NOTEBOOK: DOVER GETS TICKET TO 6TH GAMES.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Three-time Olympic medalist Robert Dover won the freestyle segment Sunday to sweep the U.S. Olympic dressage dressage (French; “training”) Equestrian sport involving the execution of precision movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. trials at San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano (săn wän kăpĭsträ`nō), city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, and boats, but the economy is . Aboard FBW Kennedy, Dover scored 81.700 percent, bringing his total over two weekends to an overall weighted average of 78.478 percent for his four victories. ``I've never been as fortunate as to have a horse like Kennedy underneath me,'' he said. Dover will be competing in his sixth Olympics. He has won three team bronze medals. Debbie McDonald of Hailey, Idaho, on Brentina, rated No. 2 in the world, was excused from the trials because of her excellent record and her mare's need to rest a slight tendon strain. Also earning spots on the Olympic team from the trials were Guenter Seidel sei·del n. A beer mug. [German, from Middle High German s  del, from Latin situla, bucket.]Noun 1. of Del Mar and Steffen Peters of Solana Beach. --Beach volleyball: Misty May and Kerri Walsh won their 46th consecutive international tour match, defeating Brazil's Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede 26-28, 21-17, 15-10 to win the 1to1 Energy Open is Gstaad, Switzerland. Holly McPeak (UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ) and Elaine Youngs (UCLA) solidified their bid for the second and final U.S. Olympic berth with a third-place finish in a walkover. Tarzana resident Jenny Johnson Jordan Jenny Johnson Jordan (born June 8, 1973) is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, alongside Annett Davis. (UCLA) and Valencia's Annett Davis (UCLA), seeded fifth, hurt their Olympic chances by finishing ninth. May-Walsh have have clinched the top U.S. spot in the Athens Olympics. --Rowing: The U.S. men's four and women's eight won gold medals on the final day of competition at the 2004 BearingPoint Rowing World Cup The Rowing World Cup is an international rowing competition organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It first began in 1997 and comprises 3 regattas (apart from in 2001 when there were 4) held throughout early summer. in Lucerne, Switzerland. The gold medals highlighted a four-medal day for the United States. The story of the regatta was the U.S. men's four. The crew of Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Dan Beery beer·y adj. beer·i·er, beer·i·est 1. Smelling or tasting of beer: beery breath. 2. Affected or produced by beer: beery humor. (Oaktown, Ind.), and Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.), racing in their first international competition together as a crew, stunned the rowing world by defeating Canada and Great Britain to win the gold medal. The women's eight of Mary Whipple (Sacramento), Lianne Nelson (Seattle), Anna Mickelson (Bellevue, Wash.), Laurel Korholz (La Jolla), Caryn Davies (Ithaca, N.Y.), Alison Cox (Turlock), Megan Dirkmaat (San Jose), Sam Magee (Simsbury, Conn.), and Kate Johnson (Portland, Ore.) won their second consecutive world cup event and clinched the overall world cup title in Sunday's final. |
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