Tuesday, September 26, 2000
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Canadian helps team soar to Olympic basketball win
The Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia — Just when it seemed nothing could be more amazing than Vince Carter's latest dunk, Canada came up with a topper.
Pulling off the biggest upset of the men's basketball tournament, Canada shocked previously undefeated Yugoslavia on the final night of preliminary round play yesterday to win Group B.
"I told them this would be the biggest game in the history of our country," said coach Jay Triano after Canada's 83-75 victory. "And I told them that there would be a lot of Canadians up watching this game, so let's not let them down."
Steve Nash had the game of his life for Canada, accumulating 26 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. He scored or assisted on 18 of Canada's final 21 points.
It was the type of spectacular all-around performance that may have matched Carter's latest feat — leaping over 7-foot-2 center Frederic Weis for an incredible dunk that spurred the U.S. team to a 106-94 victory against France.
"For me, that was probably the greatest play in basketball I've ever seen," said teammate Jason Kidd. "Michael Jordan hasn't done that. Nobody has done that. He's the next coming of Vince Carter."
The Americans will play Russia in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Other quarterfinal matchups are Italy-Australia,
Canada-France and Yugoslavia-Lithuania.
The semifinals are Friday, and the gold medal game is Sunday.
For now, yesterday will go down as the most exciting day of the tournament. The fun began with Carter making like a high-jumper and snapping the U.S. team out of its lifeless daze.
With France trying to move the ball up court and nine of the 10 players running the same way, Carter was headed the other way as he intercepted a pass some 30 feet from the basket and bore down on Weis with a full head of steam.
He took off from a step or two inside the foul line, spread his legs in mid-air and went right over Weis, scraping the top of the Frenchman's buzzcut.
"I knew he could jump, but I didn't know he could jump over me," Weis said. "Everybody will know my face now or my number at least. It's going to be on a poster for sure."
Carter's dunk seemed to take the spark out of France, which led for most of the first half and ended up with the highest point total by a U.S. opponent in the Olympics since 1976.
The margin of victory for the U.S. team was its second-smallest since NBA players started coming to the Olympics in 1992. Lithuania's nine-point defeat last Thursday is the only closer one.
"In 10 years, you'll look in the record book and see that we continued the streak — not that we won by 9 and 12," Carter said. "A win is a win."
The Canada-Yugoslavia game followed the France-United States game, and Nash put on a different kind of show that left Canadians comparing the victory to one of the greatest moments in that country's sports history — the 1972 Summit Series hockey victory against the Soviet Union.
A loss would have left Canada in fourth place in Group B facing a quarterfinal matchup against the United states. Instead, the Canadians won't see the Americans until the finals — if both teams get that far.
"This is a new age and a new time," said Canada's Rowan Barrett. "Nothing wrong with having another sport for Canadians to follow. I don't think a lot of people at home expected much, and probably rightfully so. If they weren't paying attention before, they are now."
Australia, which lost its first two games, needed a victory against Spain to get out of the preliminary round. Playing in front of a boisterous home crowd, Shane Heal scored 26 points, and Andrew Gaze had 22 in a 91-80 victory.
Australia (3-2) finished in third place in Group B by virtue of its tiebreaker edge against Russia by winning the head-tohead meeting between the teams.
Italy finished second in Group A, followed by Lithuania and France.
China, Spain, New Zealand and Angola failed to advance.
SYDNEY, Australia — C.J. Hunter was impossible to ignore long before a positive drug test landed him on center stage at the Olympics.
The Associated Press
Until yesterday, his wife, Marion Jones, was the unquestioned star at the Sydney Games. But then international track officials confirmed the 330-pound Hunter, the reigning world shot put champion, had failed a drug test in July. And suddenly, he found himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
"I know what's going on, and I am aware of the allegations and am going to defend myself vigorously," he said in a statement released to NBC.
When his wife won the 100 meters Saturday, the first leg of her journey for an unprecedented five gold medals, he worked the media crush ahead of her like an advance man.
That doesn't surprise anyone who knows him. The 31-year-old Hunter has never been shy.
"This is just the beginning," Hunter said, beaming. "But it's hard to focus on this one, because there's still so much left."
Track star's husband failed drug test
Whether he will be in Sydney to see Jones' golden quest to the finish is anyone's guess. But few would doubt how much of the credit he deserves for preparing her.
