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...belly flop back into racing last year. Matt Biondi, who took relay gold in Los Angeles in 1984 and seven medals, five gold, in Seoul in 1988, retired too. But he unretired a lot quicker. His passion the past four years has been to create career opportunities for mature swimmers like him -- seeking stipends and commercial sponsorship so post- collegiate athletes can hang on. He succeeded. His six-figure income reflects prize purses and exhibition fees of up to $25,000, some for races of 50 m lasting just over 20 sec. against longtime rival and Olympic teammate Tom Jager...
...future in the pool is bright and his smile is winning, but Alexander Popov takes an austere, even bleak view of the world outside. The 100-m freestyle swimmer, who won the European championship last year, worries about Russia's future and takes an intensely frugal approach to life. "I look soberly on literally everything, even on girls. I am totally unromantic," he says...
...championship as a backstroker at 14. Since 1990, when his coach persuaded him to switch to freestyle, he has been nearly unbeatable. He has defeated his main rival, Matt Biondi, in their last six meetings. "At first I thought that he didn't take me seriously," says the younger swimmer. But Biondi takes him seriously now -- as does everybody else...
...safest bet for gold on this gilded squad. She is returning in the 400-m and 800-m freestyle, not having lost at either distance in five years. True, she isn't close to her best times, but neither is anyone else. As the world's most famous woman swimmer, she has cashed in. After spurning commercial offers in order to maintain eligibility while she swam at Stanford, Evans now endorses Speedo swimsuits, Fuji film, Ray-Ban sunglasses and other products...
Julia Trotman '88 is also a "medal possibility" in the sailing competition, according to Venetian. "She had a great run from behind in the trials," he said. And another swimmer might also earn the gold, he added. "Judging by what I heard from some...