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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Australian runner Cathy Freeman and Ethiopian
long-distance star Hailie Gebrselassie are among 10 athletes who will receive
an Olympic order for their achievements.
The International Olympic Committee will present the awards Saturday to
coincide with Olympic Day.
Freeman won gold in the 400 meters at the Sydney Olympics and took a silver
in Atlanta in 1996. Gebrselassie won gold in the 10,000 meters in 2000 and
1996.
Other awards will go to Myriam Bedard of Canada (two golds in the biathlon in
1994; a bronze in 1992); David Douillet of France (two golds in judo in '96
and 2000; swimmer Kristina Egerszegi of Hungary whose achievements included
five gold medals between 1988 and 1996; and Russian wrestler Alexander
Karelin for three golds in 1988, 1992 and 1996 and silver in 2000.
Marco Marin, the Italian fencer, was cited for his gold, two silvers and one
bronze in 1984 and 1988; Turkish weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu - dubbed the
``Pocket Hercules'' - for three golds; Swiss skiing ace Pirmin Zurbriggen for
gold and bronze in the downhill and giant slalom in 1988; and Japanese ski
jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki, for two golds and one silver in 1998.
The Olympic order is given to those who have achieved ``remarkable merit in
the sports world, or have rendered outstanding services to the Olympic cause,
either through personal achievement or to the development of sport.''
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - After 21 seasons as Arizona State women's golf coach,
Linda Vollstedt is stepping aside to become the school's director of golf
development and promotions for men and women.
Vollstedt coached the Sun Devils to a record six NCAA women's golf titles in
the 1990s. She is a five-time coach of the year and a finalist for induction
to the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
Vollstedt shattered a bone in her left leg in 1997 and never fully recovered,
which she said helped her make her decision.
Last year, Golf World magazine listed Vollstedt fourth on its top 10 list of
men's and women's college coaches of the 20th century.
Among those players on the LPGA Tour coached by Vollstedt are Danielle
Ammaccapane, Kellee Booth, Brandie Burton, Nancy Harvey, Emilee Klein, Grace
Park and Wendy Ward. All are in the top 40 on the money winners' list.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Northwestern guard Ben Johnson will transfer to
Minnesota.
Johnson, who averaged 10.7 points during his sophomore season at
Northwestern, will sit out next season under NCAA transfer rules and will
have to walk on to the team for his remaining two seasons of eligibility.
Johnson also considered transferring to Michigan State and Missouri.
Brent Lawson of St. Francis (Pa.) and Matt Smriga of Kent State also
announced they were transferring to Minnesota.
MILAN, Italy (AP) - AS Roma's first Italian league soccer title in 18 years
has done little for the team's stock value.
For the second day in a row, the Roma shares plummeted on the Milan stock
exchange, falling 6 percent Tuesday in heavy trading.
Shares of Roma, one of just a few publicly traded sports teams, dropped more
than 12 percent on Monday, the day after the club clinched the title.
Analysts say the drop occurred because investors anticipating a title are
cashing in now, and that the team owes bonuses to the players.
ASCOT, England (AP) - Black Minnaloushe added a victory in the $350,000 St.
James Palace Stakes on Tuesday to go with his win in the Irish 2,000 Guineas
three weeks ago.
Ridden by Johnny Murtagh, Black Minnaloushe left from the outside post but
was moved inside and went on to beat 9-2 favorite Noverre by a neck in the
field of 11 3-year-olds on the opening day of the Ascot meet.
Noverre was ridden by Frankie Dettori. Olden Times, with French jockey Gerald
Mosse aboard, finished third.
WATTENSCHEID, Germany (AP) - Two-time heptathlon champion Sabine Braun will
miss the World Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, in August because of a
stress fracture in her right shin bone.
Braun, 36, said she planned to continue competing until next year's European
Championship in Munich, Germany.
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - An amateur Gaelic hurling player faces likely assault
charges and a lifetime ban from the sport after clubbing a referee with his
stick and shattering his arm, officials said Tuesday.
``Hurling is a manly type of game with a lot of physical encounter, but
rarely of a malicious character. An assault of this type on a referee is
unprecedented,'' said John Costello, secretary of the Dublin County branch of
the Gaelic Athletic Association.
The attack occurred during a Saturday night match between two amateur Dublin
clubs, Crumlin and Naomh Barrog. When the referee, Eddie Walker, penalized
Crumlin's Graham Elliott for rough play, the player started cursing the
referee, Costello said.
``The referee stopped play and ordered the player off the pitch, but the
player instead hit him two to six times with his hurley,'' Costello said,
referring to the field hockey-style wooden stick used in the sport. ``The
referee put his arm up to defend himself, and ended up suffering breaks to
his arm and elbow.''
He said Elliott, 30, was being questioned by Irish police on suspicion of
assault, and also was likely to be banned from the sport for life. Walker,
37, was recuperating Tuesday in a hospital after having a metal plate
inserted in his elbow.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Kristen Smyth, Arizona State's associate women's
gymnastics coach, has resigned to become head coach at Stanford.
Smyth spent the last five seasons at Arizona State.
Stanford athletic director Ted Leland said Smyth is ``one of the top
up-and-coming women's gymnastics coaches in the nation.''
AP-NY-06-19-01 1721EDT
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