Archive for July 8, 2003

Phil Raschker fights through pain

In 1978, I interviewed four-time Olympic discus champion Al Oerter. In my story for Track & Field News, I repeated what Oerter had famously said years before: “These are the Olympics. You die for them.” Now we’re seeing that creed play out in Carolina. The latest example: Phil Raschker.

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Mystery of the M50 200 final

Results have been posted for all the 200-meter finals at Puerto Rico WMA worlds except one — the men’s 50-54 final involving Houston’s Bill Collins and New York’s Ed Gonera. In the semis, Collins ran 23.01 with an illegal wind and Gonera had a 23.26w. Results should be here.

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