European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse To monday August 22. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 27 pennsylvanian Martin Nothstein nips Germany s Michael Hubner right at the finish of the Kirin race saturday in Palermo Sicily. Nothstein becomes America s 1st track double Gold medallist Palermo Sicily a Martin Nothstein won the world Kirin title sat urday night to become the first american Man to win two Gold medals in the same year at the world track cycling championships. Nothstein a 23-year-old sprinter from Trexlertown pa., beat three time world Champion Michael Hubner of Germany and Italy s Federico Paris in a 8-Man final at Palermo velodrome. The american cyclist added the Kirin Gold to the world sprint title he won wednesday 82 years after the previous . Victory by Frank Kramer. Nothstein s Victory in the closing Day of the Competition raised the . Medal total to two golds two Silver and one Bronze giving the american team second world cycling place Overall behind France which had 3-2-0. Kirin a popular sprint event in Japan and other countries consists of a final Between eight cyclists Over four laps. The Speed is regulated by a pacer a Small Motorbike in the initial laps. Nothstein peddled in the Lead through out the final Lap and withstood the Strong comeback of Hubner who won Silver after taking three consecutive world titles in this speciality Between 1990 and 1992. Paris settled for third place and the Bronze medal. In other finals Bruno Risi of Switzer land won the world title in the men s individual Points race and Carsten pod Lesch of Germany beat austrian Roland Konigshofer for Gold in the motor Pace event. Podlesch s title was the last for motor Pace which will be phased out along with tandem and the 100-Kilometer team time trial from the 1995 world programs. Risi 25, from Erst Field captured the first Gold medal for Switzerland at the 1994 championships and his second world title in three years piling up 35 Points in the 100-Lap event. He won six sprints out of 20 on his Way to Victory. Denmark s Jan to Peterson placed second with 18 Points. Franz Stocker of Austria came third for Bronze with 14 Points. Hungarian bears 72 across . By the new York times new York Istvan Sipos of Szeged Hungary fantasized about run Ning to Infinity. Nothing but the endless Road the rhythm of his stride and the quest. It would be the ultimate run. A impossible dream he thought. But Sipos actually experienced eternity during the Moon Bat trans America foot race. Saturday he finished first at the col Umbus Circle Entrance to Central Park 64days and 2,926 Miles after he began. Sipos s 517-hour, 43-minute Odyssey took him through 14 states several stomach aches two Falls and a minor foot Strain. He sur Vived he said because of his spiritual Faith and because Midway through the race he came close to eternity. When i was in Kansas on route 36,1 Fili ally had that experience said Sipos through his Friend Sujo Tri Reisinger. It gave me so much Joy to see Only the Road with ail that open space. It was a lot like life eternal space on an eternal philosophy alone did t get Sipos and four others Dante Ciolfi Michiyoshi Keijo Motohiko Sato and Kawika Spaulding through this race from los Angeles to new York. It is not possible to approach this race with a logical mind because it is impossible to comprehend said Sipos. It is for a spiritual reason. It is like preparing your body for a twelve started. They ate As they ran pasta French Toast and Watermelon and then devoured huge meals at night con suming 10,000 calories a Day three times More than Normal. They lost ,10-15 pounds anyway. The water in Utah gave everyone Diar Rhea and abdominal problems and forced half the runners out of the race. In Nevada the temperature got up to 120 de Grees. Sometimes they Coula walk faster than they could run so they walked. The Bonds that formed during this Challenge transcended Victory. On Fri Day s leg the five remaining runners two americans two japanese and a Hun Garian joined hands and crossed the finish line together in South Orange . On saturday they cheered for Spaulding of Honaunau Hawaii who crossed the finish line smoking his customary Cigar. Moses fops springboard Moultrie a. A Melisa Moses completed of the women s springboard events and Mark Bradshaw won his sixth . Title in the Phillips 66 National div ing championships on saturday. Moses 22, of Orange Park fla.,took the 3-meter Competition with a 10-dive total of 527.40 Points to secure her second spot on the 1995u.s. Pan american games team. She won the 1-meter title Friday. Kristen Kane of Kingston wash., finished second at 494.10 to join Moses on the american games team. Karen Dalton of col Umbus Ohio was third at 488.55. Bradshaw 32, of Columbus Ohio won the men s 3-meter title with a 655.68 total. Kent Ferguson of Miami Beach .fla., a 1992 olympian and five time . Springboard Champion followed at 637.92 to also capture a spot in the american games. . Won t swim away at worlds by Hank Lowenkron Indianapolis a anyone expecting domination by the . Swimming team in next month s world championships is Likely to be disappointed say the team s final members of the american teams were determined Friday at the . National championships which concluded saturday with two non olym Pic events not part of the Competition atthe world championships in Rome. We re definitely the underdogs going into the world championships. On paper we have two people that have a Chance to win world championships in individual events said Stanford coach Richard Quick who will be the head coach for the women s team in Rome., As far As chances to get the Gold medal we re looking at 400 in individual Medley. We have the capabilities to go 1-2," said Michigan s Jon Urbanchuk head coach of the men s team. Jeff Rouse the world record Holder is obviously in Good position to take care of the 100 backstroke. We re going to have to Settle Down for seconds and thirds in Many of the other Quick said Allison Wagner who won . Swimming both individual Medley events and the 200-meter breaststroke during this past week s Competition at the Indiana University natatorium has a Good Chance to capture the Gold medal in both Medley Evans who brought her total of National championships to 42 saturday by winning the 1,500 freestyle in 16 minutes 2424 seconds was Given the favorite s role at Rome in the 400 and 800 freestyle events by Quick. The 22-year-old Evans Winner of four olympic Gold medals and the Holder of world records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle needs six More National titles to match the record held by Tracy Caulkins. Evans took the Lead on the opening 100 meters and quickly took command of the race finishing More than 12 seconds ahead of 14-year-old Brooke Bennett. I did t feel i wanted to kill myself in the mile two weeks before the world championships said Evans who set the world record of 15 52.10 in the 1,500 on March 26,1988. I looked at it More like today was the first Day of my workouts and this was my Quality workout of the Quick also believes olympic Gold med lists Nicole Haislett and Jenny Thomp son can improve on their times Here to contend for titles during the Competition scheduled sept. 5-11. Haislett who won the 100 free at the last world championships in 1991, failed to qualify for the race in Rome when she finished in a tie for second with Angel Martin and then lost a swim off. A triple olympic Gold medallist at Barcelona the 21-year-old Haislett failed to win an individual event at the National championships and earned a trip to Rome by finishing second in the 200 freestyle and. 200 Medley. Thompson was competing with a plate and seven screws inserted during june 3 surgery after she broke her left forearm on a Waterside but still managed to win the 100 free and 100 Butterfly races. When you have the defending olym Pic Champion in the 200-meter freestyle i certainly think Nicole has a Chance and will be better in three weeks. And i m hoping that Jenny Thompson is significantly better in three weeks Quick said. Overall you d have to say we re in a challenging position not Only versus the chinese but the rest of the
