What is your favorite memory.The most amazing race I ever saw was the 200 Breaststroke in the 1968 Olympics. The only gold medal won by a Mexican at the Games Was by Felipe Munoz. Every time he breathed the crowd screamed MEXICO, I have never experienced such passion for a swimming event,(I only saw it on T.V. I can't imagine what it was like in person.)
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Bruce Hayes, trained a while in our pool, the Northside Aquatic Center, preparing for the 1984 Olympics. George Block, the head coach at Northside must have loved every minute of his attendance. I watched from our weight room as he swam his 200 meter sets (I think they were a lot on the 2min). Anyway, during the end of the set and just when he finished one of them, he began to heave his guts into the gutter but didn't miss his interval onto the next 200 (yup I said, that's why he's an Olympian). When he left the pool, he went right into the weight room and lifted like an animal.
Now watch this video and see if it doesn't give you the shivers. Remember, Micheal Gross set the 200 Free World Record at these very Olympics.
It was 1984, the Men's 800 Freestyle relay and here's the video,
www.goggleawards.org/.../84Relay-Perfect Race.WMV
Bruce Hayes, trained a while in our pool, the Northside Aquatic Center, preparing for the 1984 Olympics. George Block, the head coach at Northside must have loved every minute of his attendance. I watched from our weight room as he swam his 200 meter sets (I think they were a lot on the 2min). Anyway, during the end of the set and just when he finished one of them, he began to heave his guts into the gutter but didn't miss his interval onto the next 200 (yup I said, that's why he's an Olympian). When he left the pool, he went right into the weight room and lifted like an animal.
Now watch this video and see if it doesn't give you the shivers. Remember, Micheal Gross set the 200 Free World Record at these very Olympics.
It was 1984, the Men's 800 Freestyle relay and here's the video,
www.goggleawards.org/.../84Relay-Perfect Race.WMV
