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WEDNESDAY
July 24, 1996
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ATLANTA '96
Olympics
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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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