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Pitt's Kingdom wins gold medalCARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) -NCAA champion Roger Kingdom of the University of Pittsburgh eked out a thrilling 110-meter hurdles victory yesterday in the final day of the Pan American Games.Kingdom’s gold medal helped the United States overcome the loss of most of its weight throwers and to take the overall medals’ lead in the track and field competition.Kingdom, who surprised many by winning the college crown after having won the Big East title for Pitt, faced an awesome field that included former world record holder Alejandro Ca3anas of Cuba, Mark McKoy of Canada and teammate Tonie Campbell of Carson, Calif.He also faced a strong headwind which he said almost blew him off the track at one point, but he overcame those obstacles to finish in 13.44 seconds. Casanas, the two-time Olympic silver medalist who seems to have made his career out of finishing second, took the silver in 13.51, barely edging a determined lean by Campbell in 13.54.McKoy had a poor start and plodded in sixth in 14.02.“I just wanted to get a big title under my belt,” Kingdom said. “Beating Tony Campbell, Casanas and McKoy shows I can run with the best now.“I hit almost all the hurdles hard and when I got to the seventh hurdle the wind was so bad I almost went off the side. That’s how bad it was.”Casanas complained that he hasn’thppn traininD wpII cinpp a virtorv inCalifornia in June, and he also said he was hampered by a leg injury.Campbell, coming off a strong European tour, called his race “terrible.“I’ve been sick all week with the flu and had a fever a couple of days. I just wasn’t sharp. I tried to dive in there at the end, but no way.”Campbell said most of the competitors had pleaded with Pan Am officials Saturday to allow them to run semifinal heats even though there were only eight men entered, “just to get the feel of the track.” He added he was surprised at Kingdom’s success because “I thought he talked himself out of a gold because of all the complaining he was doing being in lane one.”Following Kingdom’s lead, American women came up with an impressive 2-3 finish in the 1,500 behind 800-meter gold medalist Ran-za Clark of Canada, with a time of 4:16.18. Cindy Bremser of Madison, Wis., runner-up to Mary Decker in the national championships, pulled away from unheralded Missy Kane of Knoxville, Tenn., to take second in 4:17.67 while Kane finished in 4:21.39.Cuba received a blow in the race when Eloina Kerr was disqualified for pushing Venezuelan Marisela De Diaz.In the men’s 5,000, Chris Fox of Martinsburg, W.Va., and Don Clary of Eugene, Ore., tried to add two more medals by setting the pace, but they faded behind the powerful running of Mexicans Eduardo Castro andf-nrQrHrv A IpoI o
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