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...hundred dollars a month and their state bonuses of up to $20,000 for winning even gold medals to the millions reaped by a Carl Lewis or a Mary Lou Retton. "I have no contract and cannot advertise my services for hire," notes Soviet Backstroker Sergei Zabolotnov, who earns $583 a month as a swimming- coach-in-training. The Soviets, too, mutter darkly about drugs, and with reason: some U.S. athletic officials suspect that abuse of steroids and their kin is indeed more widespread in the U.S. Says Dr. Robert Voy, chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee...
...pole vault, the high-flying Konstantin Volkov of the the U.S.S.R. cleared 19 ft. ¼in., two inches higher than the winning Olympic vault. Five world records were achieved in the pool. "The water is fast here," said one Soviet fan, and 6-ft. 4-in. Sergei Zabolotnov proved it. In the 200-meter backstroke, he defeated the European record holder, East Germany's Dirk Richter, in a world record time of 1:58.41 sec., slicing more than half a second off the record held by the U.S.'s Rick Carey, who took the gold in the event...
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