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Article: FATHER TIME IS CREEPING UP ON LEWIS ATLANTA SUMMER GAMES MIGHT BE THE LAST HURRAH FOR GOLD MEDAL SPRINTER.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 16, 1996
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Byline: Gary D'Amato Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Scripps Howard News Service
Carl Lewis has faced, and regularly beaten, the world's fastest humans for the better part of two decades.
These days, he competes against a different kind of opponent, but one that methodically overtakes all great sprint champions and eventually leaves them in its dust:
The biological clock.
Also known as Father Time.
It's a tortoise-and-the-hare thing. You can beat Mr. Time over and over and over again, but sooner or later, he pulls even with you. Then he passes you. After that, you're never quite the same runner again. It happened to Jesse Owens. ...