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Nonetheless, the absence from the Los Angeles Olympics of such Soviet world-record holders as Pole Vaulter Sergei Bubka, High Jumper Tamara Bykova and Swimmer Vladimir Salnikov, and of the East German athletes who have come close to dominating women's track and field, will greatly diminish the luster of many events (see following story). True, the rivalry will be broader than in the 1980 Olympics, which drew athletes from only 81 nations to Moscow. Attendance at Los Angeles might equal, or even surpass, the high of 122 countries represented at the 1972 Games in Munich?though much depends...
Britain's strong hope for a medal, Swimmer Adrian Moorhouse, said the withdrawals "touched me personally." His two keenest rivals in the breaststroke are Soviets. "Not for one moment do I feel any relief that the Russians might not be racing against me," Moorhouse, 19, said. "It must be heartbreaking to give up so much time, to sweat away in training and then be ordered not to compete just for political reasons...
...athletes have never been particularly enthusiastic Red-baiters. Innuendoes do fly like javelins over female village smithies who toss anvils for totalitarian states. In 1976, the last Summer Games attended by Americans, the U.S. women swimmers could have taken their thumping by East Germany more gracefully. Some muttered that the Germans' particular star, Kornelia Ender, resembled a man, though she did not look like a man to men, certainly not to Roland Mathes, who married her. He was the G.D.R.'s top male swimmer, and a friendship between Mathes and John Naber, the best American, was evident...
...Harvard, her swimming career was equally successful. She was named the Outstanding Ivy League Swimmer in the 1976-1977 season, and earned All-American accolades as well Costin claimed the individual Ivy League title in the 200 butterfly with a then-record time of 2 16.65 that season
...that's exactly what the aquamen did. Saturday featured sophomore Peter Egan's scintillating performance in the 200-yd, butterfly. Egan broke the meet and Harvard records with a superb time of 1:47.97 minutes, making him the only Crimson swimmer to qualify for the NCAAs three weeks from...