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The International Olympic pi
Committee on Friday defended B
its sex test for female athletes
competing in the Winter Games, je
dismissing charges that the pro- le
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"We have been very surprised (^(
that this controversy has developed
just days before the 1
Games," IOC spokeswoman Michele
Verdier said. "We are not 1
introducing anything new. We
have had this testing since 1968."
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men from masquerading as wo- 'c
men athletes. ,
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Controversy arose this week
when a group of prominent d<
French scientists and France's p;
committee on medical ethics con- rr
demned the test as discriminat- tl
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IOC to decide who is a man and ci
who is a woman. We just want to
make sure that athletes compete tl
under fair conditions and to pro- lc
tect the rights of the athletes." tl
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ceived full backing last year
from the IOC's athletes' commis- d
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The test being used for the Al- m<
ertville Games is a slightly en
lodified version of the procejre
used since 1968. tht
The previous test analyzed for or
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ambination. The new test, deve- pr<
>ped at a French hospital in bl<
hambcry, detects the Y- bl<
iromosome.
An XX-chromosome pairing so
-termines a female and an XY- loi
airing a male. Certain genetic be
mtations also can be detected in
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'.red in women's events. Once co
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le entire 93-member IOC. The
iames begin Feb. 8. Sa
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n a game that can only be deibed
as ugly, the Gamecocks
L to the Clemson Tigers, 55-52,
urday night.
JSC, which meets Ole Miss at
M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum in
iversity, Miss., Wednesday, lost
er Clemson's freshman guard
ris Whitney hit two clutch free
ows with :33 left in the game.
Whitney's two shots were the
anest shots either team saw Saday
night from behind the freeow
line. Clemson went 5-for-13
?m behind the charity stripe,
lile USC shot a miserable
or-18.
rhe Gamecocks' woes began
ien senior guard Barry Manning
ssed two early free throws with
10 left in the first half.
Senior guard Jo Jo English, ju>r
swineman Trov McKoy, ju
>r center Edmond Wilson and ju>r
forward Chris Leso all missed
m behind the line in the first
If.
Senior center Jeff Roulston was
i Gamecocks' only bright spot
m the free-throw line. He went
or-4 in the first half.
In the first seven minutes, USC
ilt a 10-2 lead off jump shots by
glish, Wilson and Manning and
f an alley-oop dunk by junior
ward Jamie Watson.
With 5:29 left in the half, the
imecocks posted an 18-9 lead,
iir largest lead in the game.
fends test
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jdical Commission, will report
the board on proposals to use
3od tests as an anti-doping
iasure.
The procedure likely would be
roduced at the Summer Games
Barcelona. The blood tests
>uld supplement urinalysis as a
jans to detect performancehancing
drugs in athletes.
The IOC reported in December
it there are no religious, moral
legal objections to blood tests,
ime officials have since ex;ssed
concern about the possii
risks of using needles to draw
3od from athletes.
The question of Magic Johnn's
participation in the Barcena
Games also is expected to
discussed, Verdier said.
Last week, Australian team
etor Brian Sando said Austranlnroro
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team if Johnson plays.
He said there were medical
;ks in playing against Johnson,
ho has the virus that causes
IDS.
IOC President Juan Antonio
imaranch has asked the medical
>mmission to look into the
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ond half."
Clemson head basket
coach Cliff Ellis
Persistence paid off for Clen
in the second half. The Tig
pressing defense slowed US
driving offense and Clemson fr
man center Sharone Wright,
sat out the first half with
fouls, returned to help the Ti
out-rebound the Gamecocks or
boards, 18-7.
The Gamecocks got only
second shots off the offen
hoards in the. sprond half
"We were a totally different
club in the second half,"
Clemson head basketball cc
Cliff Ellis. "I'm pleased with
way we fight against a lo
adversity."
Clemson freshman forward
vin Gray stepped in to spur the
gers to a 44-41 lead with 9:40
in the game.
USC took a 50-48 lead of
8-foot jump shot by English,
for the next six minutes Clems
powerful press shut down
Gamecocks.
Clemson took a 53-50 lead <
3-point play by Wright with
left. USC made one more shot,
Whitney took his game-win
free throws to win the ga
55-52.
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By BEN BREAZEALE
Sports Editor
USC's track team placed ei
of 14 teams this past weeken
the Barnett Bank Invitatii
Track Meet in Gainesville, Fla,
The Gamecocks' competitio:
eluded Tennessee, Georgia, C
son, Florida State, Miami
Florida.
The men's next meet is S;
day, Feb. 7 when they travc
George Mason in Virginia.
