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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1996

Page

10

Olympic Schedule Highlights for July Events

A dense timetable lists US events against international opponents across multiple sports. Key showdowns include United States teams in basketball volleyball and water polo, with track and field, swimming, rowing, fencing, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, sailing, and more noted alongside venues such as the Georgia Dome Omni Coliseum and Morris Brown.

Netherlands Ukraine Argentina Romania South Korea Puerto Rico Morehouse Yugoslavia Australia Lithuania Georgia Dome Angola United States Alexander Memorial Coliseum Georgia World Congress Center Germany India Morris Brown Lake Lake Russia Canada U. of Georgia Peru Omni Coliseum Cuba Brazil Georgia Tech Aquatic Greece Hungary Croatia Italy

Olympic Style Medal Tally From Unclear Source

The fragment lists multiple gold silver and bronze medalists across events and nations including Italy France Russia Germany Bulgaria South Africa Kenya and others in disciplines such as Sabre Epee and various weight classes. Names include Laura Flessel Tom Dolan Yoko Tanabe and Penny Heyns among many others with inconsistent punctuation and stray fragments.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov Russia Sergey Sharikov Damien Tonya France Laura Flessel Valerie Bariois Gyoengyi Szalay Horvathne Hungary Suo United States Germany China Poland Bulgaria Belgium Italy Australia Belarus Cuba Turkey South Korea Brazil Sweden Canada Costa Rica Ireland Kazakhstan South Africa New Zealand Greece Japan Spain Yugoslavia

USA women dominate at Olympics and enhance softball debut

USA routed Puerto Rico 10 0 in six innings as the Olympic softball rings shone. Mia Hamm and other U S stars recalled the moment and hype around women s sports. Penny Heyns set a world record in the 100 meter breaststroke while Tang Ningsheng lifted weightlifting records for China. IOC criticized Atlanta organizers for transport and scoring glitches during opening day events.

Michele Smith U.S United States Denmark Orlando Fla Mia Hamm Penny Heyns South Africa Cuba China Tang Ningsheng

Magic Johnson Keeps Promise To Women Cagers

In Atlanta the US women’s Olympic team beat Cuba 101-84 as Lisa Leslie scored 24 points with Magic Johnson present. Leslie and Johnson are close friends, having trained with his All-Stars, and he told her he would attend the Olympics.

Nother Cuba Lisa Leslie Atlanta Magic Johnson Johnson United States Leslie Magic

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