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Lewis steals the show, wins ninth and final gold

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 25, 2001

July 29, 1996 Michael Johnson is an easy winner in the 400 meters at the Olympics, but the headlines go to Carl Lewis. Though past his peak, the 35-year-old Lewis still has enough spring left in his legs to uncork a leap 27 feet, 10+ inches into a stiff headwind and win his fourth straight gold medal in the long jump before a crowd of 82,773 fans in Atlanta. "You try to give a man a gold watch, and he steals your gold medal instead. You ask him to pass the torch, and he sets your Olympics on ...

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