The couple first met when Jones was a basketball star at North Carolina and Hunter coached track and field there. A broken foot interrupted her track career, and they became friends while she recovered from the injury. When they began dating, Hunter was separated from his wife. He left the university soon after because school policy prohibited coaches from dating athletes.
Hunter soon persuaded Jones to give up basketball for track, mirroring a decision he'd made himself years earlier at Roosevelt High in Hyde Park, N.Y. He wanted to be a baseball player back then, but when he got cut, Hunter turned to the shot put and was ranked third nationally by his senior year.
Hunter went on to Penn State, where he won the NCAA championship, and then made a steady climb up the ladder of his sport. He made the Olympic team and, with Jones watching from the stands, finished seventh in the Atlanta Games. Two years later, in October 1998, they were married.
There were whispers that Jones' mother wasn't always fond of her son-in-law. When a writer asked Marion about it, Hunter pulled him off to the side and lectured him on etiquette.
It's hard to imagine what he must have planned to tell another writer, who described track's first couple at last summer's world championships in Seville, Spain, as "Beauty and the Beast."
But by then, Hunter probably had mellowed too much to explode. His career and his wife's were both taking off. She was dominating the sprints, and he had marked himself as a gold medal favorite with an upset win in the shot put.
Jones also had become the centerpiece of a Nike advertising campaign, and Hunter enjoyed the publicity by all accounts. He was a regular at her photo shoots, hovering pro-
tectively at the edges, attentive to her every need.
He finished second at the U.S. national trials in June and July while competing at the Bisclet Games in Oslo, Norway. It was there, officials said, that Hunter tested positive for nandrolone and testosterone.
According to International Olympic Committee drug chief Prince Alexandre de Merode, the nandrolone sample was 1,000 times above the IOC's permitted level. He said he had never heard of such a high concentration.
Even before the test results were made public, Hunter injured a knee in training. He had arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 3, then withdrew from the U.S. squad eight days later. Some newspaper reports contended that Hunter's withdrawal was caused not by the injury, but because he feared the drug test results would become public.
Other than the statement released to NBC, however Hunter has remained silent. He spent most of yesterday sequestered in his hotel room outside Sydney, watching the games on TV.
The U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed Hunter had been credentialed as an athlete while he still was on the team and had retained that credential in an oversight.
USOC representative Mike Moran said the credential would be replaced today with a support staff pass and tickets that still would allow Hunter to coach Jones in training and at the stadium.
"We don't want to do anything that will upset Marion's emotional support," he said.
