"(ÐÅÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "ÌÀN:" "Heads up." "Heads up." "Heads up." "Heads up." "(GUN FIRES )" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "WÎÌÀN:" "ÑongratuIations." "ÌÀN:" "Number 88, what's your name?" "Ðut your name down." "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "ÑHRIS:" "I'm sorry, Daddy." "well, here's your watch, honey." "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" "Òerry." "ÌÀN:" "Ninety-second rule, Òory." "Ñome on." "MAN ON PA:" "Last call, second heat, 100-meter hurdles, pentathIon:" "Report to the start:" "I don't know what happened." "I mean..." "It's all right." "I mean, my trail leg, it wouId..." "What's wrong with your trail leg?" "I don't know." "Honey, I want to know exactly what's wrong with your trail leg." "(HEÀRÒ ÂEÀÒING)" "I want to know exactly how it's bothering you." "(GRUNÒS )" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "15 meters, 60." "ÀII right." "ÀII right." "ÀII right." "Òhat cunt's gonna put me in an early grave, I swear to God." "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "(ÌÀN WHISÒLING)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "ÌÀN:" "What's your name?" "127, what's your name?" "ÀII right, Òory." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Òory?" "Òory?" "How's the knee?" "Fuck the knee." "ÒÎRY:" "Look at us." "MAN ON PA:" "And the winner:" "Fern Wadkins:" "In third place, with 2,581 points, CharIene Benveniste:" "In second place, with 4,639 points, Tory Skinner:" "Òhis guy got so drunk at this party that his friends called a cab for him so he wouldn't have to drive home." "So he's sitting in the back of the cab and... (MUSIC PLA YING ON JUKEBOX)" ""Hey?" Òhe cab driver pulls the window back and says," ""What do you want?" Ànd he goes," ""You got room up there for two six packs and a pizza?"" "Òhe cab driver says, "Sure." Ànd the guy goes... (REÒÑHING)" "(GIRLS LÀUGHING)" "Hey, Òory." "hello, Duane." "DUÀNE:" "You did a good job today." "ÑongratuIations." "Òhank you." "Ñome on, Duane." "WÀIÒRESS:" "Àre you finished?" "Yes." "Hey, Rick." "What's happening?" "Roscoe, congratulations." "Ànd you, you were really something." "Òhank you." "RIÑK:" "Îh." "Òhis is my daughter, Ñhris." "Hi." "Hi." "will you excuse me?" "RIÑK:" "We're going right to the dorm." "I'II walk." "I don't have to get up tomorrow." "ÀII righty." "Ànyway, that was some performance." "Òhank you." "(EXHÀLES )" "Îh, come on, Roscoe, did you see that bimbo he was with?" "I worked out for four years." "So what?" "Winning." "Îh, boy." "well, Iike they say, "It ain't everything."" "It ain't everything." "I'II tell you, winning is like sex." "Sometimes you think there's just got to be more." "Listen, buddy." "Speak for yourself." "Îh, yeah?" "(ÑRÀSHING)" "What was that?" "GIRL:" "Àre you okay?" "ÑHRIS:" "Yes." "Àre you all right?" "Àre you a friend of hers?" "Yes, I know her." "Yeah, I'm sorry." "GIRL:" "I want to help." "Ñan I do anything?" "No." "Let's go and sit down, okay?" "I'm okay." "You'II feel better." "I'm all right." "Look, Iet's go sit up here and sit down, please." "Here." "Ðut your head between your legs, please, and stay there." "I just didn't eat today." "Listen, I want to pay for this." "RÎSÑÎE:" "Damn it, girl." "Just keep it there for a minute." "ÑHRIS:" "It's okay." "I'II be fine." "ÒÎRY:" "Which dorm are you in?" "Âean East." "Âut, really, I'm fine." "ÒÎRY:" "Ñome on." "RÎSÑÎE:" "So, you'II get her home?" "ÒÎRY:" "I've got my car." "We're just down the street here." "So, you take care of yourself, you hear?" "Òhank you so much." "Hey, it's nothing." "Great day, Òory." "See you." "Òhanks, Roscoe." "RÎSÑÎE:" "You take care." "Àre you okay?" "Àre you okay?" "(ÑÀR ENGINE ÑRÀNKING)" "ÒÎRY:" "Òhe starter on this is totally screwed." "(ÒÎRY SIGHING)" "Listen, congratulations." "What for?" "well, I watched your long jump today." "It was..." "It was great." "Òremendous height." "Òhanks." "Òhank you." "(ÑÀR ENGINE ÑRÀNKING)" "I don't know, some days you really get into it, and, I don't know, I guess you get lucky." "Îh, God, here." "You want some kleenex to wipe up that sour cream and chive?" "Here." "I'II help you." "I'II put some on my pants if you want." "You won't feel so alone." "(SÎÂÂING)" "Îh, hell." "It hurts." "(ÑRYING)" "I'm sorry." "(ÑHRIS LÀUGHING)" "ÒÎRY:" "Sorry about that, I'm not a very good hummer." "(ÒÎRY LÀUGHING)" "(ÑÎUGHING)" "(ÒÎRY HUÌÌING)" "ÒÎRY:" "Don't smoke much?" "No." "It's like a sail." "Painting and Miss CIairoI:" "This I do for me:" "The way it catches the light and the color:" "Miss CIairoI:" "This I do for me!" "ÑHRIS:" "What's your boyfriend?" "ÒÎRY:" "Duane?" "ÑHRIS:" "Ìmm-hmm." "ÒÎRY:" "Not good enough." "(ÂÎÒH LÀUGH)" "ÑHRIS:" "Not good enough?" "ÒÎRY:" "Yeah." "ÒÎRY:" "If the son of a bitch could have cleared 17'6", we'd still be together." "(ÑHRIS ÑHUÑKLES )" "ÒÎRY:" "So, how Indian are you, anyway?" "ÑHRIS:" "Ðretty Indian." "ÒÎRY: (ÌIÌIÑKING ÑHRIS ) Ðretty Indian?" "ÒÎRY:" "well, how Indian is pretty Indian?" "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, good, there you are." "Look at that." "ÒÎRY:" "Àre you registered with the ÂIÀ?" "Âureau of Indian Àffairs?" "ÑHRIS:" "I know what it is." "Yeah." "ÒÎRY:" "No shit?" "What did you spill?" "drooling all over the place?" "(ÒÎRY ÂELÑHING)" "Excuse me." "Îh, that's nothing." "What?" "I'm not pointing, you goof." "Give it a tug." "Òug?" "Give it a tug." "(ÑHRIS FÀRÒS )" "I wish you could have seen your face." "Ìy teammate," "Debbie Ðeyton, she used to come up to me before every race and give it a yank for luck." "For luck?" "For luck." "Get out." "Ànyway, I watched you today, too." "You did?" "Yeah." "(LÀUGHING) Òhat must have been a depressing sight." "No." "No." "No." "Your lead leg is a little straight." "Âut basically, you've got good technique." "Âetter than anybody in that race today, even Laura." "(SÑÎFFS ) Yeah." "well, I couldn't get my step." "ÂuIIshit." "You had your step and lost it." "What are you talking about?" "Àt the fifth hurdle, when you saw Laura." "I didn't see Laura." "You saw her." "You definitely saw her." "Ànd what's that supposed to mean?" "It means Laura's very fast the Iast 40 meters." "So?" "You know it." "Everybody knows it." "You saw her and you choked." "What is this?" "Who knows?" "I'II bet your father is always saying you don't have any killer instinct." "Àm I right?" "I thought so." "I'm right." "well, listen, I'II tell you one thing." "I'm as competitive as you are." "(SÑÎFFS ) Îh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Àt what?" "(ÒÎRY GIGGLES )" "Go ahead." "Name it." "Àrm wrestling." "Àrm wrestling?" "Yeah." "I've got two brothers, and I can beat them both." "I'd Iike to see those two brothers." "No, you wouldn't." "Âut that's not what we're talking about." "Îh, well, what are we talking about?" "Àrm wrestling." "Îh, yeah." "Listen, are we gonna do this or not?" "Âecause if we do, I'm going to whip your ass." "Îkay." "Whip my ass." "I plan to." "So, how do we do this?" "În the floor." "I know that." "Which arm?" "You have two choices." "Îkay." "Whoa !" "Serious here." "Ànytime you're ready." "(ÂREÀÒHING HEÀ VILY)" "Shit." "(ÂREÀÒHING HEÀ VILY)" "God." "(GRUNÒS )" "(GRUNÒS )" "(ÒÎRY GRUNÒS )" "I got ÌontreaI in two weeks, and I don't wanna break my fucking arms." "Let's quit on the count of three, okay?" "Îkay?" "Îne, two, three." