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THE WEEK SOCIETY, Page 21Finishing Line
BACK ON THE BLOCK
Olympic Games come and go, but the decathlon world record
stood for eight years, until American athlete Dan O'Brien
smashed it to bits last week in Talence, France. The old record,
8,847 points scored by Daley Thompson of Great Britain, had long
been considered a Mount Everest of track and field. For Dan,
who unexpectedly sat out the Barcelona Games after failing to
qualify in the pole vault, the 44-point margin of victory had
the sweet taste of comeback: "This may not have been the
Olympics, but I'm really happy." Next March, indomitable Dan
goes for the heptathlon record.
OVER THE TOP
Equal parts joy and relief seemed to wash over Milwaukee
Brewer Robin Yount after spanking his 3,000th career hit and
becoming only the 17th player (and third youngest) in baseball
history to achieve that lofty mark. "I've taken quite a bit of
heat," said the 37-year-old shortstop and centerfielder,
referring to the ribbing he got from his teammates during his
chase. He had gone hitless in his last seven at bats. Yount will
go down in the record books: so will Cleveland hurler Jose Mesa,
as the guy who threw the pitch that Yount swatted into history.