Dana: Sun, 04 Aug 96 09:05:19 0200
Na temu: VOA: USA 95 YU 69
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gopher://gopher.voa.gov:70/00/newswire/sun/OLYMPIC_BASKETBALL
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> DATE=8/4/96
> TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
> NUMBER=2-201258
> TITLE=OLYMPIC BASKETBALL (S)
> BYLINE=DAVID B. BYRD
> DATELINE=ATLANTA
> CONTENT=
> VOICED AT:
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> INTRO: THE U-S BASKETBALL DREAM TEAM WON THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
> IN THE OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA WITH A 95-69 WIN OVER YUGOSLAVIA.
> V-O-A'S DAVE BYRD LOOKS AT THE GAME WHICH MARKS THE SECOND
> STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR THE AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS.
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> TEXT: THE RESULT WAS ALMOST A FOREGONE CONCLUSION -- SATURDAY'S
> GAME WAS BILLED AS THE CORONATION OF DREAM TEAM THREE, AND THE
> UNITED STATES WAS EXPECTED TO BEAT YUGOSLAVIA.
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> BUT THE YUGOSLAV PLAYERS APPARENTLY HAD NOT READ THE SCRIPT --
> THEY GAVE THE DREAM TEAMERS A TOUGH CONTEST THAT WAS NOT
> REFLECTED IN THE FINAL 95-69 SCORE.
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> THE YUGOSLAV TEAM WAS DOWN BY ONLY FIVE POINTS AT HALFTIME, BUT
> IN THE SECOND HALF THE AMERICANS BEGAN TO PULL AWAY. DAVID
> ROBINSON LED THE AMERICANS WITH 28 POINTS WHILE ZARKO PASPALJ LED
> YUGOSLAVIA WITH 19 POINTS. THE BRONZE MEDAL WENT TO LITHUANIA,
> WHICH DEFEATED AUSTRALIA, 80-74.
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> THERE WAS ALSO AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY AT HALF-TIME OF THE GOLD
> MEDAL GAME. I-O-C PRESIDENT JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH PRESENTED
> 1960 OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND FORMER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP MUHAMMAD
> ALI WITH A GOLD MEDAL TO REPLACE THE ONE PRESENTED TO HIM 36
> YEARS AGO. ALI REPORTEDLY THREW HIS ORIGINAL GOLD INTO A RIVER
> SHORTLY AFTER A RACIAL INCIDENT WHEN HE RETURNED FROM THE SUMMER
> GAMES. (SIGNED)
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> NEB/SPTS/BYRD/PARKE/TMS/RKS
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> 04-Aug-96 1:35 AM EDT (0535 UTC)
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> Source: Voice of America
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