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Article: Drechsler's Future Has a Golden Look;Jumper/Sprinter Could Match Lewis' Feat
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- The Washington Post
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- March 4, 1987
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Nobody can say with assurance that Heike Drechsler will match
Carl Lewis' four Olympic gold medals in Seoul in 1988.
Boycott, injury, a dropped baton-all must be considered threats
to upset the timetable. On ability alone, however, there is no
question Drechsler has the Midas touch.
Drechsler already owns a couple of items Lewis doesn't-outdoor
world records in the long jump and 200 meters. She is ranked first
in the world in both events, and is ranked second to Evelyn Ashford
in the 100.
The 6-foot, 150-pound East German provided dramatic evidence of
her talent to U.S. track fans last week in New York, where she set a
world indoor long jump record of 24 feet 0 1/4 inch while wearing ...