MILAN, Dec 3 1: Miguel Indurain and . Krisztina Egerszegi on Thursday were picked as the best athletes of 1992 in a survey by Italy's largest sports daily, Gazzetta dello Sport of Milan, reports AP.

Indurain, the Spanish cycling star who won the Tours of France and Italy In 1992. edged US track stars Kevin Young and Carl Lewis in the men s lists published by the widely circulated dally.

In the women's lists the Hungarian swimmer, a triple Olympic champion in Barcelona, beat Yugoslav tennis star Monica Seles — 562 to 553 points.

Indurain, who got 627 points compared with Youngs 531. ended a long streak of track and field winners in Gazzetta delk Sport yearly sur

The Spanish ac had been also picked as the 1992 star by another leading Italian sports daily earlier this week.

The Olympic basketball champions of the United States, better known as the "Dream Team," led the teams standings with 297 points, ahead of European soccer champion Denmark and the Olympic 400 meter US relay team.

Italian skier Alberto Tomba, a triple Olympic champion, bent world cycling champion Gianni Bugno tn the national lists published by Gazzetta.