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...walker." In Athens, Korzeniowski, the best racewalker of all time, will seek to gild his greatness with one last gold. He already holds three world titles and three Olympic golds, including two from 2000, when he became the first man ever to sweep the 20-km and 50-km races. He hasn't lost at 50 km, his specialty, since 1999. And he's set a new record in his last two 50-km races, clocking 3 hr. 36 min. 3 sec. at the World Championships in Paris last August. Korzeniowski, 35, admits his career has turned out so well...
...ever to sweep the 20 km and 50 km. "I needed a huge challenge after Seville," he says, "something to help me forget." In Athens, he'll defend his 50-km title. His race starts Aug. 20. Yes, that's right: the Olympic calendar may say Aug. 27, but for the planning-obsessed Korzeniowski, "it actually starts a week before." The 50-km race is so grueling, he says, that it will punish those who don't prepare fully during that last week, from tracking the weather in preparation for the heat and humidity to making race weight...
...men’s side, the team built off of its one-two sophomore sweep of the triple jump to charge on the second day, but finished with 29 points...
...sweep felt a lot better than the win itself because Lawrence and I, I believe work harder than many people in the league and we wouldn’t have accepted anything less,” Laine said. “In fact, we had 1-2-3 in mind but Lawrence, Travis and I will be back next year for that and all three of us have IC4As to look forward...
...With a sweep of Yale, however, and some shuffling in the league, Harvard showed up at Brown with a chance to win the coveted rings...