Sport in Short: Athletics
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Your support makes all the difference.CALVIN SMITH, the former world record-holder at 100 metres, will run the event for the United States at the World Cup in Havana next week after Carl Lewis, the current world record-holder, decided not to participate. Lewis had been expected to compete against the Olympic champion, Linford Christie.
US SQUAD (World Cup, Havana, 25-27 September): Men: 100m: C Smith. 200m: J Williams. 400m: C Jenkins. 800m: T Davis. 1500m: C Marsala. 5,000m: J Farmer. 10,000m: P Sherry. 110m hurdles: T Dees. 400m hurdles: D Patrick. 3,000m steeple: D Nelson. 4x100m relay: C Smith, T Dees, J Williams, B Bridgewater, K Braunskill. 4x400m relay: C Jenkins, F Atwater, W Caldwell, A Pettigrew, M Cannon. High jump: T Barton. Pole vault: K Tarpenning. Long jump: G McKee. Triple jump: R Kimble. Shot: M Stulce. Discus: T Washington. Hammer: L Deal. Javelin: T Pukstys. Women: 100m: S Echols. 200m: D Young. 400m: J Miles. 800m: J Clark. 1500m: A Hill. 3,000m: J Nesbit. 10,000m: AM Letko. 100m hurdles: D Waller. 400m hurdles: S Farmer-Patrick. 4x100m relay: S Echols, D Waller, D Young, D Webber, K McKey. 4x400m relay: S Farmer-Patrick, K McKey, J Miles, D Young, T Dendy. High jump: A Welty. Long jump: S Couch. Triple jump: S Hudson. Shot: C Price-Smith. Discus: C Price-Smith. Javelin: D Mayhew.
MARY DECKER-SLANEY, of the United States, will race South Africa's Zola Budd-Pieterse, her old rival from the 1984 Olympics, in the Sydney Mile next month.
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