Sports
Illustrated Daily, August 1, 1996

Sports Illustrated Daily What's
Happening

The temperature stays on the mild side (85°), but there's a 40% chance of rain.

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Track and field, afternoon and evening sessions (AT11611). Having warmed up with an easy victory in the 400 meters on Monday, Michael Johnson goes after a historic double in the 200. He won't find the going as easy this time, not with Frankie Fredericks of Namibia in the field. Who blinks first? In Athens, Mia Hamm, arguably the best women's soccer player in the world, leads the U.S. in the gold medal game against a Chinese team that plays the best defense in the world.


Archery (1)

(2 p.m.) Stone Mountain Archery Center

Men's Individual
Pick: Jang Yong Ho, South Korea

Badminton (3)

(9 a.m.) Georgia State University

Men's Singles
Pick: Póul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen, Denmark

Women's Singles
Pick: Bang Soo Hyun, South Korea

Mixed Doubles
Pick: Park-Ra, South Korea

Equestrian (1)

(8:30 a.m.) Georgia International Horse Park

Team Jumping
Pick: Germany

Field Hockey (1)

(7:30 p.m.) Morris Brown College

Women
Pick: Australia

Soccer (1)

(8:30 p.m.) Sanford Stadium, Athens

Women
Pick: U.S.

Table Tennis (1)

(4:30) Georgia World Congress Center

Men's Singles
Pick: Liu Guoliang, China

Track and Field (4)

(2 p.m.) Olympic Stadium

Men's 400m Hurdles
Pick: Samuel Matete, Zambia

Women's 200m
Pick: Merlene Ottey, Jamaica

Men's 200m
Pick: Michael Johnson, U.S.

Decathlon
Pick: Dan O'Brien, U.S.

Yachting (2)

(1 p.m.) Wassaw Sound

Men's 470
Pick: Matviyenko-Braslavets, Ukraine

Women's 470
Pick: Zabell-Dufresne, Spain


Art Exhibit
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
30 Atlanta Street
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Aug. 6
(11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, Aug. 7-31)

This exhibition of American art includes work by Norman Rockwell, J. Howard Pyle and Howard Chandler Christy. "Norman Rockwell: Portrait of America" features more than 100 drawings, illustrations and paintings. "Nostalgic Journey: American Illustration from the Collection of the Delaware Art Museum" depicts life in the U.S. from 1880 to 1930. Admission is $5. Children under 6 are free.


Omar Linares

Omar Linares

Cuba's talented third baseman is batting .485 with five home runs and 10 RBIs heading into today's semifinals at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Cuba, batting .405 as a team, meets Nicaragua in the opener, and the U.S. tangles with Japan in the nightcap. The winners play for the gold tomorrow.

photograph by V.J. Lovero

 


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