ADVISORY/Photos of Olympic champs Brooke Bennett, Stacy Dragila and Laura Wilkinson are available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/Business/Sports/Olympics Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW1 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wire's Web Site at http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.100200/bw1 Photo caption reads: SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Top photo: The competition has concluded, the medals have been awarded, and today Wheaties answered the call of American sports fans. At a press conference in Sydney, Wheaties unveiled a series of three special-edition packages honoring the newest American champions American Champion Aircraft Corporation, located in Rochester, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft. Founded in 1988 on the acquisition of the Citabria, Scout, and Decathlon, it has been producing replacement parts for these aircraft since that time; it has as , commemorating the achievements of swimmer Brooke Bennett Brooke Marie Bennett (born May 6, 1980 in Tampa, Florida) is an American swimmer with three career Olympic gold medals. Bennett’s first gold medal came in the 800 meter freestyle race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. (left), pole vaulter Stacy Dragila Stacy Dragila (born Stacy Mikaelson on March 25 1971, Auburn, California) is an American pole vaulter. She was a standout pole vaulter for the Idaho State University women's track and field team in the mid-1990s. (center), and diver diver, general term used to refer to many diving birds, e.g., the loon, the grebe, and some ducks, auks, and penguins. Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977 in Texas) is an American diver. As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. (right). Bottom photo: At a press conference today in Sydney, Wheaties unveiled a series of three special-edition packages honoring the newest American champions, commemorating the achievements of swimmer Brooke Bennett, pole vaulter Stacy Dragila, and diver Laura Wilkinson. (Business Wire photo) CONTACT: General Mills, Minneapolis, Gregory J. Zimprich, 763/764-7780 (greg.zimprich@genmills.com). See Business Wire story 2129 for additional information. |
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