Lewis bids for repeat sweep

Press, 12 September 1988, Page 19

Lewis bids for repeat sweep

NZPA-Reuter Chiba, Japan Carl Lewis has been given the go-ahead to bid for a repeat sweep of four Olympic titles. United States team officials ended the uncertainty over Lewis’s place in their Seoul sprint relay by naming him alongside Dennis Mitchell, the former world record holder, Calvin Smith, and

Albert Robinson — the first four home at the American trials in July. The selectors’ decision means Lewis will tackle the same four events in Seoul as he did at the 1984 Los Angeles Games where he won gold in the 100 and 200 metres, long jump and 4 x 100 metres relay. Speculation over whether Lewis would be included in

the relay quartet surfaced last month when he said he might not run because coach Russ Rogers had asked him to prove himself. Lewis, who anchored the United States to world championship gold in 1983 and 1987, said the situation with Rogers had been resolved. Cyclist Steve Hegg, a gold and silver medalist in the 1984 Olympics, has been

disqualified from the 1988 Games because of a positive drug test for caffeine, the United States Cycling Federation announced yesterday. Hegg, aged 24, was slated to be a member of the fourman pursuit team to compete in Seoul.

Hegg had earned a silver medal in this event at the 1984 Games and a gold medal in the individual pursuit.