‘Forever grateful’: Joseph Schooling to be inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame
The Olympic champion is the first Singaporean to be honoured and joins superstar Michael Phelps, among others. Read more at ...
The Spanish Investment Banker Vying to Run the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee meets on Thursday to grill presidential candidates. One of them, Juan Antonio Samaranch — whose father ran the IOC — is pledging to set up a $1 billion investment ...
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Spitz lived up to enormous expectations
Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all time, made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad. His performances were ...
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Seven golds, seven world records: US great's epic feat
Scroll on for today's memory. The fashion was glorious and the feat astounding. Mark Spitz, wearing his starry, striped Speedos and sporting his thick, black moustache, won seven gold medals ...
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Celebrity birthdays
Opera singer Leontyne Price is 98. Actor Robert Wagner is 95. Singer Roberta Flack is 88. Olympic swimming gold medalist Mark Spitz is 75. Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman ...
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Spitz lived up to enormous expectations
I am the best in the world.'" says Mark Spitz on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all time, made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics ...