The Battalion
TUESDAY
July 30, 1996
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Atlanta *96
Olympic
GLANCE
ATLANTA (AP) — Monday, Day 11
FALLEN SEED
No. 1 seed Monica Seles lost to
Jana Novotna, 7-5, 3-6, 8-6.
DOMINATING VICTORY
Reserve Nikki McCray led five
players in double figures with 16
points as U.S. women defeated
South Korea 105-64.
HISTORICAL GOLD
Carl Lewis won gold medal in long
jump, becoming only fifth Olympian to
win gold in four straight games; Michael
Johnson won 400-meter dash in
Olympic-record 43.49 seconds; Ameri
can Allen Johnson won gold in 110-me
ter hurdles.
INDIVIDUAL MEDALS
Americans Shannon Miller (gold
on balance beam), Jair Lynch (silver
on parallel bars) and Dominique
Dawes (bronze on floor exercise)
won medals.
CLOSE CALL
United States Softball advanced to
gold medal game with 1 -0 victory over
China in 10 innings.
QUOTES OF THE DAY
"I've got 48 hours to get ready, and
I'll be ready in about two hours." —
Michael Jonnson, after winning 400
dash, on whether it will be difficult to
prepare for the 200.
"We've got ballroom dancing and
surfing ready to kick us off the Olympic
bus." — Michael Costigan, the only
American in the modern pentathlon.
AGGIE SPOTLIGHT
In USA Base
ball's 10-8 defeat
to Cuba on Sun
day, A&M out
fielder Chad Allen
was one-for-five
with a home run.
Cumulative
Stats (through
37 games)
One /Down, One to Go
Johnson wins gold in 400m, he will
try to repeat in the 200m tonight
ATLANTA (AP) — Record
setting supersprinter Michael
Johnson, gold on his feet and
his chest, swept to victory on
a manic Olympic Monday
where Carl Lewis made his
tory and drama was the
name of the games.
Johnson, decked out in gold
shoes, blew away the field for
an Olympic 400-meter record
to complete the first half of his
hoped-for historic double gold.
Not to be outdone was 110-
meter hurdler Allen Johnson,
who set an Olympic record of
12.95 seconds despite knocking
down most of the 10 hurdles
along the way.
Throw in Shannon Miller,
the 19-year-old gymnast who
grabbed a gold medal in the
balance beam — her second
gold of Atlanta.
CflRL LEWIS' QUEST
With a full moon above the
Atlanta skyline, the Olympics
awaited one last bit of drama:
Lewis’ bid to capture a long
jump gold medal in his final
Olympic event. The 35-year-old,
on his third leap of the night,
soared into the lead and waited.
Nobody beat him.
Lewis’ jump of 27 feet, 10 3/4
inches earned his ninth gold
medal, equaling the American
mark held by swimmer Mark
Spitz. He became only the sec
ond athlete to win the same
event in four straight Olympics;
U.S. discus thrower A1 Oerter
was the first.
“I don’t see how I can top
this,” said Lewis, who filled a
plastic bag with sand from the
long jump pit and waved it to
the crowd. With an American
flag across his shoulders, he
then did a victory lap as more
than 80,000 cheered him one
last time.
His eyes glistening with
tears, Lewis mouthed the “Star
Spangled Banner” with his last
medal dangling from his neck.
He then blew a kiss skyward.
“I brought a lot of passion,
a lot of dedication, a lot of
hard work,” he said of his con
tribution to the sport.
WOMEN'S BftSKETBfILL
In contrast, the distaff
Dream Team continued to roll
along Monday with a 105-64
demolition of South Korea.
The Americans, winners of
five straight in Atlanta, head
into the medals round Wednes
day as the solid favorites for
the gold. The United States
shot 68 percent in the first half
and 57 percent for the game in
topping 100 points for the third
time in Atlanta.
"The important thing is
that we’re going into the
medal round with a lot of con
fidence,” forward Katy Steding
said. “... We’ll do a lot of scout
ing, watch some video and
come out ready to play.”
TRACK AND FIELD
With the games heading
into the final week, attention
turned to two theatrical tales
unfolding at the new Olympic
Stadium: Lewis’ quest for a
medal at his fourth and final
Olympics, and Michael John
son’s pursuit of gold medals in
the 200 and 400 meters.
Johnson, in his unique up
right style, literally ran away
from the competition to set an
Olympic mark of 43.49 sec
onds. He dedicated the victory
to the woman killed early Sat
urday by a terrorist bombing
in Atlanta’s Centennial
Olympic Park.
