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3V if i3 Jr: viif '5f1V J- -Jb ss-n lfl Vj £VET TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 1988 3 EVENING STANDARD Tp champions Shooting staBalcohwper left SteveBedgrave (hockey) show ott their stars get welcome Olympic heroes arrived home from Seoul today to an ecstatic welcome of the kind usually reserved for pop stars Hundreds of well-wishers surged forward at Heathrow's Terminal Four to congratulate The strongest certainly the of supporters awaiting the 17-hour flight this morning were from South-gate where five members of the gold medal-winning hockey team play v- Along with' putting hockey traditionally a mi- nority sport on the map the team have given the equally modest North London town a boost A surprise announcement came from hockey star Imran Sherwani who nlarries his girlfriend Louise in two weeks' time followed by a honeymoon in Kenya Banned They met while both po-I lice cadets in Tamworth Staffordshire eight years ago but Imran gave up the force to concentrate on hockey Fellow player Sean Kerly 28 sang the praises of the Southgate club which he joined seven years ago Story: PETER Pictures: Sprinter received an from said: "I am relax I will at least But I shall again Linford Bush comment being cleared tee after traces stimulant in drug tests The silver has all want to Wives sleepy waiting for (rowing) and Paul Barber LIP SERVICE: Sean Imran Sherwani left and Ian Olympic gold medals scorer kisses his medal girlfriend and Ian's wife is amazing to be back and the whole experience was said Bryn managed to pull it off but with sailing it is how you perform on the day no matter how much work you do Fellow champion yachtsman Michael McIntyre was greeted by his wife Caroline and children Gemma and Angus Best of pals: Page 61 WELCOME HOME: GRUNER JEREMY SELWYN Linford Christie emotional welcome his family and going home to not be competing until January start training 28 from Shepherd's refused to any further on by the International Olympic Commit-' of a banned were found twice medallist said: been said I don't think about that girlfriends and children had been the sport stars since the early hours of this mornine mormng- morning For many the emotion was too much and they broke through police lines to run towards their loved ones for a hug Gold medal yachtsman Bryn Vaile held his girlfriend Erica Lessmann in his arms for 10 minutes before the couple could even say hello to each other Kerly the hockey team's top Taylor are met by Imran's He invited youngsters aged between six and 15 to go along this Sunday at 10am to take part in a new youth training programme I All the players were ush- ered into a VIP reception area and toasted with champagne They were joined by injured athlete Tessa Sanderson who was in a wheelchair and I showjumping silver medallist Virginia Leng.