Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 4, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nesbitt Burns monthly any Bank of Montreal Bond cafe Bob Stafford 9492530 callable 10 via sigh jct lit change a availability sunday free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 a7 Scott Taylor sorrier Atlanta it ends the games of the xxv Ith olympiad and All the bus snotty pins and More will pack up and flee its been a this Mon overwhelming spectacle has been an uncomfortable disaster in so Many ways that its hard to even so i lets just have some As there Are in every olympic there have been highlights and Low lights Here in More Low than i might but lights just the so without any whining and with out any further let us look closely at those the envelope please most memorable moment the look on Donovan Baileys face when he crossed the finish line in the 100 metre Joy and disbelief make for a wonderful h least memorable moment the first time a Volunteer uttered the official words of the 1996 olympics i dont most horrific moment july Best quote from sportswriter Dave Perkins of the Toronto Star these games Are proof that for rest Gump was a Best athlete there were since track and Field is the heart of the no one provided More brilliance and drama than Donovan Bailey of Canada and Michael John son of the United who set world records in the 100 and Favourite athletes this is per volleyball players katrina von Sass and Michelle Sawatzky and swimmer Shannon Shakespeare of Canada argentinian Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini and brazilian basketball legend All for various and sundry reasons Rea sons that made watching these games Well most important athlete basketball player Lisa who has taken women basketball to Heights no one believed possible a dozen years she can handle the make plays and run the at she can hit three Point jumpers and she does it All with the Grace of a worst irony cyclist Clara Hughes won a Bronze medal for pedalling Forward for 37 min utes while Boxer David Defi Agbon won a Silver medal for pedalling backward for nine Doest seem most appropriate moment the night they had a riot at the table ten Nis venue after a chinese woman beat the National Champion of Chi Nese it was appropriate because it happened right in front of Ioc president Juan Antonio Sama greatest conflict of interest when sports illustrated gave cog a thumbs up for organizing these everyone wanted to is was a major sponsor of the had unlimited parking at All credentials that allowed their staff unrestricted Access and Black bows that were allowed on every in every parking lot and at the front door of every no wonder is thought the games were that Magazine has no credibility any hero of the games Julie the wife of Canadas Ioc Vic Epresi Dick kneed a female cop in the Groin after she was arrested for jaywalking on a Street in front of the main press Centre a Street that everyone Jaywalker Pound was tired and emotional at the but if Bruce Willis or Dan Aykroyd had Jaywalker across Williams they have been Given a police the Atlanta olympics was one giant double Atlanta a great the people who live Here have always been j its just Tofy bad that major inter National games always bring the worst out in that something Winnipeg pan am games executives should think seriously wheels of Fortune another Bronze for Clara Hughes said she was exhausted when she crossed finish i think i saw Elvis out there by Day a College but tonight Hes puppet 1 by Scott Taylor sports reporter Atlanta his friends in Winnipeg Call him Jim or his friends in Atlanta simply Call him no matter what you Call Demetrious Jim or Mango Scala Macis will probably answer to the name puppet 1 after the olympic games Are if youre at Home watching the Clos ing ceremonies tonight and you notice the Chariot entering the stadium Fol Lowed by a series of huge the first puppet is a 26yearold College Stu Dent from Sac Lamaris came to Atlanta 3 years ago to attend the world renowned life chiropractic the school was suggested to him by his John a chiropractor in the Tuxedo Village who graduated from life College in Back in there were signs posted around the school asking if there were any students interested in auditioning for the opening Cere Sac Lamaris a number of us thought that might be so we went Down for the Audi they thought i was big enough and Strong enough to handle the work involved in being a puppet so i got a second interview and got the from a role in the opening ceremonies turned into a role in the Clos ing As its been a lot of work but its also been a lot of who will return to work in Winnipeg after he says it will be Tough to leave Atlanta scially the but his olympic rain dissolves webbs Lyga Lead Canadian press Edmonton Rookie Karrie Webb let out a cry of anguish at one Point As her