Olympics
U.S. Athletes' Results
Athletics Men 400
1. Michael Johnson, Dallas, 43-84 — GOLD
2. Stephen Curry, San Antonio, SILVER
3. Anthony Paulsen, Miami, 49-42
4. Patrice Muhammad, Atlanta, 42-42
110 Hurdles
7. Robert Heward, Pawletuck, R.I., (17.05), 55:11 14.
8. Walter Davis, Leonville, L.A., (16.11), 54:61.
2. Tercene Trammell, Decatur, Ga. 13-11  GKER
3. Main Crest, Los Angeles, 13-21  BRONZE
4. Ternary, Brooklyn, 12-26
ington, Rome, N
400 Hurdles
10. Abdikumh M Abdirahimm, Tuxson, Artz. 27.46.17
11. Brabattkh米 Abdikhumh Sami Diego. 27.53.63
*Alain Jenin,齿科 (Odacx), N.Y.*
12. Anthony Washington, Rome, N.Y. (59.87) 196.5
13. Thomas W. Poe, University of New York at Buffalo, N.Y. (59.87) 196.5
Discus
c (66.02) 2167
Heat 3
1. James Carter, Baltimore, 48.48 (Q).
**Heat 1**
5. Eric A Thomas, Garnison, Texas, 49.25
6. Thomas Galler, Germany, 49.28
**Heat 2**
2. Angelo Taylor, Atlanta, 48.49 (O)
3. Jake Davis, Georgia, 48.49 (O)
6. Gabriel Jennings, Stanford, Calif., 3:40.96 (Q).
7. Dustin Johnson, University of Texas at Austin, San Antonio, TX, 3:40.95 (Q).
Scoreboard
First Round
Next 3
7. Jason Pyrah, Springfield, Mo., 3:38.94 (Q)
Long jump
**NEXT 1**
6. Michael Stember, Fair Oaks, Calif., 3:39.13 (Q)
7. Sara Breslau, New York, NY, 3:45.13 (Q)
Qualifying
9.3 Matrix Statistical Outward Orthosis (M, 7, 28) for 8×4
Susan Mattei Stiffness Orthosis (M, 7, 28) for 8×4
*Susan Mattei Stiffness Orthosis (M, 7, 28)* for 8×4
Group 2
2. Dwight Phillips, Stone Mountain, Ga. (8,13), 26:8-14 (Q).
    Warner
Women
7. Hazel Clark, Maplewood, N.J., 1:58.75.
Pole Vault
Second Round
1. Stacy Draggia, Autumn (4), 15-10 • GOLD
2. Stuffie Kuttle, Santa Claus (4), 10-13 •
3. Jennifer Stuart, Carmel (4), 13-11
1. Melissa Morrison, Kannapolis, N.C., 12.76 (Q).
2. Sharon Jewell, Stone Mountain, Ga., 12.78 (Q)
3. Sharon Jewell, Stone Mountain, Ga., 12.78 (Q)
L. Gail Devers, Alpharetta, Ga., 12.77 (Q).
Semifinals
Heat 1
6. Kim Batten, Rochester, N.Y., 55.73.
6, Kim Batten, Rochester, N.Y., 55.73
Heat 2
6, Sandra Glover, Palestine, Texas, 54.98
6. Sandra Glover, Palestine, Texas, 54.98 Diacron
Discus
Group 1
S. Selataa Sua, Fort Lauderdale, Ri., (61.88), 2030 O (J)
Men Springboard
Group 2
8. Suzy Powell, Modesto, Calif., (59.68), 195-9.
10. Kristin Kuehl, Minneapolis, (59.45), 195-0.
Equestrian
Individual Jumping
Presentation
4. Mark Rusz, Orlando, Fla., 429.30 (Q).
5. Troy Dumais, Ventura, Calif., 407.64 (Q).
21. Lara Kraft (Lautt), Coconowam, Ws., 8-10
31. Lurine Hauffer (Clanko), Wellington, Fla., 12.50
34. Marge Goldstein Engle (Pern), Wellington, Fla., 16.00
37. Nona G劳姆 (Rhythmical), Baden, N.J., 7.25
Gymnastics
Men
Individual Vault
Delaware, Ohio
Individual Balance Beam
B. Elise R. Columbia, Md. 9,387
3. United States Jonathan Mokee, Seattle; Charlie Mokee, Seattle; Seattle 13-7-611-1-611-14-1-541-13; 3 (8)
11. United States (Mark Reynolds, San Diego; Magnus Ulijedahl, Miami) [14-3-10] 25.
Men
Open
49ar
470
2. United States (Fairport Fourteen, Garland, Texas)
3. Portsmouth, Portsmouth, R.I.) (R.J. 9-14-1-1-6.12-13)
Men
Finn
7. Russ Silvestri, San Francisco (3-18-61), 38.
Synchronized Swimming Duet Qualification
3. United States [J] Beach, [L] Lisbon, [A] Las Palmas, [C] Peahi
4. United States [J] Beach, [L] Lisbon, [A] Las Palmas, [C] Peahi
4. United States (Anna Krohn), Santa Clara, Calif.
5. Maryland (Mercyigh, Invesco) California,
6. (33), B1209, 83, 620 I/O
7. (33), B1209, 83, 620 I/O
Tennis Women Singles
Vernus Williams, Pain Beach Gardens, Fa- on; Monica Seles, Sarasota, Fla- 4-1, 6-3, 4-6
Quorumaria
Senna Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Venus Williams, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., def. Julie Hailor-Docsele and Anne Maureaux, Masonry, 6-3, 6-2.
Wrestling
Greco-Roman
Elimination Round
8kg
Diego. 5-0.
Mia Kunado. Maitaen, Egypt, det. Quincy Clark, San Diego, 12-0, 3-3; Great Superiority.
