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Sophomore sprinter Molly Ward (50 free, 200 free) and freshmen Kim Ono (200 back), Kim Linsenmann (100 free) and Michelle Bright (100 back) also garnered first-place marks...
...Brussels. A pioneer in the fight against performance enhancing drugs, de Merode spent his 35-year career trying to outwit cheating athletes, and was embroiled in several doping controversies. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, his committee stripped Canadian athlete Ben Johnson of his 100-meter gold medal after the sprinter tested positive for steroids...
...they're mindful of the old bear joke: Two guys are backpacking and notice a bear approaching. One guy drops his backpack and starts running, while his buddy stays put, frozen in fear. "You can't outrun a bear," shouts the guy standing still. "I know," replies the sprinter. "I just have to outrun you." --With reporting by Matt Baron/Evanston, Deborah Edler Brown/Long Beach and Sarah Sturmon Dale/Minneapolis
DIED. BOB HAYES, 59, Olympic gold-medal sprinter and Dallas Cowboys receiver; of complications from prostate cancer; in Jacksonville, Fla. Hayes tied the world record in the 100 meters in 1964 and later took his speed to the NFL. He finished his career with 71touchdowns--and a Super Bowl ring...
...DIED. "BULLET" BOB HAYES, 59, legendary sprinter who won two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics before hanging up his track cleats to start a second career as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys; in Jacksonville, Florida. A sprint coach later recalled that Hayes "ran like he was pounding grapes into wine...