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LOS ANGELES ( AP) - Carl Lewis Is a
Magnificently gifted athlete a sprinter-
long jumper extraordinaire In the mold
of Jesse Owens.
Mary Decker is a running machine;
turn her on and she races away from
her opposition.
Edwin Moses is the ultimate
hnician in the intermediate hurdles.
skimming over the barriers with the
sharpness and skill of a surgeon
Individually they perhaps arc the
greatest athletes ever In their events.
Collectively they represent the
United States' best hopes for gold
medals in the Olympic track and field
competition which runs from Aug. 3-12
a.t the Los Angeles Coliseum.
' They head a team Judged by some to
be the best ever to represent the United
Stales in Olympic track and field
carved from a rugged set of national
rials last month that left some of the
irt's top names off the roster.
Absolutely the best team we have
over sent to the Olympics" said Ollan
Casscll executive director of The
Athletics Congress the sport's U.S.
governing body. "Some of the per-
formances at the trials were un-
believable." "I think this Is our greatest men's
team" said Larry Ellis the coach for
the men's squad. Brooks Jackson the
women's coach also expressed
satisfaction with his team.
Based on performance the U.S team
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subject to argument because over the
years in this case four years the
lime between Olympiads the caliber
of athletes always is improving.
In addition the team is relatively
young lacks tough International
competition and is mostly unfamiliar
kith the pressures of Olympic com-
petition since the United States has not
participated In the Summer Games
since 1976
Still the American team is a skilled
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group and buoyed by the boycott of the
Soviet-bloc nations Is looking forward
to reaping a gold medal bonanza In
what generally Is judged as the
Olympics' blue-ribbon sport.
Of the 41 track and field events 24
for men 17 for women the Americans
have a realistic shot at winning IB
golds. Only once since the modern
Games began in 1896 has the U.S. track
team ever won that many collecting 22
in 1904.
That year however the Games in-
cluded such events as the standing high
jump standing long jump standing
triple jump 60-mcter dash 200-meter
low hurdles four-mile team race 56-
pound weight throw the all-around and
the tug-of-war all now discontinued
events. Of the 24 events all for men
in 1004 the Americans lost only the
weight throw and all-around com-
petition. Women began competing in Olympic
track and field in 1928 and since then
the American women have not done
well except in the 100-meter dash and
400-mctcr relay winning five gold
medals in each event.
This year there are three new
women's events the 3-OOd meters
the 400-meter Intermediate hurdles and
the marathon. In addition the hep-
tathlon has replaced the pentathlon.
In the last two Olympics in which the
United States participated 1872 and
1976 the Americans won only six track
gold medals in each none by women.
The total track medal count each time
was 19 the fewest since the 16 medals
the United States won in 1898
Nevertheless the Americans ranked
first in total track and field medals
each time just as they have every
Olympiad since 1890 except for 1980.
They also have ranked first in track
golds every Games except 1920 and
1972 when they tied for the lead.
With the powerful East European
nations missing this time along with
Cuba and the Games at home the
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American team Is fired up.The leaders
of the expected gold-medal harvest are
Lewis Decker and Moses all world
champions In the Inaugural World
Track and Field Championships at
Helsinki Finland in 1903.
The clcctlfying Lewis won the 100-
mctcr dash and long jump and an-
chored the U.S. team that set a world
record in the men's 400-meter relay.
This year he Is trying to match the
four-gold medal accomplishment of his
boyhood idol the great Owens in the
100-and 200-metcrs the long jump and
the relay. v
Decker fought off some tough
challenges from Soviet Union runners
and captured the women's 1500 and
3000 meters and the Indomitable
Moses unbeaten since 1977 continued
his remarkable winning streak in the
400-meter intermediate hurdles at
Helsinki. Through the Olympic Trials
he had won 90 consecutive finals at that
distance.
Decker had been aiming for a 1500-
3000 double in the Games but doubts
arose when she was nipped by Ruth
Wysocki in the 1 500-meter final in last
month's trials. Decker Itowever may
still decide to race in both events.
The Americans' other gold medals
winners in the World Championships
were Calvin Smith in the men's 200 and
Greg Foster in the men's 110-meter
high hurdles. Both again will be on the
U.S. team although Smith will compete
only in the 400-metcr relay.
Other men's standouts for the United
States are marathoner Alberto Salazar
steeplechaser Henry Marsh pole
vaulter Mike TUlly and Earl Bell 1500-
meter runners Steve Scott Sydney
Marce and Jim Spivey high jumper
Dwight Stones triple jumpers Mike
Conley and Willie Banks shot putter
Dave Laut discus throwers Mac
Wilkins and John Powell 400-meter
runner Antonio McKay and 800-meter
runner Earl Jones.
The top U.S women along with
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800-meter runner Kim Gallagher.
Not all are gold-medal favorites but
all are rated among the top medal
contenders.
The Eastern-bloc boycott means
some of the world's top track-and-field
stars will miss the Games including
world record holders Sergey Bubka of
the Soviet Union in the pole vault Udo
Beyer of East Germany in the shot put
Marlta Koch of East Germany in the
women's 200 and Jarmila Kratoch
vilova in the women's 400 and 800. In
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fastest times this year in both the 100
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only familiar namea missing from
track and field. The U.S. trials knocked
out several top competitors including
world-record liokler Smith in the
sprints and pole vaulter Billy Olson.
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