European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Seoul1988 xxiv of pics  xxiv la old mat Gomel is  Sam  Tri  korean it represents Harmony . T Bojoh Jeansonne new Day hese Are 1he olympics of inclusion. A record 160 nations Are Cor milled la participate Only seven declined these Aro the olympics of the superpowers. For Shefl Raj summer games since 1976 in Montreal the untied Stales and soviet Union will meet at he athletic Summit. These Are he olympics of the Rainbow coalition african distance runners chinese divers. Korean boxers East German swimmers will ascend the a Mclory land to hear their anthems. What it Alt Means is thai these Are the olympics in which the United slates will appear Ollen As not 10 be a Lillo a on personnel. Cuba s announced Boycott skews the sporting equation slightly. The cubans could have been counted on to win women s volleyball most of the boxing Gold medals and maybe a weight lilting Lille or two. But other than that Seoul will give the most accurate Reading on the status of olympic sport worldwide since Munich in 1972 even in 76. A Black african Boycott Lell the picture incomplete Seoul furthermore i make the Point that plenty has changed in olympic sports since Munich. Seoul will remind everyone thai America spends More of its resources and interest on other games football and baseball and video machines or whatever White Europe and Asia and More than Ever Africa go All Oul to produce champions in track gymnastics cycling soccer diving fencing Loam handball and so on. South korean sports officials have offered $100.000 to $140,000 bonuses to their Gold medallists in an Effort to make the Home team look Strong. Hungary promises $10,000, France $31.000, China More than $2,000 per Gold medal. The soviet Union and East Germany do better than give Money to their olympic victors they give apartments and cars arid other extras almost impossible to come by for the everyday citizen. In the Centrepiece sports the soviets and Easl germans most Likely will Edge Oul the United Stales in track and Field thanks to the strength of . And East German women boxing should have a mix of korean soviet East German and american Gold medallists gymnastics will highlight the romanian women and chinese and soviet men and swimming Wilt have Waves of East German women and european men from Hungary Poland. Weal Germany soviet Union in the charge with a few americans. Look for bulgarian heroes in weight Lilling French heroes in cycling hungarian heroes in fencing. Dutch heroes in Field hockey. Yugoslav heroes in team handball japanese heroes in judo chinese heroes in table Tennis. Kenyan heroes in distance running. Look for the Whoie world for a change. Friday. September 16, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13