Although track-powerhc
Florida dominated the meet,
Gamecocks p
By TIM THORSEN
Staff Writer
A second team USA Today
American gave a verbal con
ment Friday to play footbal
USC next year.
The commitment of M<
Means, a wide-receiver from
ion High School, is an additic
a recruiting class that has air
been hailed as one of the nat
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By SEAN RYAN
Staff Writer
Win number 350 for Lady
Gamecock basketball coach Nancy
ffg- Wilson will have to wait at leas
one more day, as her USC squac
fell to Arkansas 58-51 Saturday.
The game was played in front oi
ball 4,067 fans at Barnhill Arena ir
Fayetteville, Ark. USC will play
Georgia Southern at home today as
,Qnn the team tries to improve on its
9-11 record.
;C's USC traveled to Arkansas, hop
esh- 'n8 10 stay out ?f ihe SEC cellar
who Cold shooting and turnovers, howtw0
ever, aided in the Lady Razorbacks
apr<; win. USC shot only 37 percen
t ^ from the field, while commiting 25
turnovers.
four Arkansas prevented Lady Game
sjve cock senior center Marsha Williams
from ever getting on track
ball mac^e Just ^ve of 12 shots
said against a defense that fronted hei
h and often doubled up on her.
^ Williams finished the contesi
t with 13 points, 10 below hei
average.
^ USC led at halftime 28-27, bui
> the Lady Razorbacks had a 20-5
left run 10 start seconc* ^alf. ^SC
did not score for five minutes durf
ing the Arkansas rampage, and
. with 10:31 lef-t to play, USC
sl trailed 48-32.
^ The Lady Gamecocks had a late
run when sophomore forward
jff a Wendy Moss hit a 3-point jump
shot to cut the Arkansas lead tc
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nine Arkansas freshman forward Steme
phanie Bloomer grabbed a missed
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eral strong individual performances
were turned in by the Gamecocks.
~TT Sophomore Ron Willis was
^ at again the highest placer for the
anal Gamecocks. Willis won the 35-lb.
weight throw with a toss of 58-.5,
n and placed eighth in the shot put
lem- w't'1 a ^row 51-6.5.
ancj Senior David Arnold, 400-meter
dash All-American, placed fifth for
atur- South Carolina in the 55-meter
lQ hurdles with a time of 7.55
seconds.
>use The men had several good
sev- sh'owings in the men's distance
ick up All-Americ
cocks to be in the midst of one of
its best recruiting classes in
All- history.
imit- Means, who stands 6-foot-4 and
1 for weighs 185 pounds, caught 52 passes
for 12 touchdqwns and
-,nty amassed 1,095 yards as a junior. In
Un- his senior season, Means made 57
>n to receptions for 1,128 yards and 13
eady touchdowns. Means also picked off
ion's n'ne passes while playing defenalyst
s've back.
The triple-sport athlete said the
ame- fact that USC also will allow him
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) Arkansas was led by junior
guard Angela Davis, who scored
" l 2 points in only 22 minutes of
play. Bloomer added 10 points and
six rebounds.
? In other action, Wilson inched
r closer to her 350-game milestone
Thursday when USC netted a vict
tory over the Lady Monarchs from
r Old Dominion, 64-51.
Before the Lady Gamecocks left
t for Arkansas, they defeated ODU,
1 who entered at 11-5. USC led
24-23 in a slow-paced first half, in
which ODU shot 31 percent, while
I USC shot 29 percent.
ODU looked to be in prime
shape when Williams was charged
' with her third foul at the 17:49
I mark in the second half. Timmons
? and sophomore guard Nikki Bass,
? however, led a 16-1 run that included
an incredible 23-foot bomb
from Timmons. The guard- led
1 charge gave USC its biggest lead
> of 14 at 42-28.
aces eighth
running. Sophomore Adrian Bonner
placed eighth in the 800-meter
run in 1:54.28. Sophomore Tom
Cronin placed seventh in the milerun
in 4:10.03. In the 5000-meter
run, Keith Gorski and Paul Laymon
placed fourth and seventh
with times of 14:40.52 and
14:53.80, respectively.
Other impressive finishes from
USC included Marcus Sutton's
second place finish in the triple
jump and Rickie Kerne's finish in
the 400-meter dash with a time of
50.07 seconds.
:an in Union
to play baseball figured into his
decision. So much so, that he said
he might not even play football.
Means hit better than .500 for
Union last season in baseball, and
he was the leading scorer on Union's
basketball team, averaging 16
points a game.
Means chose the Gamecocks
over Glemson, because "I like the
coaches, the players, and it will
seem like playing in my own back
yard," he told The State newspaper
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