An avowed distance runner, Goluskin is also known for his speed on the track, having participated in a world-record-setting 4x800 meter relay team for men aged 70-79 at the 168th street Armory in March.

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Her finest year was 1992, where the Welshwoman won four gold medals at the Barcelona Paralympics in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m, plus silver in the 4x100m relay, setting two world records in the process.

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In the last day of London's swimming competition, the American women won the 4x100-meter medley relay race, setting a new world record with a time of 3:52.05.

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At the Paralympics he won silver in the T44 200m, gold in the 4x100 relay and gold in the T44 400m, setting a Paralympic record.

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Despite the cost of the equipment, the setting was modest: a 20 by 20 workroom containing a communications relay rack and several mismatched tables full of electronic equipment.

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Over the next six days he would take a further three golds, in the process setting two new world records -- for the 200 meters and 4x100 meter relay -- and incensing the Nazi authorities (Joseph Goebbels, the minister for propaganda, privately described his victories as "a disgrace").

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On Friday in the 4 by 100-meter relay, the American women busted a two-games streak of botching the baton handoff by setting a world record.

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