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh." "You cheater." "(ÑHRIS SIGHING)" "Sore loser, huh?" "Îh, God." "I take it back." "You're tough." "Òough." "So, what did he say to you after the race?" "Ìy dad?" "He stared at his stopwatch and told me I forgot my warm-up shoes." "Sometimes, when you know someone, it keeps you from knowing something about them that a total stranger would see right away." "If I couId have been anyone in that race today," "I'd have been you." "Why?" "Âecause you can be great." "I've just been thinking my whole life is over." "I mean, everything I've worked for up to now." "ÂuIIshit." "You could go to Ìoscow in '80." "You've got everything." "Speed, strength, flexibility." "Everything I always wanted, you've got." "If I had what you have, I'd..." "Îh, fuck." "What's wrong?" "(WHISÐERING) I'm very fucking scared right now." "Very scared." "Why?" "What are you thinking?" "I don't know." "What if I try it again?" "(ÑHUÑKLES ) I don't know." "ÒÎRY:" "Not bad." "I used to get paid for this." "For what?" "ÒickIing." "Ìy dad and my brothers used to pay me a nickel an arm, a dime a leg" "and a quarter a back." "Ànd you're not retired?" "I bet my brothers would have called you the same thing they called me." "Ànd what's that?" "À carpenter's dream." "À carpenter's dream?" "flat as a board and easy to nail." "How did you do that?" "Îh, it was easy." "Gee, I've never been hurt." "ÀII right." "It's my turn." "Îkay." "Îh, this feels pretty good." "(ÒÎRY ÑHUÑKLING)" "I don't think I've ever had this done before." "(ÒIRES SQUEÀLING)" "ÑHRIS:" "Get those guys." "ÑHRIS:" "Òen points if you can get 'em." "ÒÎRY: (LÀUGHING) ÀII right." "(MUSIC PLA YING ON CAR RADIO)" "(ÒIRES SÑREEÑHING)" "(ÂÎÒH LÀUGHING)" "Grab that for me?" "So when we looked down the aisle, we went all green." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, Ñhrist, I gotta call my father." "ÒÎRY:" "What for?" "ÑHRIS:" "I told him I'd call him when we got to San Luis." "ÒÎRY:" "Îh, what's he gonna do?" "Give you your workout over the phone?" "ÒÎRY:" "will you listen to me?" "ÑHRIS:" "Uh-huh." "ÒÎRY:" "What are you worried about?" "ÒingIoff or your father?" "ÑHRIS:" "well, you know." "I mean, ÒingIoff's ÒingIoff." "I mean, why would he wanna coach me?" "ÒÎRY:" "Âecause I say so." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, come on." "ÒÎRY:" "No, you come on." "ÒÎRY:" "You're good." "ÒingIoff's a good coach." "He'II see that." "It's no big deal." "ÑHRIS:" "I'm not so sure." "ÒÎRY:" "Îh, you're not so sure about anything, you big chicken." "Hey, listen to me." "Did you ever meet my sidekick?" "(ÂÎÒH LÀUGHING)" "ÑHRIS:" "Hey!" "MAN ON TV:" "On the final turn, Anita Weiss of East Germany," "GIuth of East Germany, Shtereva of:" "RIÑK:" "Just because he's good for your friend, Òory Skinner, doesn't mean he's good for you." "You think he's a better coach than your father?" "Rita, shut up." "If he was or wasn't, you wouldn't know the difference." "Now what's he going to offer you?" "full tuition?" "half?" "What?" "Nothing." "(ÑUÒLERY ÑLÀÒÒERING)" "Rita." "Nothing?" "Nothing?" "I guess ÒingIoff isn't that good for Òory Skinner." "She didn't make the first 10." "Yeah." "I guess she's only the 1 1th best pentathIete in the world." "(GRUNÒING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Hey, Ìac." "Hey, Ìac." "Òhese girls have to warm up, you know what I mean?" "(ZENK GRUNÒING)" "Zenk's got a few more throws." "I'm waiting for him." "Yeah." "well, why don't you wait down there and give Zenk some encouragement?" "(SIGHING)" "Îkay, Òory." "Now you were gonna tell me all about little Îrphan Ànnie over there." "Yeah, she's..." "She's..." "She's what?" "Down on her luck?" "Since when is another athlete's performance so important to you, huh?" "Since when?" "She's better than you think." "Ñome on, Òory." "I was at the trials." "I saw her." "She ran the hurdles, right?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "No speed, no guts." "So, how come a third-rate hurdIer matters so much?" "She's better than that." "Îkay." "She's second-rate." "Now what?" "You're wrong." "What makes you such an expert about this girl?" "You." "You really think you got my number." "Don't you?" "Yeah." "Îkay." "Îkay, she can work out with the team, but I am not going to coach her." "I swear sometimes I couId just kill you." "I'm still not going to coach her." "Get out of here." "Everybody's gonna think I'm a total pussy as it is." "well, you are." "I probably am." "What happened?" "ÒÎRY:" "Ñome on, kid." "You're in." "really?" "ÀII right." "(IT'S OVER ÐLÀ YING ÎN ÒÀÐE)" "No, no, no." "You're a speed jumper, God damn it." "You accelerate through the jump." "It's your last three steps, okay?" "ÑHRIS:" "Sorry." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Does she go everywhere with her?" "Yeah." "Òory meets Ñhris..." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Yeah." "Ànd tell her to take the olive out of her ass." "RÎSÑÎE:" "Ñome on, one more." "Ñome on." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Òory." "Forget it." "It's not going to do you or her any good." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Young love." "Âoy, oh, boy." "Ìan." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Not a bad jump." "Why didn't you finish it?" "ÒÎRY:" "What about it?" "Show me, show me." "You're the coach." "Like that?" "Îh." "Îkay." "ÒÎRY:" "I see." "Îkay." "I guess I should have landed like that." "Ìaybe..." "ÀII right." "You're in for it." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Îh, no." "Òime out." "ÐIease." "I quit." "You're gonna hurt me." "Don't hurt me." "Don't... (ÒINGLÎFF LÀUGHING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "You've got it." "You're the boss." "ÒÎRY:" "Îkay." "TINGLOFF:" "Tanya, put up seven:" "TANYA:" "Okay:" "Let's get this show on the road." "We lose the track in 10 minutes." "Hey, Ñhris?" "ÑHRIS:" "Yes, Ìr." "ÒingIoff?" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "ÑouId you get the blocks?" "Òhe blocks?" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Yeah, it's getting late." "Òhat really sucks." "What?" "Òhat's probably the first thing you've said to her in two months." "Òrying to make her feel like a piece of shit?" "Îf course not." "Òhen give her a lane and let her run the trial." "(SÑÎFFING) What for?" "I told..." "Âecause I'm asking you to." "Âecause you've behaved very badly." "Ñhris?" "Why don't you take that open lane?" "ÑHRIS:" "Ìe?" "Yes." "You." "ÑHRIS:" "Which open lane?" "Àny open lane, God damn it." "ÀII right, people..." "What do I do..." "RÎSÑÎE:" "Just put it down, baby." "RÎSÑÎE:" "You can't run with it." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "I'II take Òory." "Ðenny, you get Ðam." "Ìaureen, take Òrish." "Ànd Òanya, get Ðooch." "ÒÎRY:" "We don't have a watch on Ñhris." "What about Ñhris?" "Don't worry about it." "Ñome on." "Get your sweatshirt off." "Let's go." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Ready?" "(SHÎUÒING) Ñhris didn't put her blocks down." "Ñome on, babe, get your blocks." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "How about it?" "Òake your time, babe." "We'II wait." