European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is Olson regains world indoor vault record East Rutherford. No. A Billy Olson who before the 1986 indoor track and Field season had been dismiss Edas just another pole vaulter reclaimed the world indoor Best saturday night soaring19 feet 5 inches in the . Olym Pic invitational at the Meadowlands  sailing Over the bar on his first attempt at that height Olson erased the Mark Oft 9-foot-5 that Sergei Bubka of the soviet Union had established earlier in the Day at  s vault was initially announced As i9-5w, but Jack Milne the meet s Fiel events referee remeasured the bar and announced the Correct height was 19-5v4.it was the fourth time this season that Olson had set a world indoor Best and thei Ith time in his erratic career that he had bettered the  think i m berating a world record jump i just made Olson said. It feb very Good to me. But that without a doubt was the worst jump i had at a world record. It was terrible terrible jump. I had a bad Takeoff i hit Way under the bar and still made  Clearing i9-5w, Olson had the bar raised to i9-8v4, one Quarter Inch higher than the outdoor world record set last year by Bubka. But he was unsuccessful in two attempts before passing his third try. I know without question i can jump three or four or five inches higher this year. 1m sure Serge Bubka can too. I Don t know what Joe dial can do. I Haven t seen him  Olson and dial Are scheduled to meet forthe first time this season Friday night in the Wannamaker millrose games at new  the world indoor Best was a remarkable achievement for the 27-year-Oldtexan, who last weekend failed to Clear a height in meets at Toronto and  those meets he said it s been a pretty unusual  it has. He began the season dec. 28 at Saska Toon Saskatchewan with a  Best of 19-2h. In his next meet at Losangeles Jan. 17,.Olson vaulted 19-3w, re claiming  from Bubka who had cleared 19-3 two Days earlier. Then Olson raised the Mark to 19-314 a Albuquerque n.m., on Jan. 25, Only to see fellow american dial Clear i9-4k feb. I Stcolumbia mo., and Bubka regain the Mark Early  s accomplishments Are even More amazing considering that he is afraid of Heights and he competes with a broken Bone in it soft wrist an injury he suffered in 1980.Olson s Brilliant performance overshadowed a series of outstanding efforts headed by the triumphant return to Competition of sprinter Evelyn , in her first race since aug. 31, 1984, won the women s 55-meter dash in6.68 seconds. She had been away from the sport forbore than 17 months because of the birth of her tint child a daughter  her popular Victory before an a pc Tulve crowd of 12,914, Ashford carried her 7m-month-old daughter around the track in a Victory  Dixon smashed her american indoor record in the women s 400, winning in s2.i3.she had set the old Roar of 52.20 last year. One other american record was equated saturday night As Jim Heiring matched his Mark of 5-27.18 in capturing the men s1,500-meter walk. Monday february 10, 1986 stars and stripes Page 25 Thomas skates to historic Victory up photo us. Champion debt Thomas la practice. 1st Black seniors Winner Uniondale. . A Deb Thomas triple jumped her Way Over the Rainbow and into the history books sat urday at the National figure skating , 18, of san Jose Calif., landed All five of her triples in the freestyle pro Gram to become the first Black american seniors  Boitano of Sunnyvale Calif., successfully defended his men s title Lead Ingall the Way and punctuating the Victory with a Fine freestyle routine that featured triple Axel the Only one completed in these  skated with verve and As she left the ice after her routine pumped her arms in the air in a Victory Salute. This is like the pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow said the exuberant Thomas a freshman at Stanford University. Butt s at the end of a bumpy Road instead. Of i can t believe it Thomas should believe it. She led throughout the Competition Here to culminate a sensational year in which she went from runner up at the 1985 nationals to victories at the National sports festival and two International  said she guessed it s a big accomplishment to be the first skater of Terrace to win such a prestigious title. It s sort of a coincidence she added. Never thought of that too much. I was just trying to be the National  think it probably will give somebody to look up to so they re not thinking it s impossible to do she said of other Black skaters. Following her scintillating freestyle routine Thomas had to watch Caryn Kadavy com plete her program. Kadavy skating next landed three triple jumps but missed one and Wasmeier ends drought for German men skiers Moraine France a Marku Wasmeier of Germany waited an entire year to find out if his world championship Gold medal was a True indication of his Abil Ity and then he won sunday s world cup super giant slalom. It was almost one year ago on feb. 7 198s,in Bonnie Italy that he surprised the Field and won the world giant slalom  is a confirmation of my world championship race said Wasmeier who also ended a seven year world cup Victory drought for the German men s team. Twas important for me and the entire team he  first on a course that rapidly deteriorated Wasmeier posted a time of 1minute. 