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...Merlene Ottey of Jamaica all hit the tape together, with Devers winning by a literal nose. But minutes passed before the result was posted, and then silver medalist Ottey filed a protest that was denied an hour later. Devers, who thus becomes the first man or woman since Wyomia Tyus in '64 and '68 to repeat in the 100, was quick to bank her joy with concern for the loved ones of the people injured and killed in the blast at Olympic Park. "It's hard to enjoy this," said Devers, "knowing that someone is trying to destroy the Olympic...
There was no mistaking the sex of the great Wilma Rudolph, who was a young mother when she won the 100, the first of her three gold medals, at the Rome Olympics in 1960. She in turn passed the baton to another Tennessee State runner, Wyomia Tyus, who won in both '64 and '68 to become the first runner, man or woman, to win an Olympic sprint twice. African-American women have also won the past three 100s: Evelyn Ashford in '84, the flamboyant Florence Griffith-Joyner in '88 and Gail Devers...
...thought, "My God, it's over. I've done it. I can rest in peace." But no: "I'll continue to compete as long as I have speed." The new gold-medal class had been too long catching up to the last one, Madeline Manning and Wyomia Tyus, to stop running...
...running back on the girls' flag football team at Rice University. Her 50-yard near-touchdown run (she slipped three yards from the goal line) made the front page of the Houston Chronicle. In Montreal last week, Schreiber tested her speed against the former U.S. Olympic gold medalist Wyomia Tyus; after an interview, they were caught in a sudden downpour and had to race for cover. Who won? This time Schreiber is keeping the results "a deep dark secret...
Track and field will be handled by Keith Jackson, assisted by Experts Marty Liquori (the distance runner injured in the Olympic trials), Brian Oldfield (a former Olympic shot-putter), Bob Seagren (of pole vault and superstar fame), O.J. Simpson (he ran sprints before sweeps) and Wyomia Tyus (100-meter gold medalist in 1964 and 1968). Jackson, along with Bill Flemming and former Olympic Stars Mark Spitz, Donna de Varona and Micki King, will cover swimming and diving, while Chris Schenkel with Cathy Rigby Mason, America's Olga Korbut, will report gymnastics. Boxing and freestyle wrestling will be called...