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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, July 17, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes wednesday july 17,1991 sets it Mahwah new Jersey up Monica Seles the worlds no. 1 women a Tennis player says a leg injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon three Days before the tournament. �?o1 would like to take this Opportunity to clarify and Clear up All the speculation and rumours Quot Seles said in a statement is Tennis sued monday by her management Agency Imp. A without signifying any of the specific rumours i would like to definitely state that i have had absolutely no problems other than a leg  speculation concerning Seles included injury pregnancy and a desire to protect her no. 1 world ranking. Reports also had Seles 17, spending time at the Palm Beach Florida estate of new York Developer Donald Trump. Seles returns to Competition this week in the path Mark classic at ram Apo College. Tournament director John Korff said Seless representatives have confirmed she will play. She is to receive a six figure guarantee to appear in the tournament. The Imp statement said the yugoslav Star sustained a Shin splints and a slight stress fracture in her left leg Quot during the French open which she won. The injury the statement added occurred last March and Seles suffered a recurrence during practice for the French open when she hit her left leg with her Racket. Seeds fall in Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany up Lars Koslowski of Germany treated 15th seed Martin Jaite of Argentina just like a fellow qualifier in the second round of the $1 million Mercedes Tennis cup on tuesday. Koslowski a 20-year old qualifier ranked 196th in the world humbled his his 38th-ranked opponent 6-3, 6-4. Joining Jaite on the sidelines was another seed no.16 Jordi Arrese who fell to follow spaniard Javier Sanchez 4-6, 61, 6-4. Kraemer regains Tammy Marshall a 4-11 gymnast from Hicksville n.y., looks for help tuesday guarding 7-0 Luther Wright of Elizabeth n.j., at the world University games. Sheffield England a Karen Kraemer overcame her fingertip relay loss by cruising to the 200-meter freestyle Gold medal tuesday at the world University games. Edged out by soviet Natalia Tref Lova in the 800-meter freestyle relay on monday the 2l-year-old american led from 60 meters  2 minutes 2.23 seconds .64 faster than she had Ever swum before. This time Tref Ilova was third behind Canadas Patricia Noall. In women a gymnastics a american team downed a squad from the soviet University games Union for the first time in any major Competition Only to get beaten for the Gold medal by North Korea. _ the quartet of Aimee Trepanier Chari Knight Kristen Kenoyer and Joy Selig totalled 115.15 Points to overcome the 114.95 of the soviets Natalia la Chenova Elena Sabot Zenkova Oksana Zbinden and Muldia hair ova. Then they could Only watch As the North koreans Kyoung Hee Choi Bosil Wang Myoung Hwa an and Miyoung Park went onto the floor and beat their score with 116.50. The . Women a basketball team rolled to a second straight easy Victory beating Japan 125-38. On monday the team whipped Ireland 116-38. Canada downed chinese Taipei 9977 and Spain beat Guam 133-11. On monday Guam lost to Britain 144-25. Australia nipped Germany 12-10 in a tight water Polo match and the . Team downed Romania 9-5. Minutes after Kraemer had won her Gold in the Pool China a Zhuang Yong who won the 100 meter title monday swam even faster than the american in the 200 meter a a by final. Zhuang the world 50-meter freestyle Champion clocked 2 01.97 having failed to gain a fast enough heat time to reach the a a a final. 2 festival swim Marks fall los Angeles a two olympic festival records fell monday night during the final session of swimming and the East menus basketball team put itself in a position to reach the Gold medal game. The nine Day festival entered its third Day monday with action in a dozen sports. Brian. Jacobson of Downey Calif., set a record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.89 seconds. That erased the Mark of 51.30 set by Bill Barrett of los Angeles in 1983. A i was focused on this Quot said Jacobson 17, �?o1 had All Day yesterday to  Jacobson who also qualified for the . Olympic trials in the event said he usually feels tired at the end but had enough left in the last 25 meters to hold off Scott Wester of Huntington Beach Calif. Sheilah Mccarthy of Winchester mass., set a festival record in the 200-Melcr backstroke finishing in 2 minutes 16.61 seconds. That broke the record of 2 17.68 set in 1982 by Theresa Andrews of Annapolis my. Wester was one of two swimmers to win six medals. Along with his Silver medal in the 100, he earned a Bronze As a member of the South a 400 free relay team. Earlier he won golds in the 50 free 200 free and 800 free relay and a Silver in the 400 Medley relay Joyce Murphy of Campbell Calif., finished with six medals after winning the 100-meter freestyle and earning a Silver in the women a 400-meter Medley relay. She earlier had won silvers in the 50 free 200 free and 800 free relay and a Bronze in the 200 free. A a in a really Happy especially with the Gold Quot she said. A the olympic festival is the highest level in be  in basketball the East men beat the South 109-97 to improve its record in the round Robin play to 2-1. The East Schance of playing for the Gold medal depended on the outcome of a late game Between the North 2-0 and West 1-1. A i love the Way my team is playing right now a said East coach Mike Jarvis of George Washington Miniver Sitye the. First couple of Days i was Here i was asking myself a what am 1 doing Here a now we be realized our purpose and we re playing excellent team  Danny Hurley scored 17 Points and Dickey Simkins had 16 As the East handed the South its third loss. Hurley of Jersey City n.j., will attend Seton Hall this fall. Simkins plays for Providence. The East used a 14-2 run late in the first half to take a 56-38 Lead and Wasny to threatened thereafter. Benjamin Davis headed for Kansas led the South with 20 Points. The women a Gold medal game will have the North playing the South. Both Are 2-1, and the South won the first meeting 67-59, on sunday. The North reached the title game by beating the West 67-59 monday night. Conda Hill of Northern Illinois scored 18 Points and Jamillah Lang of Colorado scored 12 for the North. The West 0-3 got 14 Points from Sara Wilson of Oregon. Earlier in the Day katrina Colleton of Maryland made two free throws with 21 seconds left to give the East 2-1 a 71-70 Victory Over the South. Colleton who scored just three Points throws. The South managed Only a late tip in after that. The festival boxers took the Day off giving them a Day to rest before the finals tuesday night at the forum. . Swimmer Brian Jacobson sets 100 freestyle record  
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