largest covered arena in Europe. Standing 16 stories high and seating 45,000, it can accommodate a single event, or be divided by a soundproof wall so that two contests-a basketball game and a volleyball match, for example-can go on at once...