“It’s extra special for me,
because it’s my first individual
gold medal,” said Johnson,
who was ill during the 1992
Games and was eliminated in
the 200 semifinals. “I’ve been
saying all along this has noth
ing to do with Barcelona, but
now that I’ve got it I certainly
feel better about what hap
pened in Barcelona.”
Finishing right behind Allen
Johnson in the hurdles was
teammate Mark Crear, giving
the United States gold and sil
ver. The American men,
through the first 10 track and
field events, had won six golds,
three silvers and a bronze.
GYMNASTICS
Miller, bouncing back from
weak performances in the all-
around and the vault, un
leashed a near-flawless per
formance on the balance
beam. She was later joined
on the medal stand by fellow
American Jair Lynch, who
took silver on the men’s par
allel bars, and Dominique
Dawes, who collected bronze
in the floor exercise.
“I don’t know what else to
say, but it feels great,” Miller
said. “It was a great note to
end on.”
MEN'S DIVING
U.S. Diver Mark Lenzi
added to America’s medal haul
with a bronze in the spring
board, locking up third place
with a sensational final dive.
Chinese diving star Xiong
Ni, in his third Olympics,
picked up his first gold as the
springboard champion.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
The U.S. men’s volleyball
team was eliminated following
its loss to Bulgaria and
Brazil’s victory over Cuba. The
Americans won’t win a medal
for the first time since the boy
cotted Moscow Games in 1980.
The Russian Olympic com
mittee on Monday appealed
the disqualification of two of
its medalists for doping offens
es, claiming the drug that
turned up in urine tests was
*"'ot a banned substance. A de
cision will not come before
Tuesday night.
Medals table
1996 ATLANTA
Through Monday, July 29.
Top 30 Countries
Country G S
United States 24
Germany 10
Russia 18
28 12 64
11 19“ 40
13 8 39
China
11 13 18 32
France
13
Australia
Italy
Romania
7
10
4
6 12 31
8 16' bfl
Cuba
3 5 7
Poland
Canada
Ukraine
Hungary
Belarus
1 4 7 12
Netherlands
1 3 8i 12
South Korea
3 5
11
Japan
3 4 3 10
Britain
1 3 5
Brazi
2 2
Greece
New Zealand
Belgium
2 i 6
2: 2 6
Kazakstan
Ireland
1 3t f 5
3 0 T
Turkey
3 0 1
4
Czech Republic 1 2; 1
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stands. There are no school, state or
regional rivalries — no bitter blood be
tween players and spectators.
"Whether you're sitting next
to someone from Texas, At
lanta or Duluth, Minn., there
is a strong sense of uniting for
a common good."
Only a camaraderie exists. Whether
you’re sitting next to someone from
Texas, Atlanta or Duluth, Minn., there
is a strong sense of uniting for a com
mon good.
This was the most lasting impres
sion I took away from the Games. Of
course. I’ll remember the bomb blast,
the evacuation from Peachtree
Street, the crowds and the excite
ment forever.
But traveling to Atlanta gave me a
greater sense of what the Olympics
are all about — camaraderie, patrio
tism and bouncing back when adversi
ty and evil threaten.
Over time, these lessons will be re
membered and pointed out well be
fore the actions of some madman
take precedence.
I may not have planned on going to
Atlanta, but I am glad I went. The
Olympic experience cannot be dupli
cated — and it is one that will never
be forgotten.
Bombing causes reflection
I planned to write
about the wonder
ful details of the
Olympics, but after
Friday night, every
thing else just seemed
insignificant. I was
down the block from
the AT&T Olympic
Village when the
bomb exploded at
Centennial Park.
For some odd rea
son, I just figured it
was the Parsons’
Mounted Calvary cannon. Then I sud
denly realized where I was, and the
horror struck.
I immediately ran down the street to
see what had happened. That’s when I
Ray
Hernandez
SPORTSWRITER
saw the cloud of smoke rise above the
mixer tower. I didn’t want to believe
what was in front of me. I didn’t want to
believe terror had hit so close to home.
I felt just about every emotion in ah
instant: horror, relief, fear and anger. 1
was shocked to see it happen. I was
glad I wasn’t hurt, but I was afraid
someone else had been hurt, or worse, jt
was angry that people can be so cruel, j
I was on my way to the World Bu&
Party when I felt the blast. I think
what scares me most about the incident
was the fact that I was running late
and I should have already arrived dt
the party.
There was no doubt that it was a
bomb. I could feel the compression
See Hernandez, Page 4
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