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Greene Streak

By Tim Keown
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, September 7, 2000

First round of the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Sacramento. Runners at their marks, limbs shooting out in all directions, eyes closing, necks stretching, balls of feet lining up in the blocks. As always, each man undergoes a quirky personal inventory. Achilles ... check. Calves ... check. Hamstrings ... check. The stadium is enveloped in an underground silence. The moment before is the moment that matters most, when a strange alchemy takes place within each runner. Brav ...

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