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...Distance runner Meredith L. Rainey '90 was favored in the 800 meters but took seventh in the semifinals and did not qualify for the medal race...
While some celebrate Bailey's remarkable feat, we should all mourn the injustice that was served to British runner Linford Christie...
Since Bailey crossed the finish line at a time of 9.84 seconds, reporters, announcers and commentators have rejoiced in Canada's vindication after the gold medal was stripped from runner Ben Johnson for drug use in the 1988 Seoul Olympics...
...were not welcome inside. The convention will clearly be under Dole's control, and though the candidate has given ground on platform language to the most staunchly pro-life factions of the party, he has no intention of watching on as his thunder is taken by the runner-up. Buchanan's memorable 1992 convention address, in which he declared a cultural and religious war, both fired up the troops and turned off moderate voters, whom Dole needs. In contrast, the video format would lend itself to a more cerebral feel. Buchanan will hold a news conference Wednesday to express...
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...