Word: throwers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nice atmosphere," said Cambridge high-jumper and javelin thrower Margaret Worrall. "Everyone here is really friendly...
...member of the men's squad who asked to remain anonymous was particularly impressed. "Their female javelin thrower drank us under the table...
Another Grand Prix winner was Yuri Sedikh, the tanklike Soviet hammer thrower. He seemed to expend more effort in getting to Budapest than in tossing the hammer more than 22 ft. farther than the winning mark in Los Angeles, setting a new world record. After his coach forbade him to participate, he appealed to the Soviet Sports Minister, who allowed him to make the trip. After his triumph, he appeared wistful in an interview. A winning statistic is still only a statistic, and to athletes there remains something magical about a gold medal. Sedikh may have been speaking for several...
...like to be with them?" she asked. "I envy them. Don't you?" "Yes," she said. "I've always wanted to be a javelin thrower...
...there has always been an edge to her that seemed chilling. Trying to leave the field under her own power, crying as hard as she ever ran, Decker faltered before reaching the tunnel and was lifted up into Fiance Richard Slaney's arms. He is a discus thrower on the British team, and they are massive arms. Set down on a small flight of steps in the tunnel, she accepted condolences from all the other runners but one. "Don't bother," she told Budd, who once kept a photograph of Decker tacked on her bedroom wall...