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Both the U.S. and the Soviets use electronics to study form and technique, to test aerobic capacity and to develop speed and coordination via devices much like computer games. Sometimes the results are practical: demonstrating to a runner that he is placing more stress than needed on his ankles. Other times there is apparent tech-cess: the $1 million flume built by the U.S.O.C. to study swimming has been used by only a handful of athletes since it became operational in May. Numerically, the Soviets have a seemingly huge lead in sports-science researchers, although the different systems make numbers...
...first test came in July during the Wimbledon finals. Navratilova, the woman Graf dethroned as No. 1, sees the All England Club's greenswards as a personal fief, and she won the opening set. For a moment it looked as though the 31-year-old Navratilova would gain a distinction long coveted -- a record ninth Wimbledon singles title, one more than Helen Wills Moody won back in the 1920s and '30s. Martina punched the air in anticipation. But silently the skies turned from summer sun to North Atlantic squall, and Steffi simply and unceremoniously broke the veteran's serve again...
...gold medal on the springboard with her clockwork precision. Teammate Li Qing, 16, will vie for the silver with American Kelly McCormick. Meanwhile, Xu Yanmei and Chen Xiaodan could finish first and second in the platform contest. In the men's events, '84 Silver Medalist Tan Liangde will test Louganis' nerve and verve on the springboard, while Li Kongzheng will chase Louganis on the platform...
...Southern accent, said racing was the equivalent of war. If there were a war, he announced to the crowd of 10,000, the racers who were about to race would be at that war. But because there was no war, they were here, to race, giving their courage a test drive...
...rules at Ramstein apparently did not prohibit such maneuvers. The commanding officer of the Italian team, Lieut. Colonel Diego Raineri, said the squad had performed a test run of its act the day before the show for air-base authorities, who had approved it. U.S. officials at Ramstein declined any comment on the disaster, except to express condolences to victims and their families...