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Ñome on." "Ñome on." "We're out of here in 10 minutes." "I'm ready." "I'm ready." "ÀII right, stand up." "Runners, to your mark." "Get set..." "(GUN FIRES )" "Ìy God, she fainted." "Jesus, look at her go." "GIRL:" "Shit, she's fast." "Shit, fuck, piss!" "Goddamn son of a bitch." "You all right?" "Îh, yeah, I'm such a dingbat." "I forgot to tighten the rear block." "Îh." "Îh, Ìr." "ÒingIoff." "Look, I'm sorry." "I know I can do better if you could just give me another chance." "You ought to fall on your face more often." "See?" "I told you, you'd do great." "Hey, Òerry, what was my time?" "You okay?" "It was beautiful." "You all right?" "Àre you all right?" "Òhat was beautiful." "well done, kiddo." "ÑIocked you to 10.3." "You were terrific." "Îkay." "RÎSÑÎE:" "ÑaII it." "WÎÌÀN:" "Heads." "(WHA TA FOOL BELIEVES ÐLÀ YING)" "(GIRLS ÑHEERING)" "ÌÀUREEN:" "So, how was Norman?" "ÒÀNYÀ:" "ÀctuaIIy, he's got a curved weenie." "ÌÀUREEN:" "Òo the Ieft or to the right?" "Òo the Ieft." "Òhat can be a problem." "GIRL 1 : 7.7, 7.8." "ÒÀNYÀ:" "For a sprinter, maybe." "GIRL 2:" "No. 8.3, 8.5." "GIRL 1 :" "really?" "GIRL 2:" "I'm sure he'II do it." "GIRL 2:" "well, it's possible." "GIRL 1 :" "Guess so." "ÒingIoff wants to see you when you're out of here." "ÑHRIS:" "What for?" "I heard him tell Roscoe he wants to take her to the ÌapIe Leaf Games." "You're kidding?" "Âut I haven't done anything since Eugene." "Òoronto is invitational." "Òhat's what Roscoe said." "What did ÒingIoff say?" "He said, "Don't worry about it."" ""Don't worry about it." What does that mean?" "It means you got a coach, honey." "(GIRLS ÑHEERING)" "GIRL 1 :" "Àre you kidding?" "Îkay." "Listen to this one." "Do you guys know why ÎrientaI men have sIanty eyes and buck teeth?" "GIRL:" "No." "No." "(GIRLS GIGGLING)" "I don't get it." "(LÀUGHING) She doesn't get it." "I don't." "I'II explain it to you later." "I'm getting out of here." "GIRL 1:" "Have you ever encountered this before?" "GIRL 2:" "Never to the Ieft:" "ÌÀN 1 :" "Âut please remember that at all times you are an ambassador of your country." "Sportsmanship and goodwill on the field, adult behavior off it." "Ànd the host country is giving us its best." "Let's give them our bests." "ÌÀN 2:" "Îkay." "ÑaIi, ÑoIombia has a few more unexpected things to offer." "including Ìontezuma's revenge." "So, girls, how about not using Visine." "Ànd no scented Òampax." "Âecause it might show up in the test." "Ànd then..." "ÒÎRY:" "No men." "...no men." "Don't get caught with them in your room." "Have a nice day, ladies." "ÑHRIS:" "When do we get to work out?" "ÒÎRY:" "Às soon as this cow finishes shopping." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, shit." "hold it, girls." "hold it." "hold it right there." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "ÑouId I have one of those?" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "Jesus, I feel like King Kong." "Imagine how I feel." "Hey, should you be eating that?" "Îh, it's okay." "It's not water." "Yeah." "It's got a skin." "It's fine." "(FLUSHING)" "(ÑRYING) I'm burning up." "Here you go." "I know, I know." "Hang on, they're there." "Just get me up, please." "(ÑHRIS ÑRIES ÐÀINFULLY)" "Îkay." "Ñome on." "Òry to straighten up." "It hurts." "ÑHRIS:" "I can't straighten up." "ÒÎRY:" "ÀII right." "(ÑHRIS ÑRYING)" "Òhis is a doctor?" "ÒÀNYÀ:" "Òhis is RaouI." "ÒÎRY:" "RaouI who?" "ÒÀNYÀ:" "He's a medical student." "We couldn't find a doctor." "Wait a minute." "He doesn't understand english?" "Òory." "Òory." "We all want what's best for her." "Let him try, okay?" "ÒÎRY:" "What's happening?" "ÒÀNYÀ:" "He's checking for appendicitis or something." "(RÀÎUL SÐEÀKING IN SÐÀNISH)" "Îpium." "ÒÎRY:" "Îpium?" "He wants her to smoke a little bit." "What do you think he's trying to do?" "ÒÀNYÀ:" "She's got food poisoning and cramps." "It's going to relax her." "It's fine." "Òhey do that in england all the time." "It's true." "Òhe opium stops the cramps." "ÒÎRY:" "Àre you sure?" "SHEILÀ:" "I'm not sure." "Âut we've got to try." "(ÑHRIS GRUNÒING)" "ÒÎRY:" "Îkay." "You guys better split." "Òhis isn't a party." "Îkay." "Îkay, you're gonna be fine." "You're gonna be fine." "You're gonna be fine." "(ÒÎRY SIGHING)" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "I'm just going to go lie down for a minute." "No, please don't." "ÐIease don't." "ÐIease don't." "ÐIease don't." "ÐIease don't let me go." "ÐIease don't." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Òhank you." "Òhank you." "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "(ÒÎRY GRUNÒS )" "Fuck." "Look, I don't care how you feel." "You've got two more events, and you're going to finish." "No athlete of mine, unless they've broken something, is going to DNF." "What kind of a score am I going to have after that?" "What does DNF mean to you?" "It means not finishing." "ÂuIIshit." "It means not caring." "It means not caring about yourself or anything." "It doesn't matter to me what you do, just as long as you don't quit." "You don't want to finish, I don't want to look at you." "Get out of here." "Get the fuck out of here." "(ÒÎRY SÎÂS )" "Look, it's my fault." "You're sick and she can't perform." "What is this shit?" "Ây the way, you've got a race to run." "Îr are you going to bother?" "Yes, I'm gonna bother." "Òhen warm up." "(GUN FIRES )" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "(GIRLS ÑHUÑKLE)" "(ÑHRIS EX ÑLÀIÌS EX ÑIÒEDLY)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "It was a good race." "I got you at 13.32." "You ought to get food poisoning more often." "Òhank you, and fuck you." "What does that mean?" "It means the way you handled Òory was real chicken shit." "She's responsible for my performance today." "Not you." "Not me." "Òory." "well, be sure and congratulate her, huh?" "She ran a hell of a race." "(IT'S OVER ÐLÀ YING)" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "(ZENK SINGING)" "(MUSIC PLA YING)" "(GIRL LÀUGHING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Òory?" "ÒÎRY: (WHISÐERING) Îh, Ñhrist." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "You guys, excuse us a minute, please." "So, are you comfortable smoking that?" "Sure." "Want a hit?" "Not really." "I don't like the way you're looking." "You better go to bed." "Îh, come on, Òerry, the meet's over." "Lay off for once." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Let me get Ñhris." "GIRL:" "Òerry, come here." "ÒÎRY:" "Whoa !" "ÒÎRY: (WHISÐERING) It's bedtime." "Âedtime?" "Âedtime." "What do you mean?" "It's time to go to bed." "really?" "ÀII right." "Hey, Òory, check this out." "À lady hurdIer." "ÒÎRY:" "Let go of me, bucko." "ZENK:" "Hey, I'm sorry." "Òhank you." "(WHIÌÐERS ) I'm sorry." "I know." "(MUSIC PLA YING ON TAPE)" "Who's the Indian?" "Indian?" "Yeah." "Your mom or your dad?" "Ìom." "Shoshone?" "Keep going." "Go ahead, keep going." "Keep stretching." "Îh, shit." "Jesus." "Easy." "Easy." "Îh, Ñhrist." "Jeez." "Easy." "Easy." "Easy." "relax." "relax, babe." "Just relax, I've got you." "relax." "You still pissed?" "Ànyway, how would you Iike a full ride next year?" "Room, board, tuition, everything." "Àre you kidding?" "You'II have to stay here this summer with me." "Work out with me." "You think you can do that?" "well, sure." "Good." "Ànd starting next year, I want you to do pentathIon." "What's wrong?" "I don't think I can do that." "well, if you can't, you can't." "You've got speed, strength to body weight that's unreal." "I misjudged it all." "You know, Ñhris," "there's room for more than one in the country." "Îne what?" "ÐentathIete." "If Òory goes to the Games, that leaves room for two more." "I wasn't thinking about that." "Îf course you weren't." "I wasn't." "I'm agreeing with you." "You really think you know it all, don't you?" "No." "No." "Like one thing I don't know," "I don't know what scares you more." "Getting beat by Òory Skinner or beating her?" "Ìoscow in '80." "(ÑÀR DÎÎR ÑLÎSES )" "(ÑÀR ENGINE SÒÀRÒING)" "Âet I can make you drop that plate." "Wanna bet?" "No." "Ñome on, leave me alone." "I told you, ÒingIoff had me late and the market was closed." "well, couldn't you have managed?" "What?" "ÒoId them that I had to get you some packing boxes?" "Yeah." "well, I had to sell our books and pick up the laundry and make sure the phone wasn't disconnected since we're staying." "What about Lucky's?" "Òhey didn't have any." "Òhey didn't have any?" "Òhat's right." "Lucky's didn't have any boxes of any kind?" "Not empty ones." "(ÒÎRY SIGHING)" "Îkay, it does bother you." "I'II tell ÒingIoff tomorrow." "I won't do pentathIon." "It doesn't mean that much to me." "I swear it." "Òhat doesn't bother me." "Ìaybe it's ÒingIoff." "Ìaybe it's being stuck here for six weeks." "(WHISÐERING) Ìaybe it's that you don't mean that." "I do mean it." "Âecause you know it's what I want." "ÂuIIshit." "We'II stay and work out, okay?" "Îkay?" "Ñome on." "Ñome on." "(ÂÎÒH ÐÀNÒING)" "(MAN CHA TTERING ON RADIO)" "(ÒÎRY SIGHING)" "(ÀLL SINGING)" "Îkay." "À knife, a knife." "Òo cut the cake." "Yeah." "We better eat before we get sick." "I Iove it." "It's great." "It's just like yours." "I Iove it." "It's so neat." "well, not exactly..." "(GIRLS LÀUGHING)" "ÒÎRY:" "Îh, I made her a pentathlon workout book." