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The Battalion NE BR Busi /? 8 a.m. Insert! VIS. 1986 Fc (409)69 ‘88 Dail 1 Attentio able frc $$$■ C Free Fi sector | dents £ ent's in vices: (40« 3 4861 Inten liable Aggl whei Mob 846 Cm wor Woi able call Airtl nee ists Cal Ala Eai Bo; nee f | WEDNESDAY July 24, 1996 Page ATLANTA '96 Olympics Continued from Page 1 32,048 in the Georgia Dome, was in instant pain after landing her final vault. Her left ankle recoiled upon impact, but Strug held her spot on one leg before dropping to her knees in severe pain. “I think I broke it,” she told teammates, biting back tears. Lat er, doctors said she suffered a se vere sprain and two torn liga ments, making her questionable for the individual competition which begins Thursday. Strug was carried to the medal stand in the arms of her coach, Bela Karoyli, and she stood un steadily with her six kiddie team mates as the gold medals went around their necks. “We didn’t want to march out without Kerri,” said teammate Amanda Borden. “She gave it /erything she had. We kept tiling her we couldn’t have done c without her.” Although it wasn’t clear at the time, the United States didn’t need Strug’s points to end four decades of Soviet gymnastics dom ination. It was the first time since 1952 that gymnasts from the for mer Soviet Union didn’t win the gold when they competed; the Rus sians took the silver and Romania took bronze. Women’s Basketball O Medals table 1996 ATLANTA July 23, 1996 Through 56 medals Country G S B Total United States 9 12 3 24 Russia 9 5 2 16 Germany 0 6 9 15 France 4 3 6 13 China 4 5 3 12 Poland 5 2 1 8 Itajy 3 2 3 8 Cuba 1 4 2 7 South Korea 3 1 2 6 Australia 1 0 5 6 Hungary 0 0 5 5 Turkey 3 0 1 4 Belaium 2 1 1 4 Belarus 0 3 1 4 Bulgaria 0 0 4 4 Netherlands 0 0 4 4 South Africa 2 0 1 3 Japan 1 2 0 3 Ukraine 1 0 2 3 Brazil 0 1 2 3 Greece 0 2 0 2 Sweden 0 1 1 2 Canada 0 0 2 2 Ireland 2 0 0 2 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 Romania 1 0 1 2 A gold medal favorite, the distaff Dream Team walloped Ukraine 98-65 for its second straight win. The women, as they did in their debut, scored more points in their second game than the overhyped men’s team (87 points vs. Angola). The women cruised to victory behind a balanced attack. Bolton hit her first five shots, including two 3-pointers, in scoring 21 points. Katrina McClain added 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting, and Lisa Leslie had 12 points and nine rebounds. “The last game our bench car ried us,” said Bolton, who lived up to her instant offense nickname of “Microwave.” “This game, the starters wanted to show that we could still contribute.” All the world is a stage for U.S. Olympic Team I n the 11th grade I did a research paper about America’s suc cess in the Olympics throughout history. I researched how many medals — gold, silver and bronze — the good ol’ United States won in com petition, especially against the perennial bad guys of the former Soviet Union. I set out to simply prove America dominated the Olympics. sport of my choice, but Monday night the men’s gymnastics competition on NBC took precedence over a tight i-0 Astros game on Prime Sports. I watched the Ameri can men in anticipation of their earning a bronze medal, but sadly, they finished in 5th place. But that’s okay — we just pat them on the back like Little League mothers and tell them we love Associated Press Photographer United States gymnast Jair Lynch dismounts from the high bar during practice for the Olympics last week at Atlanta's Georgia Dome. Softball Starting pitcher Michele Smith contributed a three-hit ter, striking out 11, in hurling the U.S. softball team to a 6-1 victory over Japan — their third win in the round-robin competition. Swimming Associated Press Swimmer Beard finished sec ond to South African swimming sensation Penny Heyns, who set an Olympic record in a 200-me ter breaststroke heat. Heyns had already won a gold and set a world record in the 100-meter breaststroke. For the fourth straight night, the Americans claimed multiple medals at the Olympic pool. Van Dyken was joined on the win ners’ stand by Jeff Rouse, who took a gold medal in the 100- meter backstroke, and the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay team, which set an Olympic record in its gold medal effort. The only swimming surprise was Tom Dolan’s failure to qual ify in the 400-meter freestyle, just two days after he won America’s first gold medal of the Atlanta Games. The swimmers’ performance boosted the Americans to the top of the medal chart after the fourth day of competition. The United States had 24 medals (9 gold, 12 silver, 3 bronze), fol lowed by Russia’s 16 (9-5-2) and Germany’s 15 (0-6-8). al women’s Olympic soccer tour nament. Hamm is expected to return for the medal round. Tennis Women’s Soccer Strug was not the only Amer ican injured in victory. Mia Hamm, star of the women’s soc cer team, was carried from the field on a stretcher following a collision with the goalkeeper in a 2-1 U.S. victory over Sweden, which clinched her team a berth in the semifinals of the inaugur- Two brand-new U.S. Olympians with foreign ties re ceived warm welcomes in their successful debuts: tennis stars Monica Seles and Andre Agassi. Top-seeded Seles, who was born in Yugoslavia and became a U.S. citizen in 1994, wore a blue-and-white outfit with a red ribbon in her ponytail while beating Li Chen of China 6-0, 6-4. Agassi, whose father was an Olympic boxer for Iran in 1948 and 1952, had a tougher time in dismissing Swede Jonas Bjork- man 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5). “Being here is a great mo ment in my life,” Agassi said. “It is a great honor.” Other first-round Olympic winners included Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario, Gabriela Saba- tini and defending gold medalist Marc Rosset. Pretty cheesy for a research pa per, I’ll admit. But it was 1992, and just like today, Olympic fever had spread through my veins. The Games captured my attention and I felt pride in the men and women representing our nation. Sports in the Olympics are a completely different type of compe tition. They are more than just or ganized games. It is civilized war against every other nation — basi cally each country for itself. All of us feel the same way — U.S. athletes and teams are second to none, and we plan to display this fact on the world’s biggest stage. But at the same time, we also see America as a type of noble un derdog. Our athletes don’t have a reputation for using drugs like steroids as other countries do (re member Canada’s Ben Johnson?). We are clean and hard-working. For years, our athletes were true amateurs that weren’t paid or spe cially trained by the government like so many other countries. Even today, most U.S. Olympians are not professionals; they support and voluntarily dedi cate themselves to hours of train ing each day. The group of millionaires known as the Men’s Basketball Team, a.k.a the Dream Team, have been applauded because they are playing for America, not money. Aggies can follow A&M right- fielder Chad Allen and his hot-hit ting bat on the USA Baseball Team, which has a 2-0 record so far. Meanwhile, I find myself en grossed in sports I usually never watch. Baseball is usually the them anyway. Americans’ interest in Olympic events doesn’t end during the balmy summer renditions. Nor mally I curse the TV network that wastes my time by showing ice skating, but during the 1994 Win ter Olympics, I was glued to the television watching Nancy Kerrig an glide and spin around on the ice for America. “Oooh, nice triple-lutz!’’ They could probably have al marbles competition and I would put off homework and sleep to| watch it. So fair, the U.S. is doing well Tom Dolan (who could be consid ered an A&M rival since he at tends Michigan) is my hero now since he won a gold medal swim ming the 400 I.M. for America. How many of us will adamant ly root for Baylor alumnus Michael Johnson when he runs this weekend? No reward is sweeter than watching Old Glory raised to “The Star-Spangled Banner” as Ameri can athletes stand at the top of the medal platform with flowers in their hands, gold medals around their necks and tears in their eyes. The Olympics bring the diverse people of this country together as Americans. For a short period, we can put our differences aside and beam with pride when our national anthem is played during the medal ceremonies. Looking past all the superficial problems we have as a nation, Americans can take this time to display the pride and patriotic fer vor they have for their country. 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