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...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 in the long jump, which...
...boxing tournament at the 1988 Seoul Games was marred by several controversial decisions, most notably one that gave a gold medal to Korean Park Si-hun over American Roy Jones Jr. According to a report in USA Today, British author Andrew Jennings says he has obtained a document from the files of the former East German police that apparently describes payoffs to judges to fix fights in favor of South Koreans. The charge is contained in his book The New Lords of the Rings...
Florence Griffith Joyner, 36, the 100- and 200-m champion in Seoul, hit a snag in her attempt to make the U.S. team in the 400 m. She has an Achilles-tendon injury that may require surgery and sideline her from qualifying meets over the next two weeks. Meanwhile, Mary Slaney, 37, who holds several American records but has not won an Olympic medal, ran a strong race last week in Oregon and appears ready to contend for a spot on the Olympic track-and-field team...
...SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Pyongyang upped the ante in its on-again, off- again confrontation with South Korea Friday when a small troop of North Korean soldiers crossed the demarcation line of the demilitarized zone separating the two nations. Seven soldiers ventured 20 to 30 yards into the South's territory and fired rifles in the air but retreated an hour later after South Korean border guards returned14 warning shots. North Korea hopes its latest violation of the 43-year-old armistice between the two nations will draw the U.S. back into direct talks with Pyongyang over peace on the Korean...
James Lilley, a former U.S. ambassador to China, explains, "China sees America snuggling up to India and kicking Pakistan in the shins, recognizing Vietnam, selling F-16s to Taiwan, walking hand in hand with Japan into the 21st century, wanting a united Korea under Seoul allied with the U.S." What does it look like from the Chinese perspective? Lilley answers his own question: "A ring around China...