This evening, in Minsk, the world's two great athletics nations meet on the first day of this full-scale international. The clash of these two giants invariably produces world and national records. The USA, fielding many of their top Olympic athletes, have high hopes of gaining their first-ever victory on Russian soil. But Russia, too, have many world record holders and Olympic champions, including their great sprinter, Valeri Borzov.

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