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Show _BS The Salt Lake Tribune 1996 SUMMER GAMES Thursday,July 18, 1996 Olympian’s MotherIs Upset With Decision ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATLANTA — Chainey Umphrey says he’ll make the best of a U.S. Olympic team decision that would keep him from competing in the men's gymnastics all-roundfinals, Others are not so calm. “I'm tired of the injustice, and I'm ready to blow thelid off,” said Martha Umphrey, the athlete’s mother. “People have seen Chainey struggle overthe years, They know he’s earned the right to be on the team and compete.”” Eventhe congressional delegation from Umphrey’s home state of New Mexico got into the act this week. Umphrey was notified over the weekend that he would likely competein only four of six men's events, excluding the vault and high bar. Jair Lynch,whofinished two spots behind Umphrey in the Olympictrials, would competein all six events, That would exclude Umphrey from the all-round finals, while making Lyncheligitible. “This is one of the mostdisappointing turns of events in mylife I can ever remember,” Umphreysaid. But, he added, “I’m willing to sacrifice my dream,as painful as it may be right now.” Qo BACK TO SCHOOL No matter what Jeremy Linn does when he dives into the pool to begin the men’s to hear country-western star Kenny Rogers in the park’s first concert. “J think it’s kindof fun to be one of the first performers that people see and topecans things off to a great said Rogers, who nthis performance at the AT&T Global Olympic Village with “Back In the High Life Again.” Despite being filled with pa- vilions and sales booths, there wasplenty of places in the 21acre park to see the stage. a NOT SO WEIGHTY Russia’s weightlifting team is minus a medal hopeful because of drug use. Officials said European 183-pound champion Yuri Myshkovets was removed from the Olympic team after testing positive forillegal performance-enhancers. Myshkovets was caught us- ing drugs at a training session and faces a half-year suspen- sion, said Vladimir Maslyaev, a member of the Russian Weightlifting Federation and former senior coach of the weightlifting team. Testing positive for drugs at a championship carries a life swimming program at the Olympics Saturday, he knows where he'll be in thefall. Back at school, Linn said he definitely would return to Tennessee for tion members were “hurt and upset” that “this almost 100- his junior year, even if he wins drugs. a gold medalin the 100-meter breaststroke, “That may be one of the toughest decisions in my life, but yes, I'm coming back and swimming in college,” Linn said. “There's prize money, but I havea real loyalty to my coach and team, and I figure it’s not going to last forever. So I'd rather swim collegiately and enjoy it than make a bunch of money.”” The 20-year-old Harris- burg, Pa. native won the Olympic trials in March, then caine back and won the NCAA title later that month. He has the sixth-fastest U.S. time everin the event at 1 minute, 1,94 secondsbut might have to better the American record of 1:01.40 in ae to medal. THE GAMBLER Some 65,000 people crowd- Pentathlon | Contested ban in weightlifting. Maslyaev said the federa- percent-certain member of the Olympic team” had used o UP TO SPEED MODERN PENTATHLON BA var swis magne you are ase: with 8 essen Sam 3 port Easnow JUMPING is (© Prctunietes soir 500 meters agar! he cock In One Day BY ROB ALLSTETTER . DETROIT NEWS ed Centennial Olympic Park aa wireseeurs Dolph Lundgren is springing into action again. This time, though,it's not to save someonein SA Sitry scoresom & county: ‘heoecompetion a pyrotechnics-filled movie. He's trying to help save an obscure sport from Olympics extinction. e Swedish actor best known for getting the snot kicked out of him by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV is the “team leader” of the U.S. modern pentathlon team. He's become an ambassadorfor Teo esata. alowed fu ate wto sab at cae ssn Sorenson irrougtout race Wat ox swe ea owe eacherean rab 00d swim between eae won29 © 835 -worth 1232p= Bint SHOOT (@ Pentathietes rst sures natal edenainand rela fr cura roving ‘a Poctaiates tr 20shots wih aay ei larga 10 meters away rong aee 1965 wei the pentathlon, which International Olympic Committee mem- ber Anita DeFrantzsaidis ‘on the before gets any ‘THE TARGET {©Gunsmust be ponte down ntl aget uns toward atte “@Noelescope sah are towed and pun must ‘ehh ne hand ropes” as a future event. Lundgren starred in a movie called Pentathlon three years ago and wastrained by U.S. pentath- letes Michael Costigian (the worid-record holder) and Rob Stull. A former Swedish national karate champion, he has been avidly involved with the sport since, recently promotingit on the ‘Acote of 195196 expecd o win the hoot talk-show circuit. “The sport is much more well known over here in Europe,” Lundgren said from his office in Sweden, just before leaving for Atlanta and the Olympic Games. “It's very unusual.’ It’s five totally different sports and has some kind of relation of martial arts in the sense ofits tradition. It’s a very reality-based sport.” The pentathlon became an Olympicsport in 1912. It is based on the idea of a soldier having to Course ras his and abstaciesrequrng eodvarce | (©pascueimenan went deliver a message to his superiors. He rides an unfamiliar horse but has to dismount andfight the enemywith his sword. Then heis trapped and must shoot his pistol to escape. Afterward, he must ming, an equestrian obstacle course and a 4,000-meter run. As team leader, Lundgrenis re. sponsible to the U.S. Olympic Committee for the conduct of the swim across a river and run 4,000 {eam, arrangesall ofits travel and handles administrative responsi- meters through a forest. ‘The pentathion’s five events — all contested in one day — include 20 shots at a 10-meter target, epee fencing, 300-meter swim- team,” he said. As such, he'll walk with the an integral part of the team in the Opening Ceremonies — which he said will be more thrilling than any Hollywood premiere. “T've never been to the Olym- pics before, and, for my first Olympics, to be part of it, part of such a big attraction, is unbelievable,” Lundgren said. “The Olympics is much morelasting emo- tionally than show business. It’s much more meaningful to man- kind.” BIGQTIRES. 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