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South Koreans won both the men's and women's events at Barcelona, and they're aiming for the same in Atlanta. The U.S. men--Butch Johnson, Justin Huish and Rod White--may contend for a team medal...
...women's 100, there seem to be no youngsters to threaten the four veterans who have dominated the event for four years: Gwen Torrence, 30, and Gail Devers, 29, of the U.S.; Russia's Barcelona bronze medalist Irina Privalova, 27; and Jamaica's defending Olympic champion Merlene Ottey...
...holds up; British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, 30, is the first man to hop, skip and jump 60 ft.; and Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny, 30, had 21 of last year's 22 longest throws. Barring the kind of bad luck that kept him off the U.S. team for Barcelona, decathlete Dan O'Brien, who turns 30 the day before the opening ceremonies, will get his overdue gold. Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the U.S., if healthy, is clearly the favorite in the women's heptathlon, which she won in Seoul and Barcelona. She is a tad less dominant...
...favorite, even over Cuba, the gold-medal winner in Barcelona. For one thing, coach Skip Bertman's squad is largely intact from the team that beat Cuba in four straight exhibitions last year. For another, Cuba seems to have chosen players less for their ability than for their likelihood to defect. The U.S. stars could be starter Kris Benson and outfielder Mark Kotsay...
Chinese divers Sun Shuwei and Fu Mingxia are poised to repeat their 1992 victories in men's and women's platform, respectively; Fu is favored in springboard as well. Mark Lenzi of the U.S., the springboard winner in Barcelona, ended a 20-month retirement to defend his title...