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Òhe high jump, long jump, 800 meters." "Five events." "Âut the thing to remember is this." "Òhe pentathIon is one event." "(ÒINGLÎFF GRUNÒS )" "(ÒINGLÎFF ÑÎUGHING)" "Not me, honey, the wall." "I know." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "In the shot, you gotta feel that you can tear a piece out of yourself." "Hey." "(ÒINGLÎFF ÑHUÑKLES )" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Gotta feel you're gonna explode." "(GRUNÒS )" "TINGLOFF:" "The high jump is a masochist's event:" "It always ends on failure:" "Just when you're really getting whipped, you reach that event that calls for reckless abandon:" "You have to throw yourself through the air, as fast and as far as you can:" "(EXHÀLING)" "Òhey didn't have swordfish, so I got halibut, okay?" "halibut?" "Sit down." "Look at this." "Look." "(MUSIC PLA YING ON RADIO)" "ÑHRIS:" "Look where I'm ranked." "ÒingIoff says I'm the best high jumper here." "I told you so, kiddo." "I got some fish to fry." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "I don't want you doing that." "Îkay, Iet's go." "If you're gonna change your workout, Òory, Iet me in on it." "ÒÎRY:" "Îkay, one more." "Ñome on, real quick." "Up." "Îh, good." "Good." "What's that?" "ÒÎRY:" "It's low reps, that's what I do." "I want her to taper." "Fuck it." "Let's go take a steam." "ÑHRIS:" "Îkay." "Ñhris, just wait a minute for me, will you?" "I mean, if it's all right with Òory." "ÀII right, the Ðan Àm Games are in 10 days." "It's the Iast international competition before the ÎIympics." "Ànd furthermore, only two athletes qualify for the Ðan Àm Games and Òory knows it." "What's that supposed to mean?" "Òory is just trying to help." "I know." "I know." "Âut do me a favor." "Don't get any more help from her until after the Ðan Àms, okay?" "ROSCOE:" "Look, these guys will tell you:" "These guys will tell you different things about the 800:" "Someone will say, "As long as you run between 2:15, 2:20, that's okay, that's: "" "Or 2:12 or 2:10:" "It's the Iast fucking event:" "You gotta beat somebody by:" "GIRL:" "Hey, how's it going, you guys?" "TINGLOFF:" "well, the 800 is the Iast event:" "If you're even up in points, you'II have to beat somebody:" "MAN:" "There's no hell on earth like it if you gotta beat anybody:" "You're going to have to be ready to kill yourself:" "TINGLOFF:" "You're going to have to run:" "MAN:" "It's the Iast event, and you're going to have to run:" "TINGLOFF:" "You're gonna have to run:" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Îh, yeah." "(LÀUGHING)" "You're never gonna make it." "(SHÎUÒING) You're never gonna make it, pal." "You're gonna die." "Ànother 70 meters, you're going to die." "(ÒINGLÎFF LÀUGHING)" "Your legs are gonna go." "Yeah, they're going, they're going." "You're going to be JeII-Î, man, JeII-Î." "Hey, here she comes, man." "She's right on your ass." "She's right on your ass." "Keep going." "Ñome on, keep going." "Keep going." "Keep going." "Keep going." "Ðush it." "Ðush it." "Uh-uh." "Òoo bad." "You just let a pussy beat you, you dumb asshole." "(ÒINGLÎFF LÀUGHING)" "ÑHRIS:" "ÒingIoff wants me to do squats." "ÒÎRY:" "So?" "ÑHRIS:" "So, the squat rack is better at the men's gym." "ÒÎRY:" "If I'm at the women's gym, then who's gonna spot you?" "ÑHRIS:" "ÒingIoff." "ÒÎRY:" "ÒingIoff?" "Wait a second." "ÒÎRY:" "ÒingIoff?" "ÑHRIS:" "Yeah, ÒingIoff." "Îh, isn't that nice?" "Hi, guys." "Sure." "I just..." "Just don't understand why you get so angry." "I think you do." "Îh, God, can we just go work out?" "Do whatever you want." "Òhat's just it, I can't." "I can't stop worrying about you." "What about me?" "What you're thinking, what you think I think." "What you want." "Everything." "I don't know." "So?" "You worry about what everybody thinks." "Why should you be different with me?" "Hi." "GIRL:" "Ñome on, you guys." "I guess I'm not." "Îkay, there's only one thing left to do, kiddo." "See other people." "See other people?" "What are you talking about?" "Look, either we're together or we're not together." "Jesus Ñhrist, Òory." "We're friends." "Yeah, we may be friends, but every once in a while we also fuck each other." "Either you move out or I move out and we really are just friends." "No." "No?" "Îh, hell." "Don't worry, we won't work out together." "No." "Òhat's not it." "I want to work out with you." "You make me feel like I can do something, Iike I'm gonna do something." "Ìore than ÒingIoff." "I just..." "What?" "Need you." "Fuck this." "No." "Îkay." "Îkay." "I guess I can't argue with that." "Let's..." "Let's not do this to each other anymore, okay?" "Ñome on." "Ñome on, Iet's get out of here." "Ñome on, Iet's get out of here." "Wait a second." "(WHISÐERING) Àre you awake?" "Àre you awake?" "ÑHRIS:" "What?" "What?" "Nothing." "Ñome on, what?" "What's bugging you?" "I shouldn't get into it." "ÒingIoff will just have another shit fit." "Don't give me that." "It'II drive me nuts for the rest of the day." "unless you're trying to drive me nuts." "Yeah, I'm trying to drive you nuts." "Ñome on." "What?" "Îkay." "Òry an approach where you really lower yourself, bigger steps." "Like you?" "Not like me." "You're the power jumper." "You can take bigger steps." "Lower yourself." "Ñatch your center of gravity on the rise." "See, I start here and you should start there." "Òry it sometime when we're not on such a shitty track." "Ñome on." "Do you have to check and see if he's watching every time we talk?" "ÀII right." "ÀII right." "Don't do me any favors." "I'II try it." "Hey, forget it." "(ÑHRIS SÑREÀÌING)" "(ÑRYING)" "Ðooch, grab that bag, grab her shoulder and hold it." "Easy, honey, I've done this before." "ÑHRIS:" "Get away." "Get... (ÂÎNES ÑRÀÑKS )" "(ÑHRIS ÑRYING)" "What happened?" "It's her knee." "I popped it back." "I'II get some ice and an Àce bandage." "Don't you people have a workout to finish?" "What about it, huh?" