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Johnson has world record
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ben
Johnson lost his track world records
Tuesday in a raucous meeting that
included charges of racism and
ended with the opposition leader
stalking out of the hall.
The International Amateur Ath
letic Federation voted to strip John
son of his world records in the 100
meters and the indoor 60 meters,
with Americans Carl Lewis and Lee
McRae getting them insteatL
Johnson and other athletes who
have testified under oath to drug use
undetected by tests also will be
stripped of world, regional and na
tional titles and medals, the lAAL’s
general secretary John Holt said. He
said final action on those penalties
would come late this year or early
next.
No ballot figures were available
for the stripping measure, which
took 3V2 hours of debate and two
mysterious votes to resolve.
The voting was so chaotic that
Amadeo Lrancis, a Puerto Rican
member of the federation’s ruling
council who made an eloquent
speech against the change, described
it as “a travesty of justice” after
storming from the meeting room.
The record changes take effect
when the IAAF issues its annual
world-records list Jan. 1, 1990. But
officials and fellow athletes said
Johnson had been stripped of much
more.
“Ultimately, he’s lost everything,”
Edwin Moses, the two-time Olympic
hurdles champion from the United
States, said.*“Everyone knows it.”
Asked if titles and medals also
would fall, Holt said the IAAF
Council, its policy board, would “dis
cuss the next logical step” at its next
meeting this winter.
Officially, the IAAF voted to take
away world records from any athlete
who admits under oath or in writing
to drug use.
Johnson, however, is the only re
cord-holder in that position, having
testified at a Canadian government
inquiry last June that he starting us
ing drugs in 1981 and was taking
massive doses in 1987, when he set
the world records.
Other athletes, including Ameri
can javelin thrower Dianne Williams
and Canadian hurdlers Mark Mc-
Koy and Anjela Issajenko, also have
admitted drug use in sworn testi
mony and face the loss of various ti
tles and medals.
That Canadian hearing was called
after Johnson tested positive for
steroids at the Olympics last summer
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and was stripped of his gold medal
and world-record time of 9.79 sec
onds. He passed doping tests after
setting the remaining world records
of 9.83 second for the 100 at the
world championships in Rome in
August 1987 and 6.41 seconds in the
60 at the world indoor champion
ships in Indianapolis that February.
When the new lists come out, Carl
Lewis of the United States will have
the 100-meter record at 9.92 sec
onds, while countryman Lee McRae
will have the 60-meter mark at 6.50.
The world-record stripping was
part of a far-reaching anti-drug pro
gram adopted by the IAAF, which
also included worldwide out-of-corr-B Bt
petition doping tests and the concep:Biin{
that one country can challenge tkBas 1
drug status of another’s athletes.
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Those parts passed with no
alive debate. Speaker after speakttBj s t;
pledged support for ridding tracj] a;
and field of drugs.
But taking away records on ar,|| ev
athlete’s confession was anothe r, fei
story. luri
Primo Nebiolo, the IAAF presiHatcl
dent who controlled the meetiii® s p (
with an iron hand, said the sportha-Mg ii
to adopt the revolutionary rule is p \\’
its own protection. I s u
“We started this fight and wenuisHggi
keep in the vanguard of peopltps.
fighting against doping,” he saiq H;
“These are not proposals againnf hi
anybody but proposals to reinforcqaway
our fight, to reinforce our image.” him
At least three dozen delegate cat c h
took the floor, with a large percent Bo-)
age — led by Johnson’s home 0;|;; £v
Canada and his native Caribbean-A&N 7
speaking out strongly against strip homi
ping. By 1
“What we are trying to do is tonsil jjt
one black individual to show thr
world we mean business,” said Yen
Bird, from Antiqua. “We know then
are others in the same situation
How can we have two standards?”
“We may effectively be putting 1
muzzle on the mouths of athletes
who want to speak out about whatis
going on in the training rooms, it lhj a
the lockerrooms and on the little is r
lands,” he said. The last reference
was to Johnson’s trips to St. Kitts in
early 1988, where he got steroid
treatment for muscle injuries.
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Garrison sets sun on Chrissie’s I
career with 7-6, 6-2 Open win
NEW YORK (AP) — Goodbye,
Chrissie. It’s been great.
Chris Evert’s illustrious
career
ended Tuesday in the quarterfinals
of the U.S. Open, when she was
beaten by Zina Garrison, 7-6, 6-2.
The classy master of the two-handed
t ne classy master or tne two-nanaea
backhand, with peerless baseline
groundstrokes and a nearly stoic on-
court demeanor, is leaving the tennis
tour.
The end, at the tournament
where she first made her mark by
reaching the semifinals as a 16-year-
old in 1971, was not a surprise. Gar
rison, seeded fifth, is ranked just be
hind Evert and beat Martina Navra
tilova in the same round last year.