22.32 seconds Down the 1,660 meter Long run which dropped 552 vertical meters and was flagged by 44 control Gates. His clocking was 1.04 seconds  Marc Girardelli the Austri an who races for Luxembourg. Girardelli Isth defending world cup Overall King and current Leader. Wasmeier is the Leader of the discipline standings with 60 super giant slalom Points followed by Girardeua s 45. Peter Mueller of Switzerland a Winner in a world cup downhill saturday ranks third with 40 Points. Mueller placed first and third in two supergiant slalom held monday and tues Day  Overall world cup Chase is Lead How Ever by Girardelli with 212 Points to Muel Ler s 186. Wasmeier who also won the combined event Here by virtue of this Triumph joined with saturday s 16th in the downhill jumped into third place with 169  is. Ski team had Only two entrants in the race with 1984 olympic downhill Gold medallist Bui Johnson of Malibu Calif., placing 38th in 1 26.92. Teammate Doug Lewis of Salisbury vt., was 44th in 127.07.the world cup tour now Steps out for its Normal february break in which each coun try holds in National championships. Johnson however has opted not to at tend the . Championships at Copper Mountain Colo. Instead he will remain i Europe and enter the slalom and giant Sla Lom in the austrian  next world cup events Are slated for Sweden beginning feb. 21. Fourteen men ski races remain on the season s Calendar. Was not nearly As spectacular As Thomas. Thomas who also won the compulsory Fig ures and was second to Kadavy in the Short program had 2.4 placement factors while Kadavy of Colorado Springs Colo., had 4.2. Defending Champion Tiffany Chin making her first appearance in Competition since Fin Ishing i Hardin the 1985 world championships was third. Chin had been sidelined with a muscle imbalance and admitted earlier this week she was not in top shape. Her freestyle program was conservative an she ended up with 5.4 Factor placements. I had Only eight weeks to prepare Fortis said Chin. All three qualified for the world  in Geneva Switzerland next month. Boitano skated Here with a sore ankle that was helped by acupuncture treatments. He was guaranteed a spot on the . Tea for the worlds by virtue of a third place finish there last year. But he wanted to defend his Crown Here despite the injury. He defended in style winning All three disciplines for a score of 2.0 Factor place ments. Scott Williams of Redondo Beach,Calif., was second with 6.6, while Daniel Doran of Denver was third with 7.4.christopher Bowman of Van Guys Calif., who stood second after two rounds withdrew prior to the freestyle with a foot injury. Bowman was selected to go to Geneva bythe us. Figure skating association instead  Huber of los Angeles and Ron Kravette of Costa Mesa Calif., combined to win the Junior dance. In Junior pairs Krist Yamaguchi of fre Mont Calif., and Rudy Galindo of san Jose captured the Gold. They performed Side by Side triple toe loops the Only competitors Here to land Side by Side triples. Japan Italy want to Host Aba games Dallas a National basketball association commissioner David Stern said saturday the league is discussing with representatives from Japan the possibility of two teams starting a season with two games in that  City of Siena Italy also wants to play Host to a third place playoff game Stern said. The commissioner added that heroes not consider these foreign contacts a prelude to future overseas  he said the league would make a decision in Early october on is. Expansion plans for the 1987-88 season. The commissioner said the boar has purely social contacts during All Star weekend with representatives of cities wanting Aba expansion franchises. He said the interested parties wherefrom Minneapolis Miami Orlando Fla Orange county Calif. Char Lotte . And Toronto. Swiss women dominate cup slalom Mckinney 5th Hrebenok Czechoslovakia a Corinne Schmidhauser of Switzer and Sun n Day on a slalom race in the. High Tara mountains her first world cup Victory i and one that underscored the strength or the Swiss women s team behind the Surprise second Nadia Bonfini of Italy third and fourth places were also taken by Swiss skiers Veteran Erika Hess and Brigitte Gadient. American Tamara Mckinney fourth after the first beat was Only 10th in the second run. But she nevertheless place fifth Overall Only three Hundredth of a second slower than fourth placed Gadiel who clocked 43.56 seconds for the fastest second heat  problem with the timekeeping in the first run motivated me to do even better in the second said the 21-year-old Winner who hails from Bern Switzerland and plans to study Medicine after ending her career. Schmidhauser referred to unofficial re sults that put her initially in third later in second place. She also took advantage of the fact that 30 of 55 skiers did not com plete the race and other Well known competitors were absent. _. The Swiss girl was eventually placed second in the first heat in 40.13. Her 44.44. Ors Bith Best time in the second run was enough for winning total of 1 24.27. Gnora