Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...torch began its journey in Los Angeles on April 27. It will end up in Atlanta on July 19 after traversing 42 states...
After 11 consecutive wins last season by Reno and partner Holly McPeak--beach volleyball features two-woman teams--the pair earned a trip to Atlanta for the sport's Olympic debut. But Reno nearly gave it all up when she split with McPeak in April. They have since reunited, but why even risk losing such an opportunity? Reno explains, "With all the sacrifices I've made, I'm not that tolerant of not being happy." Sounds perfectly logical. --By Susanna Schrobsdorff/New York...
...brand-new Olympic track-and-field stadium got its first full-dress workout with the paying public last week, thanks to the Atlanta Grand Prix international meet. Carl Lewis, at 34, clocked under 10 sec. in the 100 m for the first time since 1991. Michael Johnson came from behind to win his 19th consecutive 200-m victory on what athletes deemed a fast track. The stadium has just one hurdle remaining before the Olympics: next month's U.S. trials...
...overall event at the European women's gymnastic championships in Birmingham, England. The next day she captured two more golds in the apparatus finals. Still, the current world champion feels her performance has room for improvement: "I'll try to avoid all my mistakes when I'm in Atlanta...
...American Brooke Bennett has wanted to compete in the Olympics. Last year at the summer nationals, she broke Evans' eight-year winning streak in the 800-m freestyle. In March she beat Evans in the 800 at the Olympic trials, setting up a head-to-head contest in Atlanta. And last week in Phoenix, Arizona, Bennett bested Evans again in the 800. Not bad for a 16-year-old asthma and allergy sufferer...