VIEWER'S GUIDE

1996

JULY 19--AUGUST 4

ARCHERY

South Koreans won both the men's and women's events at Barcelona, and they're aiming for the same in Atlanta. The U.S. men--Butch Johnson, Justin Huish and Rod White--may contend for a team medal.

ATHLETICS (TRACK & FIELD)

SPRINTS The shifting demographics of elite track and field--from "amateurs" to career professionals--have placed an unusually large number of aging veterans among the favorites. Top contenders in the men's 100 meters include Americans Carl Lewis, 35, and Dennis Mitchell, 30, as well as Britain's reigning Olympic champion Linford Christie, 36. Their younger challengers are Canada's Donovan Bailey, 28, the...

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