World Track and Field Championships End with Record Frenzy
Five more meet records fall on final day in Rome, bringing total to 37 with two world records. Patrik Sjoberg, Gennady Avdeyenko, and Igor Paklin highlight high jump. Fatima Whitbread leads women's javelin. U S relay teams post fast times. multiple nations set marks across men and women events including Moses in the 400 hurdles and Joyner-Kersee in long jump and heptathlon.
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Sweden
Igor Paklin
Soviet Union
Gennady Avdeyenko
Sjoberg
Fatima Whitbread
Britain
U.S
East Germany
Ben Johnson
Canada
Calvin Smith
Steka
John Ngugi
Kenya
Said Aouita
Morocco
Paul Kipkoech
Italy
Francesco Panetta
Edwin Moses
Greg Foster
Sergei Litvinov
Seppo Raty
Carl Lewis
Johnson
Silke Gladisch
Rina Strakhova
Portugal
Rosa Mota
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
United States
Natalia Lisovskaya
Martina Hellmann
Guerrero wins Mid-Ohio Indy Car title after Rahal incident
Roberto Guerrero edged Bobby Rahal at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as Rahal tangled with a slower car 10 laps from the end. Guerrero set a race record with an average speed of 107.431 mph and earned $67,410 while Rahal settled for second.
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Lexington, Ohio
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Bobby Rahal
Bobby
Juan Manuel Fangio II
Argentina
Earnhardt wins rain shortened Southern 500 at Darlington
Dale Earnhardt captured the rain shortened Southern 500 at Darlington International Raceway for his 10th win of the season. He led 109 laps, earned $64,650, and extended his Winston Cup points lead to 583 over Bill Elliott as Richard Petty finished third and Rusty Wallace second. The race was halted by a thunderstorm after 202 laps with earnings near $1.2 million for the year.
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Piquet
Ayrton Senna
Lotus-Hofda
Senna
Manila leads Arlington Million as top grass ace rolls clear
Manila, 4-year-old gelding trained by Leroy Jolley and ridden by Angel Cordero, won the $1 million Budweiser Arlington Million at Arlington Park. It was Manila's 10th win in 11 graded grass stakes, finishing 1 14% lengths ahead of Sharood on a firm 1 1 4 miles course. Theatrical trailed third as Explosive Darling was back 3 1 4 lengths.
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Jacinto Vasquez
Vasquez
Leroy Jolley
Cordero
Bettors
Shoot Yeah
Graf and Evert cruise to U S Open fourth round
Top seeds Steffi Graf and Chris Evert advanced to the fourth round at the National Tennis Center. Graf defeated Patricia Tarabini 6-2 6-0 in 38 minutes, while Evert beat Natalia Zvereva 6-0 6-2 in 64 minutes. Pam Shriver also won 6-1 6-2 over Laura Golarsa, and others like Zina Garrison and Manuela Maleeva followed suit. Edberg and Wilander reached the fourth round with straight-set wins as well.
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Chris Evert
Pam Shriver
Graf
Patricia Tarabini
Argentina
Tarabini
National Tennis Center
Evert
Natalia Zvereva
Soviet Union
Shriver
Laura Golarsa
Italy
Stefan Edberg
Mats Wilander
Stadium Court
Lutherville
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