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...intends to prove that she is the world's fastest woman distance runner. Until last week, though, the biggest challenge to Zola Budd's determined trek toward an Olympic gold medal seemed more political than athletic. In March, the native South African abruptly left her homeland, which is banned from the Olympics, and picked up a quickie British citizenship, thanks to her English-born grandfather. Eyebrows were raised, feathers were ruffled, backs were got up. Would her hop, skip and sidestep work? The British Olympic Association, after consulting with International Olympic Committee officials, ruled last week that...
...Olympics, which drew athletes from only 81 nations to Moscow. Attendance at Los Angeles might equal, or even surpass, the high of 122 countries represented at the 1972 Games in Munich?though much depends on whether the black African nations boycott again (they are incensed because Zola Budd, a fleet middle-distance runner and native South African, may be allowed to compete as a British citizen). But, like the Soviet athletes who garnered the superficially staggering total of 197 gold, silver or bronze medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the winners in Los Angeles will be unable to boast that...
Perhaps the most tangled case of 1984 Olympic eligibility is that of a tiny teenager, 5-ft. 2-in., 82-lb. Zola Budd. The 17-year-old may be the fastest female middle-distance runner in the world, but she is having a tough time proving it officially. The reason: she is a white South African as well as a hastily minted British citizen. And that quick switch strikes some as too fast altogether...
...Englishman, entitling her to British citizenship. As part of a secret deal struck by Frank Budd, Labuschagne and London's Daily Mail, the family was flown to England last month. For a reported $300,000 trust fund and living expenses, the Mail has exclusive rights to Zola's story. "British blood runs in her veins," puffed one of its editorials...
Much of the humor in the first act derives from the audience's initial reaction to the stereotypes the characters present. There's the gung ho Zola sporting a fatigue jacket with more buttons with slogans on it than a campus kiosk. There's the mercenary Kevin (Brad Dalton) able to wield statistics better than a Gallup pollster for whom efficiency is more important than substance. The incongruity of pink and green Joan (Fori Daniel) is good for a few laughs when she walks onto the room boyfriend (Eliot Meyers) in tow. She reminds us of our own foibles when...