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...before a race, treats distance events as sprints and holds seven world records. But Konrads may have to swim faster than ever before to beat Teammate Murray Rose, 21, winner of both the 400 and 1,500 meters at Melbourne's 1956 Olympics, and Japan's stocky Tsuyoshi Yamanalca, 21, who has smoothed out his rough arm stroke. In the 200-meter butterfly, Indiana's bull-shouldered Mike Troy, 19, will be the surest gold-medal swimming prospect for the U.S. The world record holder (2:13.2). Troy fattens up on milkshakes and slims down with...
...world records. Barrel-chested John was superb: he shaved .3 sec. off his 220-yd. record with a time of 2:01.6, later swam the 440 in 4:15.9, to break his record by 3.1 sec. (and better by .7 sec. the 400-meter mark of Japan's Tsuyoshi Yamanaka), ended by chopping 17.7 sec. off his record for 1,650 yds. (and 1,500 meters) with a time...
...Japanese swimming meets continued in Japan last week, coaches from Melbourne to New Haven stared in admiration at the record of a broad-shouldered, sturdy-legged Japanese college student named Tsuyoshi Yamanaka. Not only did Yamanaka break one world's record and help break a second, but he performed brilliantly in every freestyle event from the thrashing 100 meters to the grueling 1,500 meters. Marveled Yale's Bob Kiphuth. grand old man of U.S. swimming: "Fantastic...
...touring U.S. all-star team was built around Backstroke Flash Frank Mc-Kinney of Indiana University, but the Japanese were waiting in Tokyo with some swimmers of their own. Freestyler Tsuyoshi ("Strong Will") Yamanaka, 20, won the 200 meters (2:02.3), the 400 meters (4:22.3), the 800 meters (9:09.7), and the 1,500 meters (17:47.5). Final score: Japan, 41; U.S., 38. At a second meet, Yamanaka lowered the 400-meter record by 2.4 sec. to 4:16.6, then anchored the 800-meter relay team as it broke its own world record by 2.9 sec. with a startling...