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...despite some fitful starts, his dream grew by (pardon the expression) leaps and bounds. The Games have survived two World Wars and a cold one, not to mention mismanagement, terrorism, professionalism and overcommercialization. The Olympics have of course changed--the tug of war and the 200-m obstacle swim are no longer events--and the Games today may not be exactly what Coubertin, who disliked the idea of team sports, had in mind. But the baton of his athletic ideal has been passed from Athens to Paris to St. Louis ...and now to Atlanta, for the Centennial Games...
...made the U.S. swim team one more time, and is headed to her third Olympics. "And last!" she says, laughing. "That's it, finished!" Next year she's going to law school. She's going to get serious about running and try the Los Angeles Marathon just for fun. (A basket of ripe sweat socks to the reader who guesses how close to the women's marathon record of 2:21.06 she will clock on her first try; the guess here is 2:32.) Maybe, she says, she'll try some journalism; communications was her major at the University...
Coach Schubert first saw this astonishing child swim in 1984 in San Jose, California, in the 1,500-m race at the junior nationals. She was 12, two years younger than the next youngest girl, and a couple of inches short of 5 ft. tall. She destroyed the field, recalls Schubert with the misty look of a trainer who knows he isn't likely to see anything like that again. By the time the Seoul Olympics were on the horizon, competition in women's distance swimming tended to be for second place. In the last...
...favor cracking open a fire hydrant, but there are plenty of other ways to get wet this summer. The fountain in front of the Science Center is a prime place to cool off. Beaches are within an easy ride by public transportation. And the Charles River, while hazardous to swim in, is perfect for rowing, canoeing or sailing...
Ever since she watched Janet Evans swim to three golds in 1988, American Brooke Bennett has wanted to compete in the Olympics. Last year at the summer nationals, she broke Evans' eight-year winning streak in the 800-m freestyle. In March she beat Evans in the 800 at the Olympic trials, setting up a head-to-head contest in Atlanta. And last week in Phoenix, Arizona, Bennett bested Evans again in the 800. Not bad for a 16-year-old asthma and allergy sufferer...