This Day in Track & Field, August 11, Tamara Press sets her sixth WR in the discus (1965), compiled, edited and written by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field–August 11

1965—The Soviet Union’s (and Ukraine’s) Tamara Press set the 6^th (and final) World Record of her career in the Discus, throwing 195-10 (59.70) in Moscow.

She was a 4-time Olympic medalist, winning gold in the Shot Put in 1960, and the SP and Discus in 1964. She won the silver medal in the Discus in 1960. Her sister Irina was the gold medalist in the 80-meter Hurdles in 1960 and the 5-event Pentathlon in 1964.

(From Olympedia): “The Press sisters retired in 1966, coinciding with the introduction of required gender verification in track & field. This led to widespread, yet never proven, rumors regarding (their gender)”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_discus_throw_world_record_progression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Press

1984–Carl Lewis duplicated Jesse Owens’ 1936 feat of winning four Olympic gold medals by anchoring the U.S. to victory in the Men’s 4×100 relay on a busy final day of T&F competition in Los Angeles (The Men’s Marathon would take place the next day). Preceding Lewis were Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, and Calvin Smith, as the quartet set a World Record of 37.83. Finishing 2^nd and 3^rd were Jamaica (38.62) and Canada (38.70).

            Valerie Brisco won her 3rd gold medal of the L.A.  Games, running the 3rd leg (49.2) of the winning U.S. 4×400 relay team that set an American Record of 3:18.29 (Now #9-U.S.). Also on the team were Lillie Leatherwood (50.5), Sherri Howard (48.8), and Chandra Cheeseborough (49.8). Winning silver and bronze were Canada (3:21.21) and West Germany (3:22.98).

            Cheeseborough, the silver medalist in the 400, also won a 3^rd medal, running the 3^rd leg on the winning U.S. team in the Women’s 4×100 (41.65). Canada (42.77) and Great Britain (43.11) won silver and bronze. Handling the other 3 legs for the U.S. were Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, and Evelyn Ashford, the winner of the 100-Meters.

            It was a 1-2 sweep in the Men’s 1500 for Great Britain, with Seb Coe (3:32.53-OR) successfully defending his title over Steve Cram (3:33.40), the 1983 World Champion. Spain’s José Abascal (3:34.30) won the bronze medal, with Jim Spivey (3:36.07) placing 5^th and fellow American Steve Scott (3:39.86) finishing 10^th. Respiratory problems forced the 3^rd Brit, World Record holder Steve Ovett, to drop out of the race. After crossing the finish line, Coe shook…