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...bested chronic illness to win two Olympic medals in the 800-m race; of a stroke, after battling cancer of the stomach and colon; in Philadelphia. She underwent surgery for ovarian cysts six months before her silver-medal win in Los Angeles in 1984. Her 1988 time in Seoul is still the third fastest by an American woman in that race...
...spends weekends at home with his wife and two children and his hi-fi cranking out jazz and classical music. He is working on his golf but prefers to take visitors for hikes in the rugged mountains that ring Seoul. He always enjoys a good, steep climb. --By Donald MacIntyre/Seoul
...DIED. ALEXANDRE DE MERODE, 68, head of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission; in Brussels. A pioneer in the fight against performance enhancing drugs, de Merode spent his 35-year career trying to outwit cheating athletes, and was embroiled in several doping controversies. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, his committee stripped Canadian athlete Ben Johnson of his 100-meter gold medal after the sprinter tested positive for steroids...
...ACQUITTED. FERNANDO NINO, 25, and MARK WALKER, 36, two American soldiers charged with negligent homicide in the June 13 road deaths of two 14-year-old South Korean schoolgirls crushed by a 45-ton armored vehicle under their command; by a U.S. military court at Camp Casey north of Seoul. South Koreans have demonstrated angrily outside the base, demanding that the soldiers be tried by the South Korean judicial system, and calling for the withdrawal of the 37,000 U.S. troops sta-tioned in the country. The Justice Ministry has described the acquittal as "regrettable," while two prominent political parties...
...DIED. PRINCE TAKAMADO, 47, cousin of Emperor Akihito and seventh in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne; of heart failure after collapsing during a squash lesson; in Tokyo. Takamado was the first Japanese royal to visit South Korea since 1945 during the World Cup this year in Seoul...