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Fosbury Flop dazzles crowd, earns Olympic gold
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...at 7-6 1/4. Fosbury gives the United States its 15th and final gold medal in track and field. By 1980, 13 of the 16 Olympic finalists will be using the "Fosbury Flop
Page | ConversationBillie Jean King Riggs Bobby in "Battle of Sexes"
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...transported into the stadium on a Cleopatra-style gold litter that is held aloft by four muscular track-and-field athletes from nearby Rice University. Riggs enters in a gold-wheeled rickshaw pulled by six...
Page | ConversationPowell is Beamon with joy, sets long jump record
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comAug. 30, 1991 Bob Beamon's extraordinary long jump at the 1968 Olympics was the longest-standing track and field record, but if anyone were to break it, the near-unanimous opinion was that it...
Page | ConversationLewis steals the show, wins ninth and final gold
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Paavo Nurmi and Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina. Lewis also joins discus thrower Al Oerter as the only track and field athlete to win the same event in four consecutive Olympics. Earlier, Johnson set an Olympic...
Page | ConversationHayes sets 100-yard dash world record
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...runs 9.1 seconds in the 100-yard dash not once but twice at the AAU national track and field championships in St. Louis. However, only Hayes' performance in the semifinals is allowed to stand...
Page | ConversationOwens sets three world records, ties another
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...says the pain "miraculously disappeared." Competing in four events in 45 minutes, Owens puts on the greatest track and field show of all-time, setting three world records and tying a fourth. 3:15 -- The...
Page | ConversationJoyner-Kersee completes huge leap
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...Dixon couldn't have made a better prediction. Jackie Joyner did become the first lady of something: Track and Field. She came to dominate the heptathlon, a demanding seven-event competition that measures speed, strength...
Page | ConversationOwens pierced a myth
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com"This was the guy that tweaked Hitler's mustache. This is the guy who showed the master race they were the minor race. Jesse Owens was an authentic Am...
Page | ConversationFour-peat
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...classy company of discus thrower Al Oerter, who congratulated him in the interview room, as the only track and field athletes to win the same event in four consecutive Olympics. At the end of the...
Page | ConversationMore Info on Jim Thorpe
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...he also was tabbed the Greatest Football Player, beating out Red Grange. Besides starring in football and track and field, Thorpe was a standout for Carlisle's basketball, lacrosse, tennis and handball teams. He also...
Page | ConversationKing Carl had long, golden reign
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...in the long jump and his speed in the sprints, he has gone places where no other track and field athlete has ever visited. He didn't lose in the long jump for a decade...
Page | ConversationMoses made winning look easy
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...other guys aren't any good." Or, as pointed out by Leroy Walker, the U.S. Olympic track and field coach in 1976: "In an art gallery, do we stand around talking about Van Gogh...
Page | ConversationHer Roman conquest
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...world record of 22.9 seconds in the 200 meters. At the Olympics, she was the only track and field athlete to win three gold medals. An English writer said that Rudolph has the carriage...
Page | ConversationJohnson doubled the difficulty
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.com...primed. "What this means is history," Johnson said. "There are two household names in the history of track and field - Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis. I'm in position to be the third. I'm...
Page | ConversationFrom rags to sport riches
Larry Schwartz, Special to ESPN.comNo event in track and field is more difficult than the decathlon. That's because it's not one event, but...
Page | ConversationTOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "trackandfield" make the list?
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