RECORD CROWD SEES WOMEN ROUT ZAIRE.Byline: Daily News Wire Services History was made at the Georgia Dome Atlanta Falcons • • [ Thursday under unlikely circumstances. A weekday. A noon start. A summer shower mercilessly drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. the city. Yet the largest crowd ever to see a women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. game - 31,230 - assembled as the U.S. crushed Zaire 107-47. It was the third straight victory for the U.S. women and the biggest blowout in Olympic history. ``When you play in front of 30,000 and the majority of them are Americans, the feeling is unbelievable,'' said Jennifer Azzi Jennifer Lynn Azzi (born on August 31, 1968, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. College years She received a scholarship and played point guard for Stanford University's women's basketball team from 1987 to 1990. , who came off the bench to lead the U.S. with 18 points. Because of the rout, former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. star Lisa Leslie TENNIS Doubling his fun: Top-seeded Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. of the U.S., who moved into the third round in singles by beating Karol Kucera of Slovakia 6-4, 6-4, will replace injured U.S. teammate Richey Reneberg Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American professional male tennis player. He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 NCAA finals. and compete with MaliVai Washington in doubles today. Their first-round opponents are Oscar Ortiz and Alejandro Hernandez of Mexico. Top women's seed Monica Seles of the U.S. easily reached the third round by beating Patricia Hy-Boulais of Canada 6-3, 6-2. Seles' next opponent will be No. 13 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, who swept Angelica Gavaldon of Mexico 6-4, 6-0. BOXING Jones prevails: On a day when Oxnard boxer Fernando Vargas lost a controversial decision to Marian Simion of Romania at 147 pounds, Zahir Raheem of the U.S. was stopped by Arnaldo Mesa of Cuba in the first round of a 119-pound bout and Nate Jones, who watched the last Olympics from an Illinois prison cell, became the first American to reach the quarterfinals. Jones pummeled Fola Okesola of Britain and stopped him with six seconds left in the third round of a 201-pound bout. The victory gave the U.S. team a 10-3 record. CYCLING Hanging 'em up: Connie Paraskevin-Young of Corona del Mar retired from the sport after losing her women's repechage rep·e·chage n. A trial heat, especially in rowing, allowing competitors who have already lost a heat another chance to qualify for the semifinals. sprint against two-time defending Olympic champion sprinter Erika Salumae of Estonia. ``I feel pretty empty right now,'' said Paraskevin-Young, a four-time world champion and five-time Olympian who won a bronze in the sprints at the Seoul Games in 1988. American Bill Clay lost in a second-round repechage sprint. FIELD HOCKEY Sinking to sixth: U.S. medal chances in women's field hockey took a dive when Sofia Mackenzie scored off a penalty corner in the 60th minute, giving Argentina a 2-1 victory. The U.S. (1-2-1) dropped into sixth place in the eight-team women's pool with three games remaining in the round robin. A victory would have put the Americans into a second-place tie. ROWING Women's duo advances: Americans Karen Kraft and Missy Schwen defeated the defending world-champion Australians by a half-boat length in the women's pair semifinals. The top three in the event advanced, so the Americans and Australians will face each other again Saturday in the finals. The U.S.'s Ruth Davidon will also race in Saturday's finals after finishing second behind Denmark's Trine Hansen in the women's single sculls. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Nikki McCray, right, of the U.S. backs into position for a rebound in 107-47 crushing of Zaire. The game drew a record crowd of 31,230. Associated Press |
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