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...drug for some time, at least several months, came from the very low levels of natural testosterone in his urine sample; the glands that produce the hormone shut down when the system is flooded with the synthetic chemical. Apparently Johnson made it to the Games because of a stroke of luck in the Canadian Olympic trials: two of the top three finishers are tested after each event, and Johnson drew the lucky straw that exempted...
Twenty minutes into the second half, Springfield struck back, with a penalty stroke goal scored by Suzy Charbonneau...
...question about how Hembrick felt. As soon as swimmer Matt Biondi was touched out for the gold by a hundredth of a second in the 100-meter butterfly, analyst John Naber nastily opined that Biondi "deserved the loss" because he had glided in rather than risk a final, choppy stroke that might have caused him to collide with the wall...
Shouts were heard: "What's SUR?" "Suriname," someone answered, "northeast South America." Nesty, who trains at the University of Florida, was the first citizen of this former Dutch colony to win an Olympic medal. Biondi, leading at 98 meters, was caught awkwardly between strokes and, a relative newcomer to the fly, tried to glide to the wall. "I was afraid if I took another stroke, what would touch first would be my nose," he explained gloomily. But Nesty, who won the same race in the Pan American Games last year, belonged on the Olympic victory stand...
...Cutone scored the lone goal early in the second half on a cross pass from classmate Sharon Landau during a scuffle in front of the goal. Cutone, who was one of the top goal scorers on the team last season with five tallies, redeemed herself for a missed penalty stroke awarded the Crimson (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) on a goalie foul minutes before...