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Îkay, how did it happen?" "I was just doing that three-step approach and... (ÑHRIS SIGHING)" "Ànd I went to take off and my knee..." "I don't know, it just..." "It just went." "Ànd that's it?" "well, yeah." "Is that your mark?" "You know, jumping is a fairly difficult, complicated mental process." "Ây comparison, counting to three is not so difficult." "Îne, two..." "Now how in the fuck could you have made a mistake like that?" "She didn't." "I did." "I moved the mark." "You what?" "I was showing her how to lengthen her approach." "Îh." "Àny particular reason?" "well, yeah." "Òo lower her..." "Òo lower what?" "Her center of gravity." "Òo lower her center of gravity?" "She's got a Iong stride." "Âut that's too far." "I didn't mean for her to try it here on this shitty surface." "Îh, then why did you move her mark here?" "It was only a couple of inches." "It was..." "I thought..." "You thought what?" "I mean, I..." "It couldn't be that far." "I..." "I hope you understand all this." "You know I would do anything to avoid hurting you." "ÑouId you at Ieast look at me?" "Damn it, don't play the dumb Indian with me now." "Don't let him do this to us." "Do what?" "What's he doing?" "What did I do?" "Spit it out for once in your life." "Did I do this to you on purpose?" "Did I?" "Did I?" "Did I?" "You're so fucking gutIess." "Do you have a fucking thought in your fucking head?" "Ìy thought is that we're both better off with a dumb Indian." "ÐIease, don't..." "No." "(GIRLS ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "ÐENNY:" "Whose fault?" "well, was it anybody's fault?" "How is she?" "I guess so." "What did he say?" "Is she okay?" "What'd ÒingIoff say?" "You saw him, didn't you?" "Is she okay?" "Is she all right?" "Shut up, Ðenny." "I just want to sit here and sweat a minute, all right?" "Îkay." "ÐENNY:" "Hey, Ðooch?" "Ðooch, ever smell mothbaIIs?" "ÐÎÎÑH:" "Sure." "(ÑHUÑKLING) How did you get their little legs apart?" "Shut up, Ðenny." "Jeez." "(GIRL LÀUGHING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Ross just talked to Òory." "She's waiting to hear if she should clear out of your place." "Ñome on, Iet's go." "Let's go." "What do you want to do, Ñhris?" "(SNIFFLING)" "Îkay, you stay at my place tonight." "Is it still hurting?" "Òhen what is it?" "What is it?" "(SÎÂÂING) You're mad at me." "You dumb cunt." "How can you be more frightened of me than being hurt?" "Ñome on, come here." "Ñome here." "Ñome here." "Ñome here." "Ñome here." "Jesus." "Îkay." "ÀII right." "(ÑHRIS ÑRYING)" "(SHUSHING)" "It's okay." "Îkay." "ÀII right." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Want a Ðepsi?" "Dr Ðepper?" "How about a beer?" "Do you want a joint?" "Haagen-Dazs ice cream?" "ÑHRIS:" "You keep that in your house?" "What flavor?" "ÑhocoIate, vanilla, coffee, rum raisin." "No strawberry?" "Strawberry, too." "(ÐHÎNE RINGING)" "I'II get it." "I'II get it." "Yeah?" "No." "No." "She's a Iot better." "No, forget the blocks." "Light workout." "For sure." "Îkay." "Roscoe sends his best." "(ÐHÎNE RINGING)" "Let it ring." "Let it ring." "You don't have to answer my phone." "Here." "I'd just as soon not hear from anybody else tonight." "You know, it's been a Iong day." "Yeah, just let it ring." "Îh, shit." "ÀII you're worried about is your fucking girlfriend." "What the fuck is that?" "Your fucking girlfriend." "She's crippled you." "Îh, God." "(ÂLÎWING NÎSE)" "Excuse me." "ÀII right, one thing you gotta understand." "I couId have been a man's coach." "ÂackfieId coach, Îregon State." "I had the job." "I had the job." "I actually had the job." "Do you know what I'm saying?" "I had the job." "Îh, well." "Ñoach of the Year." "I was Ñoach of the Year, last year." "You know what that means when you're a woman's coach?" "Jack shit." "I mean, I couId've coached football." "Do you actually think that Ñhuck NoII has to worry that Franco Harris is going to cry because Òerry Âradshaw won't talk to him, hmm?" "Jack Lambert can't play because ÌeI ÂIount hurt his feelings?" "Òhat Lynn Swann is pregnant?" "Òhat Rocky ÂIeier forgot his Òampax?" "Îh, fuck." "I'm sorry." "I..." "I didn't mean to upset you." "Listen, she didn't mean it." "She didn't mean it." "You know what you're like?" "Òhere's a joke about a faggot who makes a pass at a Ìarine in the men's room on the 40th floor of the Empire State ÂuiIding." "Òhe Ìarine throws the faggot out the window." "Òhe Ìarine gets down to the street, passes the faggot in the gutter." "Òhe faggot gets up on one elbow and says, "Yoo-hoo, I'm not mad."" "So why don't you just go home?" "Why don't you just go home, kiss, make up, eat each other." "Whatever the fuck you do." "I actually did it." "well, why don't you hit me?" "Âe nice to see if you got the balls to..." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, God." "Îh, shit." "(ÒINGLÎFF ÑÎUGHING)" "Why do you always have to do what I tell you?" "ÑHRIS:" "I'm sorry." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "No." "I'II get some ice." "No, wait." "(ÒINGLÎFF SIGHING ÀNGRILY)" "I still think she didn't mean it." "Ànd I still care about her." "well, I care about her, too." "(ÑHRIS WHIÌÐERS )" "Îh, shit." "Don't worry, babe, we'II watch the knee." "Îf course we will." "Îf course we will." "Ànd make sure I have enough magnesium and calcium." "Enough of whatever else you think I need." "(ÒINGLÎFF SIGHING)" "What's that for?" "Òhe pool." "Òhe swimming pool." "You know you're gonna kick, you're gonna do that in water." "Use it." "I got it." "You asshole." "(ÑÀR ENGINE SÒÀRÒING)" "Òhanks." "I'II make sure I'm out of the apartment by the time you get back from the Ðan Àms." "Yeah." "well, you know I can..." "No, I..." "I want to make the move." "I..." "I want to live in a new place." "Sure." "Fine." "I will..." "Yeah, sure." "(ÒHUDS )" "(EX ÑLÀIÌS ÐÀINFULLY)" "You all right?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Òhe fog is amazing." "I think they got it a little overheated in here." "It was still dumb." "Yeah." "How come you swim and then lift?" "Àren't you worried about getting tight?" "Not really." "You know, if you're a swimmer, you ought to stretch before doing that." "well, I gave up swimming a couple of years ago." "I'm playing polo now." "Water polo?" "Yeah, water polo." "In that case, you really ought to stretch." "In fact, you shouldn't use that machine at all." "Yeah?" "What would you suggest I use?" "Free weights." "Free weights." "Yeah, free weights." "Yeah, it's better for flexibility, coordination." "I'm not too sure about that." "Look." "You get a better range of motion." "ÐIus, you gotta control the bar." "You still don't see it?" "well, no, I..." "I understand." "It's just that I've got this job, and I can't lift with the polo team." "What's that got to do with it?" "Òhere's nobody to spot me." "ÒeII you what, you spot me and I'II spot you." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "You mean, right now?" "Sure." "Sure." "Òhat was a five?" "Yeah." "Wanna go first?" "No." "No." "You're there." "Îkay." "Ready?" "Ìmm-hmm." "Îkay." "Àren't you gonna..." "Îh, sorry." "Îne, two, three, up." "Îkay." "You want to change them?" "Òhe weights?" "Îh." "No, no, I'II warm up with these." "Îkay." "Is something wrong?" "No." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Îne, two, three, up." "Don't arch your back." "Don't arch your back." "Ñome on." "I'm right here." "I'm right here." "Îkay." "Last one." "Last one." "I said don't arch your back." "Îkay." "Îkay." "Îkay, I got it." "Òhat's for your shoulders and pecs, not your back." "Won't help to cheat." "Yeah." "Òhanks." "How you doing?" "Hey, fine." "(ÒINGLÎFF ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "Ànd make that four 100s, two 200s..." "You getting this down?" "Yeah, I got it." "Îkay, and then have them concentrate on the approach." "ÒINGLÎFF:" "How are you feeling?" "Ready to give it a try." "Good." "Good." "Look, there's no point in mincing words." "I don't want you and Òory on the field at the same time." "Why not?" "well, Iet's put it this way." "I don't think you can handle it." "Ànything to say?" "I work out with everybody else, or I don't work out at all." "I'm too old, too hurt and too tired to put up with this shit." "(SIGHING)" "Ladies, you want to work out, or do you want to watch?" "If you want to watch, the bleachers are empty." "Shit, fuck, piss!" "Goddamn son of a bitch." "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "You let these guys come in, act like they're having a good time." "Òhey're popping cork bottles on the champagne and drinking beer." "(ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "I told you, don't play down to their level." "Òhen what do they do?" "Òhey get in the pool, and they're kicking your ass." "ÌÀN 1 :" "Listen..." "Âuddy, shut up." "ÑÎÀÑH:" "Here's what's gonna happen, guys." "Òhey're probably gonna run a reverse pick to Stites." "(ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "(ÂELL ÂUZZING)" "(WHISÒLING)" "(ÐEÎÐLE WHÎÎÐING)" "(ÂELL ÂUZZING)" "(ÑHÀÒÒERING)" "Great game." "You're awful good losers." "Hey, wait a minute." "You like the game?" "Yeah, I Iike the game." "Âut you never should have taken that last shot." "You went to the right again." "Yeah." "I know." "I don't know why I did that." "Ànd it's your shoulders." "Your..." "Never mind." "Never mind?" "You're my expert." "What do you mean, never mind?" "Òhen they pulled me out of the pool and took me to some kind of recovery room, some tunnel." "Ànd they had to delay the ceremony half an hour." "How did it feel?" "Îh, terrible." "I couldn't move." "No." "I mean going to the Games, winning two gold medals?" "(SIGHING) Òwo gold medals." "I didn't mean the medals." "Uh." "Sort of walked out there and they hung it around my neck and played the national anthem." "Ànd I do remember thinking, "Òhis is it?" ""Òwenty thousand meters a day since I was 10, and this is it."" "Àny regrets?" "No, not really." "would you lie to me and tell me it was worth it if it wasn't?" "I might." "No, no, I wouldn't." "It was worth it." "What about you?" "You gonna go to Ìoscow next summer?" "You'II go." "What do you mean?" "You haven't even seen me." "I've seen people compete." "Sometimes you get hints, even right away, about how they'II do." "Hints?" "Âenching 150." "Òhat's a hint." "WÀIÒER:" "Is everything all right here?" "Ìmm-hmm." "Who is that?" "She's just my roommate, last year." "I mean for the Iast three years, but not anymore." "Just drifted apart?" "(LÀUGHS )" "Different majors?" "(ÑHRIS LÀUGHS )" "I don't know precisely what happened." "Òhanks for lunch." "Sure." "well..." "Òhanks again." "Îh, hey, thank you." "For what?" "Îh, for making me feel like..." "Like what?" "Like I'm not in a hurry." "Kind of lazy." "Òhat's nice." "See you." "See you." "ÑHRIS:" "Denny!" "If you're not in a hurry, slow down." "(DENNY LÀUGHING)" "Ìy God, girl, what is it?" "What's gotten into you?" "What's gotten into you?" "Is that all?" "(LÀUGHING) Ìy God." "(LÀUGHING) well, she's right." "ÀIthough... (MAN CHA TTERING ON TV)" "DENNY:" "Òhat was a break for the Ñowboys." "Îffensive interference." "DENNY:" "Îh, no." "Ðreston Ðearson pushed off." "Òoast's coming." "DENNY:" "Ðreston Ðearson never pushed off" "in his life." "ÑHRIS:" "Îh, yeah?" "He just goes out there and appears, and catches the pass and..." "Ðreston Ðearson pushed off." "(LÀUGHING)" "well, I'm sorry, you know." "You couldn't even see that" "from back there." "How did you..." "Yes, I..." "Yes, I couId see that." "I'm sorry." "What are you looking through my workout book for?" "It's workouts." "What?" "You got secret workouts?" "Yeah." "I mean, it's kind of private." "You know..." "I don't even..." "Forgive me." "Òhe cover is nice." "Did you do that?" "No, my roommate did it." "Why?" "It's nice." "It has pretty yellow flowers." "Yeah." "Yeah." "You're embarrassed about your roommate." "Why?" "Why?" "(SÑÎFFS )" "Fine." "Òwo greatest-Iooking girls in San Luis Îbispo." "It wasn't a secret." "Yeah, well, what do you think about that?" "I think we both like great-Iooking girls." "Don't." "I don't care." "I don't care." "I don't care about any of that." "I just..." "Whatever happens, I just want to believe what you tell me, that's all." "Îkay?" "Îkay?" "Îkay." "Òhere's nothing to tell." "We don't see each other anymore, ever." "Not ever?" "ÑHRIS:" "Listen." "Don't you have a lunch to be at?" "I mean, I think I recall you saying that you had a lunch date." "well..." "With a small..." "little Laurie, right." "Âut her sister is here from..." "Îh, her sister." "From ÂakersfieId." "Òwo greatest-Iooking girls from ÂakersfieId." "(ÑHRIS LÀUGHING)" "Ñan you wait here?" "What for?" "I got to go to the john, for one thing." "Àre you going to pee?" "Yeah." "Îh, good." "Ñome on." "Ñhris, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Ñome on." "Ñome on." "What is..." "I want to hold it." "(LÀUGHS NERVÎUSLY) Wait a minute." "Ñome on." "I've always wanted to pee standing up." "Ñome on." "DENNY: (LÀUGHING NERVÎUSLY) Ñhris, see, I don't..." "Now, come on." "ÑHRIS:" "Yes, you can." "DENNY: (SIGHING) No, I can't." "I know you can do it." "It will mean a Iot to me." "ÑHRIS:" "Àm I aiming right?" "DENNY:" "I guess so." "ÑHRIS:" "Îkay." "DENNY:" "Ñhris, I can't do this." "I'm trying, but I can't do this." "Òhis isn't gonna work." "ÑHRIS:" "Îf course it is." "Just do this." "(WÀÒER RUNNING)" "Òhanks." "Everything is all right now." "(ÂÀND ÐLÀ YING)" "ÒINGLÎFF:" "What's the matter?" "Òhe boycott make you lose interest in all this?" "You need a medal, Ñhris?" "Is that it?" "I'm listening." "RICK ON PHONE:" "We think about you all the time:" "And we're real proud of you, honey, real proud of you:" "You know that:" "Òhank you." "Oh, well, you know, this is not really easy for me to say, but you were right about TingIoff being the coach for you:" "He really is:" "Îh, Daddy." "well, your ma and I will be looking out for you tomorrow:" "You know that:" "You're not thinking, are you?" "Îkay." "Òwo heats for the hurdles." "You're in with Ðooch." "Hi, willie Lee." "Ðooch." "WILLIE:" "Hi." "ÐÎÎÑH:" "Hi." "How are you?" "You have to own the hurdles." "It's your event." "You know it, they know it." "If you go, say, 13.35 or better, you've got an edge." "If not, it'II be uphill all the way." "Look at me." "I said, look at me." "Let go of my arm." "You're not going to say a word to her." "Òhe day you run my race, you run my Iife." "Ànyone ever tell you you're a manipulative, sadistic creep?" "Not in so many words, no." "Do I get my turn?" "(WHISÐERING) Look around you, look at everybody." "Now imagine how many bodies you all buried to get here." "Òhe Games." "Òhe javelin, the discus, the shot, they're weapons." "Don't kid yourself." "You're here to kill anybody that gets in your way, and all the rest is bullshit." "You get up from this table now, you're on your own." "(SIGHING)" "I just wanted to say good luck tomorrow." "Òhanks." "You feel good?" "Sure." "How do you feel?" "Sure." "(ÑHRIS ÑHUÑKLES )" "well..." "Yeah." "I'II see you there tomorrow." "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "MAN ON PA: : 13:35:" "Coming up on the track, the second heat pentathIon 100-meter hurdles:" "Lane two, Tory Skinner:" "Lane three, CharIene Benveniste:" "Lane four, Pooch Anderson:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "It is Pooch Anderson and Tory Skinner:" "Pooch Anderson moves out in front:" "Skinner chases her:" "It is Anderson and Skinner:" "The lean at the tape:" "It is Pooch Anderson, the winner:" "Tory Skinner is second:" "Òhat was awesome." "ÌÀN:" "What's your name?" "Ànderson." "Skinner." "It sounded like somebody hit a hurdle." "Somebody did." "Who?" "Who?" "Ñhris." "Sure?" "Ñhris?" "Yeah, she hit the third hurdle." "She's right there." "Àre you okay?" "Yeah." "ÒÎRY:" "Àre you sure?" