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...years Tim Daggett, whose perfect 10 clinched the U.S. team's gold in Los Angeles, has bulled his way through the agony of injury. He has faced ankle surgery, a ruptured disk and nerve problems in his left arm. The worst came ten months ago after a vault at the World Championships in Rotterdam. When he landed disproportionately on his left leg, two bones simply snapped, severing an artery. His leg saved by an emergency operation, Daggett refused to stop: "I don't want to look back at any time for any reason and say, 'What if?' " Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Getting Ready | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...features Conway standing on his knees to appear like a midget and doing a slow burn through a feeble series of slapstick gags. A newly released sequel, Dorf and the First Games of Mt. Olympus, has even less point or wit, as the character participates in the hurdles, pole vault and other Olympic events with the help of trick photography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Freaks, Dorfs and Betsy Wetsy | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...best description of Bellman and True is an oxymoron: it is, of all things, a dour caper. That is, a usually merry cinematic enterprise -- the one in which a group of swagmen laugh all the way to the supposedly impenetrable bank vault from which they intend to extract millions -- is shown with brutal realism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dour Caper BELLMAN AND TRUE | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

Harvard's bad times got worse with four-and-a-half minutes remaining in the second period, when Williams unlocked the Crimson's defensive vault and went in alone on Devin...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: It's a Final: SLU Versus Clarkson | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

Sophomore pole vaulter Mike Short, in his second collegiate meet, set a new personal best and placed third by clearing 14 feet. Short's vault was a full foot better than he was able to vault a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports Wrap Sports | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

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