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Posted: Monday April 03, 2000 12:05 PM
Several members of the Magnificent 7 that brought home gymnastics team gold for the United States at the '96 Olympics are making well publicized comebacks. Dominique Moceanu, Shannon Miller and Jaycie Phelps have their sights set on Sydney. But according to Bela Karolyi, the U.S. women's program coordinator, the one with the best chance to make the 2000 team is Stanford student Amy Chow. "Her preparation is as good as anyone in the country," Karolyi told me. "At this rate, I expect to see her there." And word is we haven't heard the last of Dominique Dawes either. A source told me that Dawes, who traded in her grips for an acting career on Broadway, has been back home quietly training in Maryland and may try to petition her way into the U.S. Nationals in July.
At home in BostonLook for the Kenyan Athletic Association to announce officially next week that the first Olympic trials site to select runners to their Olympic team will be the fine Kenyan city of ... Boston? The first two Kenyans, male and female, to cross the finish line at the April 17th Boston Marathon would be guaranteed Olympic berths. The third spot will be chosen by a selection panel. Nine Kenyan men will run in Boston, including defending champ Joseph Chebet and two-time race winner Moses Tanui. Catherine Ndereba and Lornah Kiplagat, the top two road racers in the world last year, will pace the women's field.
No day at the beachJust six months from the start of the Summer Games, Sydney organizers still haven't convinced local residents that plans to hold beach volleyball at the city's Bondi Beach will work. Protesters are threatening to block construction of the 10,000-seat stadium at a site where recreational volleyball is banned because of safety concerns. Residents say the stadium would extend too close to the water, restricting access and ultimately polluting the beach. Don't look for organizers to move the venue this late in the game, however, especially since alternative sites proposed at nearby Manly and Coogee would be smaller and bring in less revenue. Sports Illustrated writer-reporter Brian Cazeneuve covers Olympic sports for the magazine. For more Olympics news, check out his Sydney 2000 Mailbag.
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