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-k r-' lJ -s 7 ''v if V-' -v' -V 1 Hl 1 EVENING STANDARD 64 27 SEPTEMBER 1988 MSIINI Johnson Continued from Page 1 kN Fatima rumours denied British pair race to great victory against the odds NEIL ALLEN reports on a triumph for sailors McIntyre and Vaile on the high seas rope which virtually holds up the mast When the Ameri Michael McIntyre and Philip Bryn Vaile won the gold medal for the Star Class in the Olympic yachting at Pusan today against the highest odds Battling through seas where the waves were sometimes as high as 12ft and the wind gusting up to 30 knots helmsman McIntyre got his 24ft craft home for victory in the final race the silver and bronze medals going to the United States and Brazil Still dazed by the struggle which won Britain the first mprfai of any kind in the Star Class since a silver at Los Angeles in 1932 McIntyre said: "We knew we had the speed but the problem in that kind of weather was getting it all together Crumpled went into race in fourth place knowing that we had to beat the Americans by at least six places and beat the other crews too Somehow we coped with those high seas" During the race both the Americans and the Canadians broke their backstay the piece of wire spliced by a can mast crumpled the British pair knew the gold was in sight McIntyre a sales manager from Salisbury who finished seventh in the Finn Class in Los Angeles four years ago was crewed today by Vaile even though the marketing executive irom Marlow was nursing several stitches in his head During the fifth race Vaile had been struck by the boom But today he was recalling that up to now the greatest triumph of his career had been to be chosen for this Olympics at all Just IS months ago Vaile a member of Royal Lymington Yacht Club had had a comeagraph on his left eye Jill Weeden administrator of the Royal Yachting Associ- ation said in Pusan: is a wonderful result especially since the Star Class was the one in which we least expected to do well Stuart Childerly who was widely tipped for a medal in the Finn Class today lost the bronze by just onepoint" BRITISH athletics officials today denied and condemned rumours that javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread had been found positive in a drugs test following the Olympic final yesterday in which she won a silver medial writes Neil Allen Andy Norman chief promotions officer of the sport said: been hearing these rumours about several athletes including Petra Felke of East Germany who won the javelin and Fatima since early this morning But all nonsense "Fatima who would certainly never take any drugs is just dismissing all this gossip" Tony Ward Press Officer for British Athletics confirmed: have been mours all day but there has been no official notification of any kind to us about anything to do with drug test- ing" the second-half the British goal just would not come were fast and said Hambly now got to turn our thoughts to Holland again can beat them despite the score in the last match They had three penalty corners then and scored from all of them" Australia beat the Dutch 3-2 and it promises to be quite a final When they and Korea met In the group the result was a thrilling 5-5 draw British coach Dennis Hay had the last word of the day: are determined not to go home with nothing" RULING THE WAVES dapper Michael McIntyre and Philip Bryn Vaile celebrate their yachting gold tion of drags abuse led by American hurdler Ed Moses They issued a statement calling for the introduction of random drag tests on an individual basis full inquiries to be staged into each Olympic case to cover the possible involvement of coaches and team officials and more education on the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs the athletes in the Olympic village will have to stand in the shadow of this said Moses is responsibility the moment people who want to use drugs to enhance their performances know exactly what to do not to get caught the reality of it Those who do get caught have problems but the common reason is that they have simply made a punishment-stripped of his title and medal banned from the track indefinitely by the IOC and facing up to a four-year ban by his has been described as one of the toughest-ever warnings to drug users in sport IOC president Juan Anto-nio Samaranrh saw this as a silver lining to the dark cloud now hanging over the Olympics He said: is a blow for the Games and for the Olympic movement but it shows that the IOC is prepared to make a firm stand to keep our sports (dean" Fellow executive committee member American Anita de France went further She said: Games are me- to bea celebration of human not fope-inspired charades The Johnson bombshell brought unexpected rewards for three athletes promoted up the medal ladder The new gold medallist is American Carl Lewis who after winning the long jump is now back on target for four Olympic golds The silver goes to Linford Christie and the bronze to American team-mate Calvin Smith Christie said: "We are all very shocked I know what other athletes are up to where drags are concerned As long as I'm a drag-free zone all I worry about" without obligation) girls miss final Hockey BRITAIN'S hockey team gave their best display of the Olym-: pics but it still was not good enough to take them into the final An 18th minute goal was sufficient to send South Korea the third seeds through to the gold medal decider against Australia cm Friday The result leaves Britain needing to beat Holland the side that thrashed them 5 1 in an earlier group match if they are to go home with the bronze The match turned in 30 frantic seconds From a penalty comer Karen Brown a 25-year-old bank official from Redhill flicked a looping v5- i ivK 'V i TtOr- I' I 1 1 The trouble with Daley DALEY THOMPSON goes for a golden hat-tnck in the decathlon tomorrow but there are many in Seoul who believe tie even get a bronze meaaL Neil Alien reports: Page 62 EUiott delays decision: Page 63 i Uphill druggie forshowjumpers: Page 63 shot 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