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Laulauga Tausaga
 
The world track & field championships are underway and have yielded yet another feel good story for Americans. When one thinks of the women’s discus, one envisions women the size of offensive lineman winding up like spinning dreidels and letting loose a heavy disk that thuds into the turf 60 meters away. America’s top competitor defies this mold. Val Allman is a living example of the ancient Greek ideal of athleticism. She is Diana made flesh, an extraordinary, beautiful human being.

Val Allman set the mark to beat with her first throw of almost 70 meters. The reigning world champion, a giant from China couldn’t match her. No one could until a journeyman US athlete who scratched her only three throws in the Olympics, Laulauga Tausaga let fly an epic toss that set a new world record. In the remaining throws, neither Allman nor Tausaga could best that mark. They finished first and second, gold and silver for the USA.
 
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