Group E
Rudger Gardner, Afton, Woff. def, Orname Ayala
Tumisia, 7-3
Woff, Woff, Woff. def, Haskell Gassler
Quarterfinals
Ganett Lowney, Kalamazoo, Mich., def. Genadi
Chinadze, Georgia, 2.0; 9:10.
Turinia, 7.2
Ruon Jardon, Afton, Wyo., def. Haykaz Galysian.
Rufus
Vateres mournagouche, Russia, def. Kevin Bracken, Chicago, 11.5.
Semifinals 9.7kg
Mikael Lungberg, Sweden, def. Garrett Lowney,
Kalamazoo, Mich.. 8-1.
Mondav's Medalists
Athletics Men 110 Hurdles
GOLD—Anier Garcia, Cuba
SILVER—Tromann Trammell, Decatur, Ga.
ROZENTE—Mark Crear, Los Angeles
400
GOLD—Michael Johnson, Dallas
SILVER—Ahnlin Harrison, Orlando, Fla.
BROMZE—Gregory Haughton, Jamaica
10.000
GOLD—Halle Gebreslassie, Ethiopia SILVER—Pord Tentgal, Kenya BRONZE—Asefa Mefaese, Ethiopia
GOLD—Virgilius Alkona, Lithuania
SILVER—Lars Ried, Germany
BRONZE—Fruktur, South Africa
Triple Jump
GOLD—Jonathan Edwards, Britain SILVER—Yoel Gairy, Cuba BRONZE—Denis Kapustin, Russia
Women 400
GOLD—Cathy Freeman, Australia SILVER—Bronze Graham, Jamaica BRONZE—Katharine Meryl, Britain
GOLD—Lurdes Mutola, Mozambique SILVER—Stephanie Graf, Austria BRENZE-Kiley Holmes, Britain
5,000
GOLD—Gabriela Szbgo, Rcmania
SILVER—Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland
BRENZE—Gete Awi, Ethiopia
Pole Vault
GOLD—Stuicy Dragia, Auburn, Calif.
SILVER—Tatiana Grigorieva, Australia
VIA—Vala Folsadotr, Iceland
Beach Volleyball Women
GOLD—AEDA (Nataleal Cook; Korr Pottrisha)
SILVER—Bauria (Adriana Behar; Shede Ka)
MIDDLE GOLD—Farouk
Gymnastics Men
Horizontal Bar
GOLD—Alexei Nemov, Russia
SILVER—Benjamin Varonan, France
BRONZE—Lee Joo-Hyung, South Korea
Parallel Bars
Voir
GOLD—Gervasio Deferr. Spain
SILVER—Alexey Bondarenko, Russia
Bronze—Leszek Blank, Poland
GOLD—Li Xiaoong, China
SILVER—Lee Hoy-Hung, South Korea
BRENZE—Laexi Nemov, Russia
Women Beam
GOLD⁺ - Liu Xian, China
GOLDE⁻ - Benga Zhongduo, Russia
GOLDEA⁻ - Enna Dzhourova, Production floor
GOLD⁺ - Elena Zamotolichkova, Russia
GOLDEA⁻ - Sima Zhanxia, Russia
GOLDEA⁻ - Siman Yingda, Russia
Sailing Open 40m
GOLD—Finland (Thomas Johanson; Jrany Javli)
SILVER—Britain (Jan伯克; Simon Hickovs)
BRONZE—United States (Jonathan McKee, Seattle: Charlotte McKee, Seattle)
men
GOLD—Kong Linghui, China
SILVER—Jane-Ove Waldner, Sweden
BRUNZE—Guo Jiulang, China
Weightlifting Men
130kg
GOLD—Hossein Tavakoli, Iran
SILVER—Anan Tsagaev, Bulgaria
BRONZE—Said S.Aaad, Qatar
Olympic Medals
Country G S J B Tot
United States 23 14 14 88
China 21 14 14 13 48
Russia 14 14 13 19 47
Australia 12 20 11 14 41
France 12 13 6 31 29
Germany 5 9 15 29
Italy 11 6 4 28
Romania 10 6 11 19
Britain 10 8 5 19
South Korea 4 6 8 18
Netherlands 4 6 8 15
Ukraine 3 6 5 14
Japan 5 4 4 13
Belarus 1 1 8 10
Poland 4 4 1 9
Bulgaria 4 3 2 9
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