7.27.96
FORECAST: Expect a high of 86 degrees under mostly sunny skies,
with a 20% chance of rain.
HOT TICKET: Track and field, night session (AT11171). The
marquee sport of the Games kicks into gear with the finals in
the men's and women's 100 meters. Jonathan Edwards of Great
Britain is the favorite in the triple jump.
BUT WHO PAYS THE ELECTRIC BILL? For winning the 1995 world
championships, javelin thrower and '92 Olympic silver medalist
Natasha Shikolenko received a three-bedroom flat from
Belarussian president Aleksandr Lukashenko. The javelin finals
are tonight as well.
TODAY'S GOLD RUSH
BEACH VOLLEYBALL (1)
(2 p.m.) Atlanta Beach and Water Club
WOMEN
Pick: Pires-Silva, Brazil
CANOE (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center Men's Slalom Singles
Pick: Martin Lang, Germany
CYCLING (2)
(11:15 a.m.) Stone Mountain Velodrome
MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT
Pick: Australia
WOMEN'S SPRINT
Pick: Erika Salumae, Estonia
DIVING (1)
(10 p.m.) Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
WOMEN'S PLATFORM
Pick: Fu Mingxia, China
KAYAK (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center
WOMEN'S SLALOM SINGLES
Pick: Anne Boixel, France
ROWING (7)
(9 a.m.) Lake Lanier
MEN'S PAIRS WITHOUT COX
Pick: Redgrave-Pinsent,
Great Britain
WOMEN'S PAIRS WITHOUT COX
Pick: Schwen-Kraft, U.S.
MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS
Pick: Undset-Stoerseth, Norway
WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS
Pick: McBean-Heddie, Canada
MEN'S FOURS WITHOUT COX
Pick: Italy
WOMEN'S SINGLE SCULLS
Pick: Silken Laumann, Canada
MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS
Pick: Derek Porter, Canada
SHOOTING (2)
(12:30 p.m.) Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
MEN'S SKEET
Pick: Andrea Benelli, Italy
MEN'S SMALL-BORE RIFLE, THREE POSITION
Pick: Rajmond Debevec, Slovenia
TRACK AND FIELD (4)
(5:30 p.m.) Olympic Stadium
MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Pick: Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain
WOMEN'S JAVELIN
Pick: Natalia Shikolenko, Belarus
WOMEN'S 100M
Pick: Gwen Torrence, U.S.
MEN'S 100M
Pick: Dennis Mitchell, U.S.
WEIGHTLIFTING (1)
(4 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center
200.5 POUNDS
Pick: Alexei Petrov, Russia
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COLOR PHOTO: DAVID E. KLUTHO [Three members of U.S. men's volleyball team in game]
SPOTLIGHT ON ...
U.S. VS. BRAZIL VOLLEYBALL
With a game remaining against unbeaten Cuba, traditional power
Brazil (1-2) faces a must-win situation in order to advance to
the medal round. The U.S. (left) is 2-1 and can lock up a spot
in that round with a victory tonight at the Omni.
