WOMEN WIN 3-0 IN SOCCER.Byline: Daily News Wire Services With the Atlanta Games marking the debut of women's soccer as an Olympic sport, the U.S. team announced itself with a clamor Sunday, defeating Denmark 3-0 at Orlando, Fla., in a game that saw Denmark fail to get off a shot on goal. Tisha Venturini, Mia Hamm Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17,1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. Playing for many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, she scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male and Tiffany Milbrett all scored for the U.S., which outshot Denmark 24-0. The largest crowd ever to watch the women's national team The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. on American soil - 25,303 - spurred on the favorites for the gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize with chants of ``U-S-A,'' then stood and cheered the squad for several minutes after the match. BOXING Americans are 4-0: U.S. boxers Albert Guardado Albert Guardado (born July 11, 1973 in Redlands, California) is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Jr. and Terrance Cauthen Terrance Davin Cauthen (born May 14, 1976 in Trenton, NJ) was an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Amateur achievements
Guardado, who skipped tryouts for the 1992 Olympic team to go to his high school prom in Colton, Calif., defeated Healer Modiradio of Botswana - but only after surviving a few tense moments at the finish. Guardado, who won his 106-pound bout 11-9, was ahead 11-5 with a minute to go when Modiradio scored with three left hooks and a right hand to make it close. Cauthen, with 1964 gold medalist Joe Frazier
FENCING First-round victim: Peter Westbrook, only the seventh U.S. athlete to participate in six Olympics, suffered an opening-round 15-8 loss to Lurane Williams of Great Britain in men's individual sabre. Westbook, 44, who says this will be his last Olympic appearance, has one more chance at a gold when the U.S. participates in team sabre competition Wednesday. ``When you look at the whole scheme of things and what I've accomplished, it's almost asinine to be sad at this point,'' said Westbrook, who has the only Olympic fencing medal won by an American in the past 36 years - a bronze in Los Angeles in 1984. BASEBALL Championship preview? Japan and Cuba, which could meet later in a gold-medal showdown, demonstrated that they're closely matched, as Cuba fought off Japan for an 8-7 victory in 10 innings. Japan took a 7-6 lead in the top of the 10th, but Cuba, the defending gold medalist, rallied for two in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat . Miguel Caldes singled home the winning run. CYCLING Canadian takes a spill: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli of France, the world's premier women's road racer, capped her magnificent 18-year career with the gold medal that had long eluded her, winning her race in 2 hours, 36 minutes, 13 seconds - 25 seconds ahead of silver medalist Imelda Chiappa of Italy. Medal hopeful Linda Jackson of Canada crashed on the first lap, injuring her right forearm. She was taken away in an ambulance, but X-rays were negative and she returned to watch the end of the race. GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING Hall takes silver: American Dennis Hall, competing before a pumped-up crowd seldom seen for the sport in this country, was taken to the mat early and lost 4-1 to Kazakhstan's Yuri Melnichenko in the 125-1/2-pound final, which earned Hall the silver medal. Hall beat Melnichenko in overtime in last year's world finals but was surprised by a three-point lift and throw 1:32 into the five-minute match. He fought desperately to come back, but Melnichenko stubbornly protected his lead - and, with it, the gold medal. ``I wanted to bring home the gold, but I didn't get it done,'' Hall said. ``I respected him, but I guess I didn't respect him enough. He said he would get me back, so now it's up to me to get him back.'' JUDO The lost weekend: For the second straight day, an athlete was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. in judo after going to the wrong place. Walid Al Awazen of Jordan, who had to forfeit after arriving late for his weigh-in, said he was given the wrong information by staff at the Olympic Village information desk. But Francois Besson, sports director of the International Judo Federation The International Judo Federation was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe plus Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. , said the correct venue for the weigh-in was announced twice at the draw. The Jordanian's disqualification came one day after Georgian star David Khakhaleichvili lost his Olympic title after missing his weigh-in because of a confused odyssey around the streets of Atlanta. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: American Dennis Hall sits dejected de·ject·ed adj. Being in low spirits; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed. de·ject  ed·ly adv. on mat after losi ng gold-medal match in Greco-Roman wrestling. Associated Press |
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