The crowd clearly was on the 34-
year-old Evert’s side. But time no
longer is.
Evert’s final shot at a major event
— she won 18 of them — was a fore
hand return of serve into the net.
She shook hands with Garrison,
walked to her courtside seat and got
her equipment together as the fans
gave her a standing ovation.
“I knew I was beating a champion we
will never get to see again.
“When match point was over, I sat
down and a tear came to my eye.”
Earlier in the tournament, Evert
became the first player with 100 vic
tories in the Open. When she routed
12th-seeded Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in
the quarterfinals for her 101st win, it
seemed the six-time Open champion
was peaking for a last hurrah.
But Garrison, storming back from
a 2-5 hole in the first set, crashed the
party. She won four straight games,
then took the tie-breaker 7-1.
Garrison, 25, tempered her serve-
and-volley style somewhat, but won
most of her big points by coming to
the net.
She broke Evert in the third game
of the second set, but Evert broke
right back. Despite the urging of the
20,901 fans not wishing to see a star
extinguished, Evert was broken
again in the fifth and seventh games
and Garrison served out the match.
Finally, Evert stood, her tennis
bag over her shoulder, and waved
once to the crowd. As the fans
roared, she walked to Garrison, they
hugged, and walked off together.
“I felt really sad,” Garrison said.
Evert will represent the United
e P
States in the Federation Cup at To
kyo next month. She might play in
some other tournaments in the fu
ture, but her career on tour is over.
“If I want to go play in a tourna
ment in Stuttgart, I will,” she said.
“This is my last major tournament.”
Evert never expected to win this
Open after devoting so little of her
time to tennis this year.
“I wanted to make a good showing
and enjoy it,” she said.
Good showings hardly describe
what Evert brought to the sport. She
took her first of four straight Opens
in 1975 and also won in 1980 and
’82. Evert won the French Open
seven times, including her last major
title in 1986.
She has three Wimbledon and two
French Open crowns.
Now ranked fourth, Evert was
No. 1 or No. 2 steadily from 1973
through 1986. Her rivalry with Nav
ratilova — who played the other
quarterfinal Ttiesday night — was
one of the most engaging in sports
Navratilova leads her close friend
43-37, but they won’t be meeting in
any significant matches again.
Evert also will be remembered for
making it fashionable — and sue
cessful — to play from the baseline
patiently awaiting an opportunity
She broke in when Billie Jean King
and Margaret Court were dominant
with their attacking styles. By the
end of the 1970s, a large majorityof
the women on tour were staying
back, looking for the opening.
Emulating Chrissie.
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Baseball ponders profit sharing
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball
owners, preparing for collective bar
gaining negotiations this winter with
the players’ union, are considering a
proposal that would include a form
of revenue sharing, The Associated
Press has learned.
bargaining agreement,” Rona said.
Barry Rona, executive director of
management’s Player Relations
Committee, said revenue-sharing
C roposals were under development
y the owners but he was unsure if
they would be offered to the Major
League Baseball Players’ Associa
tion. Baseball, beset with fractuous
labor relations for 14 years, has
never had any form of revenue shar
ing in its 121-year professional his
tory.
Under their collective-bargaining
deal, NBA players are guaranteed
53 percent of the sport’s gross reve
nue. In exchange, teams are allowed
to have a salary cap; this year it is
$9.8 million per team. Clubs must
have a minimum payroll of $8.3 mil
lion.
doesn’t mean anything until yous#
what the proposal it.”
“I think the genesis of forming a
dtn
f iartnership with the playe
rom basketball, whicn has
ms came
from basketball, which has had a
working partnership with their play
ers in the salary area and the reve
nue area for the second collective
“It seems to be a successful, amica
ble and profitable arrangement for
the players and the clubs,” Rona
said. “It seems to be almost uniquely
suited to the sports area. That’s why
we’re taking a long and hard and se
rious look and developing a part
nership.”
Donald Fehr, executive director
of the players’ association said “it’s
hard for me to comment until I
know more about it.”
The Basic Agreement betweei
baseball and the union expires of
Dec. 31. During the current collet
tive-bargaining agreement, tli {
union has filed three collusion grie'
ances against owners, charging ;
conspiracy agaisnt free agents. Arbi
trators found owners guilty in tfr
1985 and 1986 cases and a decisio'
is expected before the end of tb f
year in the third.
In baseball’s current structure
players do not have substantial bar
gaining rights for their first three
seasons. After their third seasd
they become eligible for salary arb-
tration. After their sixth season, the'
become eligible for free agency.
“Does revenue-sharing mean 85
percent?” he said. “Does it mean 15
percent? Just to say revenue sharing
The three-part system was agrf r
to after arbitrator Peter Seitz ^
dared Dave McNally and Andy M
sersmith free agents in 1976.