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...they were instructed to isolate and protect the Olympian until an ins representative arrives on the scene.) And at the boxing venue on the Georgia Tech campus, officials were fully expecting the defection of one or more of the Cuban boxers, who could still win as many as five gold medals despite the flights of bantamweight Casamayor and light heavyweight Garbey...
...imperfect begins next week in Atlanta on July 31, the first of the decathlon's grueling two days. It is an irony of Olympic fever that one can be, like O'Brien, a three-time world champion and the world record holder in an event and yet, minus that gold, still be only an athlete-in-waiting. But while it is unwise to be too cocksure, O'Brien, who turned 30 last week, is primed. He not only expects the gold but says, "I want to do it right. I want to do it in style, and that...
...upset, O'Brien set the world record in the decathlon with 8,891 points at a meet in Talence, France, but no amount of points could make people forget his zero at the Olympic trials. He and Reebok parted company, then he signed on with Nike. Even without the gold to his name, O'Brien is a sponsor's delight, with his radiant good looks--coppery skin, sculpted 6-ft. 2-in., 185-lb. body with an unimaginable 3% of body fat--and affable nature. He already has deals to the tune of $600,000 with Foot Locker, Visa...
...body betrays him. The key, O'Brien has learned, is the number one, as in "one day at a time, one event at a time, one throw at a time, one jump at a time." And when the past, present and future converge at Centennial Olympic Stadium, one gold medal for all time...
When President Fidel Castro recently addressed 170 Cuban athletes leaving for Atlanta, he made mention of the defections, calling the 28-year-old Arrojo a "Judas who sold out his country for 12 gold coins." Castro also told his Olympians, "More than medals of gold, silver or bronze, what interests us is the medals of morals and honor." Cuban baseball officials, who are used to this sort of thing by now, were more blase and fatalistic about Arrojo's departure, even though Arrojo pitched six shutout innings against Team USA on June 29. Third baseman Omar Linares, the player long...