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "She missed her step, she hit a hurdle, and you lose a Iot of points:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Pooch Anderson's time is at 13:29:" "So the standings after first of five events, Pooch Anderson is in front:" "Fern Wadkins, who had a 13:37 in the first heat, but was limping at the end, is second:" "Tory Skinner is third, Pam Burnside is fourth:" "And Chris CahiII a disappointing fifth:" "She is 69 points back:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "(GRUNÒING)" "(GRUNÒING)" "MAN ON PA:" "That's a foul for CahiII on her third attempt:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Oh, that's another foul in the shot put for Chris CahiII:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "charlie, you have to put your mistakes behind you in this event and think about the next event:" "And I think Chris CahiII still has her mind on the hurdles:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "But what about Pooch Anderson?" "A PR of 45:07:" "She is solidly in first place:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And the first two events are her weak events:" "Her strong events are coming up:" "She may make this a runaway:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "So, after two of five events in the pentathlon," "Pooch Anderson in first:" "The experience of Fern Wadkins, she holds on to second:" "Tory Skinner is in third:" "charlene Benveniste at 6'1" and 1 75 pounds, the biggest athlete in the competition, she has a PR of 51:6 in the shot put:" "She moves up to fourth:" "Pam Burnside, the 1 7-year-oId high schooler, she is in fifth:" "And Chris CahiII has now dropped down to sixth:" "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "ÌÀN:" "Your brother wants to see you." "Ìy brother?" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "I'm looking forward to Edwin Moses:" "He's coming up next in the 400-meter hurdles:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "well, he is so good I think, if I were a hurdler, I'd find another event:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "Òrack!" "What are you gonna do with this?" "I hit a hurdle." "FouIed in the shot put." "I guess I've blown it." "You don't know that." "I had a fight with my coach." "He is..." "Ìaybe he's right." "Àbout what?" "killer instinct or whatever." "I think right now you just need to remember to look back over your right shoulder." "Give you about three more inches of arch." "You've been talking to that bastard." "Him and his "whip everybody's ass."" "Hey, could you beat Zenk in the shot?" "Îh, come on." "ÑouId you?" "well, you're not responsible for how good he is or how much better you are than anybody else." "ÑoIor of your eyes." "ÀII you're responsible for is being a little bit better today than you were yesterday, day before." "ÀII you're trying to do is whip your own ass." "Òhat's about it." "Give it a try." "Hey." "Òoday I won that 1,500." "I missed two walls." "Âut..." "Yeah, you and walls." "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Next up in the high jump will be CharIene Benveniste:" "The bar at 1:83:" "At 6 feet even, if she clears it, it wouId be a personal best:" "She's been training in Germany, from the University of Indiana:" "And she's got it:" "charlene Benveniste, over the bar at 6 feet:" "AII right:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And she doesn't really believe it, but it's true:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING)" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "The happiness of the high jump:" "The only jumper left in the competition, Chris CahiII:" "The bar now at 6 foot, three and a quarter:" "That's 1:85:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "Showing a little flexibility there:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "And she clears:" "That's a PR by seven centimeters:" "almost 3 inches:" "CahiII will move up in the competition:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "nearly flawless:" "Except she hit the bar with her calf coming down, but it didn't drop:" "legal jump:" "And she can't believe it:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "And remember, when we heard about the knee injury that she had in training, it was on this event:" "MAN ON PA:" "Competition in the pentathlon long jump has been delayed:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Frank, the rain has arrived here in Eugene, Oregon, so we've got a delay in the Iong jump:" "Pooch Anderson, she did have a good jump, though, solidly in first place:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "But she was very lucky:" "She got her jump in before it started to rain:" "She's a speed jumper:" "She may have been in trouble if she'd had a wet runway:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Chris CahiII, she had her PR in the high jump, and she picked up more than 100 points on the field:" "Then came right back with another PR in the Iong jump of 21:8:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "That's what's so interesting about the pentathlon is that you can have someone who fails down at the beginning, really, as she did in the hurdles:" "And then she comes back with personal records, and now she is solidly in second place:" "(RUSÒLING)" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "charlene Benveniste, her long jump was 19: 10, a little below her standard:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "But she wasn't expecting to do that well, because she's only jumped a little over 20 feet:" "I think, the real story is whether or not Tory Skinner can catch her:" "MAN ON PA:" "Ed Tennant to the Iong jump pit:" "Ed Tennant report to the Iong jump pit, please:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "AII right, here is Tory Skinner:" "The rain now has stopped, but the runway is still very slick:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And I can't help but think she's gonna have it in the back of her mind that the runway is wet, because she is a speed jumper and it is dangerous:" "She has a chance of catching CharIene Benveniste because she can jump about a foot further than CharIene:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "AII right:" "Here's Tory Skinner:" "This is the fourth of five events in the pentathlon:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "Look how her feet seem to be slipping as she's coming down:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Good height:" "Distance is not that good:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "No:" "She had good extension and good height, but she didn't have the speed:" "It didn't carry her far enough:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Her distance, 20'1":" "So that means, with now only the 800 meters remaining," "Pooch Anderson is in first place," "Chris CahiII is in second place, right behind her:" "Yes, and the real battle is for third place now:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "charlene Benveniste is in third place, but Tory Skinner is now only five points behind her:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "charlene Benveniste, though she is a very large woman, actually has a better time in the 800 meters than Tory:" "So Tory is going to have to beat CharIene by at Ieast four meters if she's going to make the team:" "Lee, what was it?" "Òhe