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Q: Who are the last American and National League baseball players to win
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Barrowman captures gold medal, sets world record
Associated Press "He was very determined to win a water."
BARCELONA, Spain -For Mike gold medal," teammate Eric Namesnik Barrowman even sacrificedhis usual
Barrowman, it came down to years of said. "That was his goal the last four pre-race meal of McDonald's. Too far
watching the details. years." to walk, he said.
Details like how you shape your "In the OlympicVillage we're walk-
hand when it hits the water and where iM ICH IGAN1 ingconstany. I thin that's one of tie
your toes are placed at each kick. De- Ireasons our performances here aren't
tails like what to eat, how far to walk IN T H E thebesttheycanbe,"hesad. "SoItried
what psyche-up music to play fore towal as short distances as possible."
competition. GAM ES OF But withhisgoldmedalBarrowman
Barrowmanhasevenexperimented seems ready to give up his years of
with full-body swimsuits in a quest for "- watching the details. His Olympic gold
speed. completes a triple crown in the breast-
"He's very meticulous," Michigan stroke - world record, world champi-
coach Jon Urbanchek said. "A lot of Yonship, Olympic championship.
swimmers cannot describe what they're "I have done what I wanted to do,"
doing. He can. He's used the law of he said. "Everything from here on out,
physics to get through the water better." I'll be playing."
Four years of watching the details Urbanchek said Barrowman's pas- M ark Lenzi of Fredericksburg,
paid off for Barrowman on Wednesday sion preceded 1988. In the past five Va., won the gold medal in 3-meter
with a gold medal, Olympic record and years Barrowman's has knocked 10 diving Wednesday. Lenzi trains with
another world record in the 200-meter seconds off his performance. While Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball
butterfly. most swimmers concentrate on how and the Kimball divers in Ann Arbor.
It was the sixth time in three years many miles they swim a day, Michigan alum and former world
that the 23-year-old breaststroke spe- Barrowman has spent the years study- championKentFergusonfinishedfifth.
cialist has changed the world record. ing theposition of hishandin the water Lenzi takes over from American
This time he lowered it from 2:10.60, and where his head is placed. Greg Louganis as the Olympic cham-
set a year ago in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., "The breaststroke is very technique pion.
to 2:10.16. oriented and he's still perfecting his "Louganis was a great champion,
Norbert Rozsa of Hungary won the technique, makingitmorestreamlined, and like I've said before, you can't
silver in 2:11.23. Nick Gillingham of less resistant to the water," Urbanchek replace a Louganis," Lenzi said. "But.
Britain won the bronze in 2:11.29. said. "He has an amazing feel for the you can't replace me, either."
"The last 50 meters I knew I could
do it. I enjoyed it," Barrowman said. "I
put allmy mentalenergy intothatrace."
Those who know Barrowman say
that mental energy is considerable. He -i5J3I (
is known to forget things, to be easily
preoccupied. Former roommate Mel
Stewart calls him a "swimming nerd,"AMY
an absent-minded professor of breast- sURPoM s "
stroke whose entire focus has been on ___
the gold since he finished fourth in the_ _ _ _' .._ _
1988 Olympics.
Diver Mark Lenzi, who trains with the Kimball divers in Ann Arbor won the
Olympic gold medal in the 3-meter springboard last week.
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