Of course, because a Belorussian won the Olympic women's 100 meters in 2004, this would be my hope.
In fact, 1992 medalist Matt Biondi's best time in the 100-meters freestyle (long course) was almost three seconds faster than Spitz's 1972 mark of 51.2 seconds, a world of difference in the event.
In last year's World Championships in Shanghai, Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington swam the final 50 meters of the 800m freestyle final in 28.91 seconds, .02 second faster than Ye and 19 hundredths faster than Lochte's time from the 400m medley.
He did, however, make South Africa's team for last year's London Olympics, reaching the semifinals in the 400 meters and then running for South Africa's 4x400 relay team in the final.
Eaton's performance overshadowed two finals that followed, including some controversy in the women's 100 meters.
But, if one achievement has to be picked out as the very best of the best at Atlanta '96, it was surely Michael Johnson's breathtaking performance in the 200 meters final.
Mr. FATSIS: And you watch someone like Oscar Pistorius or someone like the American sprinter Marlon Shirley - who's run the 100 meters in under 11 seconds, the only disabled athlete to do that - there isn't that much difference.
Meanwhile, Yusuf Saad Kamel secured Bahrain's first-ever medal with a superb late surge to claim gold in the men's 1, 500 meters.
Team GB won a surprise silver in the women's 400 meters Sunday and had a magical Saturday night at the track, capped off by Mo Farah's thrilling win in the 10, 000.
World number one Ralf Schumann of Germany regained Olympic gold in the men's 25-meters rapid-fire pistol shooting event for the third time.
In the men's 4-by-400-meter relay, the Bahamas' Ramon Miller passed American Angelo Taylor in the race's final 100 meters, taking the gold medal while the U.S. settled for silver.
In some parts of the country, utilities have already begun to install so-called "smart meters" in people's homes.
It comes from a garden wholesaler, which provides the high quality soil, taken deep beneath the earth's surface -- 10 meters down, in fact.
He's also the U.S. record holder in the 1, 500 meters, the mile, the 3, 000 meters and the 5, 000 and won the Wanamaker Mile a record eight times at Madison Square Garden.
She's the defending champion at the Olympics for the 200 meters, and therefore right now there's Olympic fever in Jamaica.
Galen Rupp won silver in the 10, 000 meters on Saturday, snapping a 48-year U.S. medal drought in the event.
It was against this background of tightly regimented Nazi showcasing that, on August 3, Owens started competing in Berlin's 100, 000-seater Olympic Stadium, winning his first gold medal in the 100 meters (equaling the Olympic record with his time of 10.3 seconds).
During the season he became the league's all-time leader in passing (56 377 meters), touchdown passes (442) and career wins (160).
ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) -- Ezekiel Kemboi led home a jubilant Kenyan clean sweep of the medals in the men's Olympic 3, 000 meters steeplechase final on Tuesday.
Ennis set the capacity crowd in the Olympic Stadium alight last Saturday as she powered to victory in the heptathlon's final event over 800 meters to set the seal on a dominant performance.
So we're talking about Jeremy Wariner, in the 400 meters, and he's got some strong competition this year.
Both the U.S. men and the U.S. women are likely to medal in every race 400 meters or less, and in multiple jumping events.
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He competed in the 400 meters and on South Africa's 4x400 relay team at the London Games, making history after having his selection confirmed on South Africa's team at the very last minute.
Khan, a former cricket legend whose party is a leading contender in this week's national elections, toppled about 5 meters (15 feet) off a forklift Tuesday that was raising him and three guards to a stage at a rally in the eastern city of Lahore.
The world average for glacier melt is 1.2 meters per year, but in Greenland it's much faster.
China will have 802 buildings standing over 152 meters tall compared to 539 in the U.S., according to the report.
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Gadhafi's forces, they said, were already in the university campus some 800 meters down the road.
It's a 1, 270-kilometer conduit, 1.2 meters in diameter, that would snake across Afghanistan to carry natural gas from eastern Turkmenistan--with 700 billion cubic meters of proven reserves--to energy-hungry Pakistan and beyond.
Roared on by thousands of local fans in bright sunshine, di Centa found a final ounce of energy in the last 300 meters to win the punishing men's 50km freestyle by just 0.8 seconds.
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