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1992: Being last seemed to be the fashion
NEW YORK. Dec 18: Being first always has been In style In sports. In 1992. being the last also seemed to be the fashion. writes AP.
It was the last year when both the Winter and Summer Olympics would be held in the same year. It would be the last time the country that dominated both, the Soviet Union, would roar as a mighty sports power and the last time Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would take to the floor
The year provided dramatic contrasts, from the Danes remarkable Joy after winning the European Football Championship to the tragedy al Bastia. Corsica, where 15 people died before the kickoff of a French Cup game when the temporary stands collapsed
An Olympic year. 1992 provided more memorable mo ments than most. Stxteen-year-old Finn Toni Ntemanen won two ski Jumping golds and a bronze with his unorthodox "V-*tyle" and became the youngest WJnter Olympic champion tn history.
Cross-country skiers Lyubov ‘Egorova and Elena Valbe led the Unified Team, the old Soviets marching under the Olympic flag and hymn, with five medals each. But the new unified German team immediately showed its strength, topping all nations with 10 gold and 26 total medals.
The Summer Games were the crowning achievement of International Olympic Committee president and Barcelona native Juan Antonio Samaranch, who despite the success of the Games was hounded by allegations from a book about a fascist past and charges he has turned the Olympics into a corrupt cash machine.
Spain had their best per formance ever with 13 gold and 22 total medals, including a last-minute. 3-2 victory over Poland in the soccer final before 95.000 flag-waving fans.
Unified gymnast Vitaly Scherbo was the biggest individual winner with six golds.
The Barcelona Games also provided other dramatic moments Antonio Rebollo's flaming arrow into the Olympic caldron to begin the Olympiad, and Briton Derek Redmond's limping, father-aided attempt to reach the finish line after pulling a Aamstring in the 400 meters.
Barcelona also had its downside charges of steroids use among medalists in the women » 100 metre finals by fourth place finisher and 200 metre champion Owen Torrence. and an argument on the gold medal winning US basketball Dream Team aboul what commercial logos to wear at Ihe awards ceremony — while competition sms still under way
There was sporting contra versy involving Moroccan runner Khalid Ska h. who had his 10.000-metre victory taken away, given to Richard Che II mo and then gtven back to htm.
But overall, the Games were a huge success despite a dlrs 57 million (285 million franc)
the 1994 World Cup caused a Stir when they announced Ihe venues for the championship. Including Detraits Sllvcrdome as the site of the first Indoor World Cup |pin>r
The Americans also buoyed FIFA by wi n nt ng a four team exhibition US Cup tournament on honv soil against European notables Portugal, Ireland and Italy
FIFA was heartened by the return of I be go Maradona to a sport In need of a hero after a 15-month suspension for tailing a drug teat
In boxing, world heavy weight champion Mike Tyson was convicted of rape early In the year and sent to prison Tyson's successor. Evander
debt incurred by Albertville organisers. A record 65 nations participated in the Winter Games, Aeight more , than previously, and 172 — including South Africa after a 32-year absence — took part in the Summer, the first Games in 20 years without a boycott.
No longer will the Summer and Winter Games be staged tn the same year. The IOC has the next Winter Games set for Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994 the Summer Ganics in 1996 in Atlanta, and plans for the quadrennial events to be held alternating even-numbered years. The idea is to grab more attention for the Winter Olympics and to not stretch nation's Olympic budgets twice In the same year.
In soccer, Denmark replaced banned Yugoslavia only U days before the opening kick off of the European Championship, and beat Germany for the title in one of the biggest surprises in soccer history.
FIFA and the US organisers
Holyfield, was dethroned by Riddick Bowe, who promptly got into a dispute with the World Boxing Council and dumped their belt tn a trash can. The WBC responded by stripping him of the title in favour of Briton Lennox Lewis.
The International Amateur Alhk-tic Federation also had its problems.
World sprint champion Katrin Krabbe was suspended, reinstated and then suspended again after involvement In two doping incidents.
Bulch Reynolds won a dlrs 27.3 million award from the IAAF after taking his two-year battle against a suspension all the way to the US Supreme Court. Reynolds, banned for failing a drug test he claims was faulty, earned the right to try out for the US Olympic team bul qualified only as an alterable.,
Cricket even caused a slir wla-n Pakistan won the 11m-ited overs World Cup and then had premier bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis ac-
Some non Olympic Individ ual triumphs also shone through Nigel Manoell won the first five races and wm as dominant in his Williams Renault that he won the Formula One championship long before the season was owr
Then he promptly an nounced a move io. the US IndyCar circuit where former world champion Nelson Ptauet had a likely career-enalng crash tn qualifying for the Indianapolis 600 Mansell will be trading places with IndyCar champions Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr. who are moving to Formula One.
Elsewhere. Petra Kronberger won her third Alpine World Cup overal title, second only to Annemarie Moser Proll and Paul Accola overcame Alberto Tomba of Italy to win the mens crown.
Spanish cyeliat Miguel Indurain nearly Joined Eddie Merckx and Stephen Roche as the only men to win the tripie crown, winning the Italian Giro and the Tour de France and Just missing victory tn the world championship road race.
Andre Agassi dashed his choker" reputation by winning Wimbledon, the one Grand Slum he has taken great strides to avoid. He also estab Il shed himself as the new emo-itonal leader of the American Davi* Cup team, helping tt to Its second title In three years and running his Davis Cup unbeaten streak to more than two years.
The world also got to. see two of the best at their craft in I heir last appearances. Johnson and Bird led the much-ballyhooed US Olympic basketball team to an overwhelming performance at Barcelona
Johnson, who had announced hl* retirement because of thp HIV infection last year, made the Olympics hi* competitive farewell. He tried a comeback with the Los Angeles Laker* in the fall but changed his mind again before the season started, saying he could see the fear of contract Ing AIDS In the face* ot his ’ teanwiates and opponents.
For Blr^» his back could lake no more Thirteen years in the NBA had taken its toll, and the Birdman wa* finally it rounded.