Lead dissolved on a rain soaked course during the third round of the final Lyga major of the season american Meg Mallon shot giving her a on stroke Lead Over Webb and Pat Hurst heading into the final round of the us Dumaurier Mallon emerged from the clubhouse after a five hour downpour and attacked the stunning the gallery with a Birdie on the Par four seventh the toughest Hole on the Edmonton country club the 10year tour Veteran has a three round total of under the Lygas 1995 Rookie of the made few she Man aged two birdies in heavy rain before play was suspended and finished with a Nancy Lopez shot 69 and moved to within two shots of the Lead with a three round total of Lopez was on of Only a few golfers without a bogey during the third she has talked this week about being eager to win her fist event in three years after hiring a personal by Scott Taylor sports reporter experience will give him almost As Many great memories As his College for me the highlight of the opening ceremonies was the tribute to the olympic games said the Oak Park High school right in a Little Wor ried about the closing weve Only been Able to have one full practice because of the track and Field its going to be very interesting when it comes to our Tim ing and after an olympic experience that included tickets to track and Field and dream team basketball As Well As a coveted invitation to his own cites Panama games 99 every moment is a memory in the its just a great thrill to be part of he said with a Trainer and shedding 37 pounds since Atlanta Rosie Jones is fifth at seven under Par after firing a solid Mallon had predicted Friday she would be inspired playing with the two Good friends had visited the giant West Edmonton malls indoor amusement Park after the second web started the Day with a four stroke but dropped five strokes on the front she tossed her Ball in the garbage after a bogey on the ninth but she gathered herself on the Back nine with three giving her a 74 for the Atlanta for Clara the olympics Are becoming Rou she wins a Bronze medal every other with a couple of Flag was ing Canadian fans running alongside her up the toughest Hill on the the 23yearold Tiger who Calls Winnipeg my first won a Bronze medal in the women 26kilometre Road cycling time trial Here at the games of the xxv Ith it was the second Bronze medal of the games for who finished third Back in the women Road race on Day 2 of the games Canadas other 37yearold Linda Jackson of finished i was so exhausted at the i can barely describe the said who trains full time under coach Mirek Mazur in i have a Friend on the Saturn racing team who i get so tired some times that when i Cross the finish i see i think i saw Elvis out there when an athlete says he or she is working at their maximum sometimes its just Hughes was giving it absolutely Riding a new Hoda time trial purchased for her by the Saturn Hughes admitted she didst drink enough water and was just a Little lightheaded at the i looked Down at my heart rate Monitor at one Point and my rate was she my maximum heart rate is that Means i was giving it 97 per cent and in that i was really Dehy in sorry i be Here to talk to you Guys but i was hav ing a Little trouble satisfying the people Over in doping by giving it everything she Hughes finished the spectacular Road course through the Hills of Swanky Buckhead in 37 minutes 13 she was 13 seconds behind second place finisher Jeannie Longo ciprello of France and 33 seconds Back of the Gold Zulfiya Zabirov of Zabirov was a virtual unknown before the although Hughes said she finished sixth at the world Cham when the russians appear Ance at doping was completed she refused to go to the pos Trace press conference and immediately went to Hartsfield International Airport to catch a i know but not Hughes said with a she was sixth at the worlds and had the ride of her life Hughes said the appearance of the two crazy Canadian fans who ran alongside her for a Short period made a huge difference in her she conceded that the Hill was getting difficult and the support was i figured if those two Guys were running up the Hill beside id bet Ter Start pedalling they were really i think i might have been concerned if they we rent holding up the but with the Flag right in my it gave me a lot of i knew i had to pick it after the they came right up to me and asked me to sign their i thought that was Hughes said it was party time and was planning to go to dinner with her family and her parents missed her Bronze in the Road race but were there at the finish for what she Calls my Best its a real feeling of satisfaction to know i came to my first olympics and did everything i to win two medals is it Means that in 20 years i can pull them out and remember that i did really Well at the i look for giant Canadian Flag i games Golden for i olympic 1 ;