BRIEFLY : SAMARANCH VOWS TO COMPLETE TERM.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= president Juan Antonio Samaranch Don Juan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Marquis of Samaranch (es: Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torelló, marqués de Samaranch) (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. on Monday dismissed the notion of early retirement and insisted he will complete the remaining two years of his term. Samaranch played down any rift with IOC vice president Dick Pound, who last month suggested Samaranch might leave after ushering in reforms at the end of this year. The 78-year-old Spaniard cited the overwhelming vote of confidence - 86-2 - he won in a secret ballot in March during a special session dealing with the Salt Lake City bribery scandal. ``My position depends on the IOC members,'' Samaranch said in an interview with the Associated Press. ``The secret ballot we had in Lausanne was very clear. The IOC members think I am the right man at this moment to lead the changes we need in the IOC. With the confidence of the IOC members, I am ready to finish my mandate.'' Embattled Australian IOC member Phil Coles will appear before a special inquiry panel Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland, to provide ``personal explanations'' for conduct that could lead to his expulsion. Coles already has received a severe warning from the IOC for accepting lavish travel and other benefits from Salt Lake bidders. He is now under investigation for further allegations of abusing his Olympic positions. MOTOR SPORTS: The Doran Lista Ferrari 333 SP The Ferrari 333 SP was a sports prototype car built by Michelotto to World Sports Car regulations for Ferrari. Unveiled at the end of 1993, at the behest of amateur racer Gianpiero Moretti (owner of the MOMO auto parts business), the 333 SP marked Ferrari's official return to team with Can-Am drivers Didier Theys and Fredy Lienhard came from more than a lap down to win the Dodge Dealers Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a road course auto racing facility located in Lime Rock, Connecticut, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut. The track is owned by Skip Barber, a former race car driver who started the Skip Barber Racing School at Lime Rock Park in 1975. in Lakeville, Conn. The Dyson racing team of Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Butch Leitzinger and owner Rob Dyson finished second after leading most of the 2-hour, 15-minute endurance race. ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). .: Virginia held off Syracuse 12-10 in College Park, Md., to win its first NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. championship since 1972. . . . Berhanu Adanne of Ethiopia outmaneuvered Armando Quintanilla and Hezron Otwori in the final quarter-mile to win the closest race in Bolder Boulder (Colo.) history. He finished in 29 minutes in his first 10-kilometer race in America. Lidia Simon, a marathon runner from Romania, captured the women's individual title, but Ethiopia won the $12,000 team championship, edging second-place Kenya by four points. Led by Quintanilla, the 1994 champion, Mexico won the men's team title. . . . Ronald Corey said he is stepping down as president of the Montreal Canadiens, six weeks after hockey's most storied franchise finished last in its division and out of the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there playoffs. |
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