Sports
Illustrated Daily, July 23, 1996

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A cold front will blow through (high of 88°), and there's a 40% chance of rain.

Women's team gymnastics finals (GA5699). It's a three-way race for the gold. The U.S., a close second behind Russia after Sunday's compulsory half of the competition, is seeking its first gold in the event. World champion Romania looms in third. What, No key? Kim Rhode—at 16 the youngest member of the U.S. shooting team and a medal hopeful in today's women's double trap—has already been awarded the "El Monte Tile," the highest honor bestowed upon citizens of El Monte, Calif.


Fencing (1)

(2:55 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center

Men's Team Épée
Pick: France

Gymnastics (1)

(3 p.m.) Georgia Dome

Women's Team
Pick: U.S.

Judo (2)

(3 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center

Men's 172 Pounds
Pick: Toshihiko Koga, Japan

Women's 134.5 Pounds
Pick: Gella Vandecaveye, Belgium

Shooting (2)

(Noon) Wolf Creek Shooting Complex

Men's Free Pistol
Pick: Sorin Babii, Romania

Women's Double Trap
Pick: Deborah Gelisio, Italy

Swimming (5)

(7:30 p.m.) Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Men's 400m Freestyle
Pick: Danyon Loader, New Zealand

Women's 200m Breaststroke
Pick: Amanda Beard, U.S.

Men's 100m Backstroke
Pick: Jeff Rouse, U.S.

Women's 100m Butterfly
Pick: Angel Martino, U.S.

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Pick: U.S.

Weightlifting (1)

(4 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center

154 Pounds
Pick: Kim Myong Nam, North Korea

Wrestling/Greco-Roman (5)

(3:30 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center

114.5 Pounds
Pick: Armen Nazarian, Armenia

136.5 Pounds
Pick: Wlodzimierz Zawadzki, Poland

163 Pounds
Pick: Filiberto Azcuy, Cuba

198 Pounds
Pick: Hakki Basar, Turkey

286 Pounds
Pick: Aleksandr Karelin, Russia


Discover Native America '96
652-662 West Peachtree Street
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

Presented by the Seminole tribe of Florida, this festival includes singing and dancing by more than 15 tribes, Native American food, a museum and a Seminole village. Admission is $18 for adults, $12 for children.


Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard

Having already won a silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday, the 14-year-old Californian will again try to become the youngest U.S. swimmer ever to win an individual gold. Beard is the favorite in tonight's 200 breaststroke, but she will have to beat 100-meter gold medalist Penelope Heyns.

photograph by Peter Read Miller

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