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August 25. 2004
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Going for Gold in Athens, Greece
Americans 3-2, Face Spain in Basketball
Americans Sweep 400 Title
Tim D uncan o f th e U nited S ta te s h o ld s his h e a d with a tow el a s h e w alks
b a ck to the b e n c h during a g a m e a g a in st Angola in M o n d a y's prelim inary
round g a m e in th e 2 0 0 4 O lym pics. (AP p hoto )
(AP) — When a day of drama ended
and the quarterfinal pairings were set, the
news was not great for the United States
Former record holder congratulates Wariner
m en’s basketball team. In order to get to
the semifinals and possibly the gold medal
game, first the Americans will have to
Beaverton
Native Takes Gold
U SA 's Mariel Zagunis o f B eaverton ju b ila te s a fte r d efea tin g R om ania s
Gheorghitoaia in their s e m i final b o u t during th e W o m e n 's Individual
S a b re com p etitio n a t th e O lym pics in G reece. Z agunis th e n w en t on to
win th e g old m edal, b ea tin g Tan X ue o f China. (AP Photo)
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defeat Spain on Thursday - the team that
left the widest wake o f impressed and
defeated opponents during the prelim i­
nary round.
The Americans finish the opening
round with a record o f 3-2 after cruising
past Angola 89-53 Tuesday.
S pain's players had an opportunity to
take it easy against New Zealand, lose a
g am e an d th e re b y k n o c k S e rb ia -
M ontenegro out o f medal contention, j
Instead, they banged bodies as though
it was a wrestling match, won by four i
points and let Serbia-M ontenegro self-
destruct later in the day,
“This is the Olympic stage, the setting
for miracles,” China guard Liu Wei said
Jerem y W ariner (center), c e le b ra te s a fte r winning th e g o ld m e d a l in th e 4 0 0
after his team stunned the defending
world champions 67-66 to advance to the i m e te r final with A m erican co m p a trio ts, bro n ze m ed a list, Derrick Brew (left)
a n d silver m e d a list O tis Harris. (AP Photo)
q u a rte rfin a ls and re le g a te S erb ia-
Montenegro to I Ith-place game against
winless Angola.
In other games with medal-round rami­
fications, Greece defeated Puerto Rico
78-58 and Italy edged Argentina 76-75.
T he T h u rsd ay m atch u p s fo r the I
(AP) — A fter his stunning victory in year-old, “ I d o n ’t think so.”
quarterfinals are Lithuania-China, Italy-
the O lympic 400 meters, Jerem y W ariner
W ariner has been tabbed the su cces­
Puerto Rico, G reece-A rg en tin a and
seem ed as cool as he did cruising down
sor to Johnson, w ho ruled the 400 for
Spain-United States.
the stretch in sunglasses, tw o earrings
more than a decade, still holds the w orld
andajingling necklace. Picking up where
record o f 43.18 and won gold in 1996 and
M ichael Johnson left off, W ariner be­ 2000. A fter the race Johnson cam e dow n
cam e the sixth straight A m erican to win
from the stands, w here he w as doing
the O lym pic 400 title, leading a U.S. com m entary for the BBC, to co n g ratu ­
sw eep o f the m edals.
late the man who took his title - and his
W ariner finished in 4 4.00 seconds - a coach, B aylor U n iv ersity ’s C lyde Hart.
personal best and the fastest tim e in the
Jo h n so n said W a rin er sh a re s his
w orld this year. He was follow ed by ability to focus, but rejected o th er co m ­
silver m edalist O tis H arris (44.16) and p ariso n s.
bronze m edalist D errick Brew (44.42).
“I see a great athlete w ho at 20 years
A sked w hether he had ev er had a old has com e out here and won. I d id n ’t
bigger moment, W ariner rem ained stoic.
do that at 20 years old, I d id n ’t m ake an
“ B esides being born,” said the 20- O lym pic team ,” Johnson said.
Justin Gatlin, of the
United States, gets to the
finish line in a qualifying
heat o f the 200-meters
at the Olympic Stadium.
(AP Photo)
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business, speeding to victory Tues-
day in 20.55 seconds in his first-
round heat o f the 200 - a sharp
contrast to his antics in the early
rounds o f the 100.
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“I can't talk,” Crawford said as
he walked past reporters after the
race. “I’m not a morning person."
The fastest times o f the opening
round were 20.29 by W illiams and
Stephane Buckland o f Mauritius.
Also advancing were 100 silver
medalist Francis Obikwelu o f Por­
tugal and two-time silver medalist
Frank Fredericks of Namibia.
■ m h m n m h h h m m m m m
Oregon n a tive a n d
world ch a m p io n
Tom P a p p a s fails in
h is first p o le vault
a tte m p t during th e
d ec a th lo n a t th e
Olympic S ta d iu m in
A th en s.
Oregonian Injured in Pole Vault
(AP) - What had already been a
bad Olympics for decathlon world
champion and Oregon native Tom
Pappas got worse Tuesday when
he injured his left foot in the pole
vault and withdrew from the com ­
petition.
The injury occurred as the Ameri­
can ran down the runway in his first
vault attempt — at 15 feet, I inch.
Pappas ran through to the pit, then
walked to a nearby grassy area and
sat down.
He pulled o ff his left shoe and
sock, then ripped through tape and
began rubbing the bottom o f his
foot.
Pappas left the infield to have
the foot rewrapped, then returned
and began testing the fix«, first in
running shoes, then in spikes. He
passed on the next height but de­
cided not to continue after talking
to coaches.
Pappas, in fifth place through
seven events, put his poles away,
grabbed his gear bag and I i mped off
the field. After about an hour in the
medical treatment room beneath the
stadium, he left.