Word: salnikov
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That will be a difficult task in the 1,500-meter freestyle, where Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union last week became the first man to break 15 minutes, an achievement that swimmers rank with running the mile in less than four minutes. Urged on by a chanting, cheering crowd, Salnikov, 20, finished in 14:58.27, more than four seconds below the world record set by Brian Goodell of the U.S. during the 1976 games. "If the U.S. swimmers were here in the pool, I'm sure my time would have been the same," he said afterward, speaking through...
...next day Salnikov picked up another gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, which the Soviets won in 7:23.50, almost three seconds off the world record. A day after that he added a third, winning the 400-meter freestyle in the Olympic record time of 3:51.31, more than half a second faster than Goodell's 1976 mark; his time was also a fraction faster than the top U.S. time this year, Mike Bruner...