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Citius. Threats of thunderstorms never materialized on Saturday night, but there was lightning on the Olympic Stadium track. Donovan Bailey of Canada won the 100 m in a world-record time of 9.84 sec., although it took three false starts and a petulant protest by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who was disqualified for two of them, before the gun sounded for good. Bailey ran down Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Ato Boldon of Trinidad to become the world's fastest human--ever. He also helped erase the Seoul stigma of Ben Johnson, who like Bailey was a Jamaican running...
...pursuing a medical degree at Johns Hopkins and a doctorate at Harvard simultaneously. Or triple jumper Mike Conley, who happens to be a deputy sheriff in Washington County, Arkansas. And Americans aren't the only Olympic athletes with uncommon pursuits. Conley's rival in the triple jump, Britain's world-record holder Jonathan Edwards, worked in a genetics lab in Newcastle until recently...
...worry, I'll get another one." He did, but only as a consequence of the greatest scandal in Olympic history: the 1988 100 m. Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, whose motto was "When the gun goes off, the race is over," flashed across the finish line in Seoul in a world-record time of 9.79 sec. Unfortunately, when his urine test came in, it was all over for Johnson. Lewis, the second-place finisher, was awarded the gold...
...dominate the women's 800, and possibly the 1,500, where she'll face defending champion Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria. Boulmerka's countryman and fellow 1,500 runner, Noureddine Morceli, may be the firmest favorite in any track event, with the possible exception of Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, world-record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000, or Kenya's Moses Kiptanui, who owns the six fastest marks in the steeplechase. The heat and humidity will open up the marathons, although Spain's world champion Martin Fiz is good in hot weather, and Uta Pippig of Germany proved...
Actually, Johnson did try some half-hearted showmanship last June, waving during the last few strides of his 400 victory in the U.S. nationals. Some say it cost him the world record (43.29); the actual world-record holder, Butch Reynolds, finished an angry second because he thought Johnson was trying to show him up. Damned if you do, damned...