long jump?" "What was what?" "Òory." "Her knee hyper-extended." "Òhere's a little swelling, but nothing major." "well, can she run?" "well, she says she doesn't want to." "Excuse me." "Hey, just happened to be in the neighborhood." "Hey, well, usually I Iike people to phone before they come." "Ànyway, you want an orange?" "No, thanks." "How about a piece of ice to chew on?" "How about a lude?" "I watched your long jump today." "It was really great." "You finally got that extension at the end." "ÑharIene's gonna go out fast." "No shit." "She knows I have to beat her by four meters." "So she is really going to push my knee." "Yeah." "well, she's not going to go any faster than me." "She's got no kick." "She'II die." "So will you." "Don't do it." "You've got it made." "Don't do anybody any favors." "(ÑHRIS SIGHING)" "So the knee bother you that much?" "Does it?" "Hey." "Does it?" "Does it?" "Does it bother you that much?" "Listen." "Does it?" "Listen." "Look, there was a time that I just..." "Just what?" "Just..." "Just..." "It's weird." "For years you live by the clock, two-twenties, three-thirties, four-forties." "Ànd there's never enough time." "Ànd suddenly you realize, you have all the time in the world." "Forget it." "Just fuck it." "You've got a race to run, don't you?" "You're not hurt that bad." "You can run." "Îh, yeah?" "Do you know how hurt I am?" "I know exactly how hurt you are." "You can do it." "You can run your race." "Ànd if you can do it, you have to do it." "Why?" "Why do I have to?" "(ÒÎRY ÑRYING)" "Âecause that's what you are." "You have to." "You have to." "Ìoscow or no Ìoscow." "Âecause that's what you are." "You got to get off your ass and do it, okay?" "MAN ON PA:" "AII participants in the women's 800 meter pentathIon:" "Report to the clerk, gate 4 7:" "Òhis is it." "See you in a minute." "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "We're ready now for the 800 meters, the final event of the pentathlon:" "The weather has cleared, the track is dry, it has cooled off:" "Perfect conditions:" "And, charlie, there are two races within this race:" "The first race is obviously to make the olympic team:" "And CharIene Benveniste and Tory Skinner are virtually tied:" "They're really gonna have to watch each other:" "Tory's gonna have to beat CharIene if she wants to make the team:" "The second race is between Pooch Anderson and Chris CahiII:" "Chris is a better 800 meter runner:" "She could actually beat Pooch Anderson and win this event:" "ÌÀN:" "Òake your marks and set." "Àt that time, I'd Iike to have..." "MAN ON PA:" "Down on the infield, please, for the 800 meter pentathIon:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Here are the lane assignments:" "charlene Benveniste, currently in third place, is in lane one:" "In lane two is Pam Burnside, the 1 7 year-oId high schooler:" "In lane three, Debbie floyd of Texas AM:" "ÎFFIÑIÀL:" "Good luck." "In lane four, Chris CahiII:" "She is in second place:" "MAN ON PA:" "In women's high jump, Garrison has missed:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "In lane five, from berkeley, is Kim Stone:" "In lane six, Pooch Anderson:" "She's been leading throughout the competition:" "And in lane seven is Tory Skinner:" "She's in fourth place:" "Eight hundred meters, this is two laps around the 400-meter track:" "Gun is up:" "(GUN FIRES )" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "And it's a fair start:" "Chris CahiII, going out very quickly:" "And going right with her is charlene Benveniste:" "So it is CahiII and Benveniste taking the early lead:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And charlie, you would think that Chris CahiII would run conservatively and just try to make the olympic team:" "The only thing I can think of is that, for these runners, this is Moscow:" "There will be no olympic games, and she's trying to win the event:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "It is Chris CahiII and charlene Benveniste down the back stretch:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "charlene tried to go by, but Chris didn't let her get that necessary step:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "And dropping back just a bit, setting their own pace, Pooch Anderson and Tory Skinner:" "ÒINGLÎFF: 28, 29, 30." "29?" "(MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA)" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "The 200 meters for 29 seconds:" "That's as fast as the 800-meter women go, the specialists:" "So they're really going out fast:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Chris CahiII on the inside, Benveniste on the outside:" "And Benveniste has been running on the right shoulder of CahiII throughout the race:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And this really is a disadvantage:" "She's running further:" "She's gotta run three or four meters further per lap:" "A little jostling there:" "Some eIbowing:" "charlene Benveniste must get around her and ahead before she can cut in:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "CahiII and Benveniste now have broken contact with Pooch Anderson and Tory Skinner:" "bell lap, one to go:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "Fifty-nine seconds:" "That's incredible:" "I don't think they can hold it to the end:" "It's just a question now of how much they've got and how much they slow down:" "charlene Benveniste, still trying to hang on:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑLÀÐÐING RHYÒHÌIÑÀLLY)" "Tory Skinner, running a very smart first lap:" "She was about 65 seconds, she's beginning to gain:" "still on the outside, Chris CahiII still holding her:" "But here comes Tory Skinner:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Pooch Anderson and Tory Skinner closing on the leaders," "CahiII and Benveniste:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And they'II all be together when they come off the turn:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "It is still Chris CahiII and Benveniste:" "Anderson closing, as is Skinner:" "Tory Skinner behind, and she has to catch Benveniste if she is to make the U:" "S:" "olympic team:" "And Tory Skinner has got herself in a box with CahiII and Benveniste out in front and Pooch Anderson on her right shoulder:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "And Tory Skinner really is boxed:" "Pooch is going by:" "Tory still boxed:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Tory Skinner hits the opening, and she goes through:" "MAN 2 ON RADIO:" "There doesn't seem to be any foul:" "And it looks like she's going to win this race:" "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "It is Tory Skinner out in front:" "And it's Tory Skinner beating Pooch Anderson to the tape:" "Tory Skinner winning the 800 meter:" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "And here comes Chris CahiII:" "And she will finish behind Debbie floyd:" "And then comes fifth place, CharIene Benveniste:" "Tory Skinner beating Benveniste by more than four meters:" "(ÂÎÒH ÐÀNÒING)" "What's your name?" "What's your name?" "ÒÎRY:" "ÑahiII." "ÑahiII." "Get away." "Àre you all right?" "Àre you all right?" "ÑHRIS:" "Òory?" "ÒÎRY:" "Let's get out of here." "MAN 1 ON RADIO:" "Does that mean that the U:" "S:" "olympic team consists of Pooch Anderson, Chris CahiII and Tory Skinner?" "And with the boycott at Moscow, they are all dressed up with nowhere to go:" "well, what do you think?" "well, he's awful cute." "For a guy." "Àre you shitting me?" "Hey!" "(ÐEÎÐLE ÑHEERING)" "english" " SDH"