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More than 11,000 gay and lesbian athletes from 43 nations converged on New York this week for the fourth annual Gay Games. Begun as a low-profile event to encourage greater visibility for gays and lesbians, this year's games saw one athlete, former Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Hayes, set a world record in a masters-division swimming event. The athletic tournament coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, widely considered the beginning of the gay-rights movement. Thousands are expected to participate in a rally Sunday morning...
...NCAA gold medalist also earned the Breed Medal and the most valuable fencer award, and was named to both the All-Ivy and All-American First Teams...
...plea bargain surprised and upset many players in the 69-day soap opera. The U.S. Figure Skating Association, which had counted on Harding to head its squad in Japan now that Kerrigan seems to be retiring from amateur sport, hastily tapped national bronze medalist Nicole Bobek to fill the empty slot. That leaves two young skaters with little experience in international competition -- Bobek, 16, and Olympic alternate Michelle Kwan, 13 -- to represent...
Joining the coaching staff this season is Barcelona silver-medalist Carol Feeney...
...Thought Figure Skating Was a Hostile Sport: Believing gold medalist Cathy Turner of the U.S. had knocked her off balance in the 500-m short-track speed-skating final, Chinese silver medalist Zhang Yanmei refused to pose with Turner at the podium and flung her bouquet to the ground. As China lodged a protest, Canadian Nathalie Lambert sympathized, calling Cathy Turner "the dirtiest skater." On Saturday, Turner was disqualified from the 1,000-m for illegally cutting off another competitor. Said Turner: "The judges were just waiting...