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- THE WEEK SOCIETY, Page 21Finishing Line
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- BACK ON THE BLOCK
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- 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.
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- OVER THE TOP
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- 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.
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