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SLAM! Sports Century in Review INTERACTIVE CONTESTS ALSO ON SLAM!  |
NORDIC SKIING TO RUGBY NORDIC SKIING Cross-Country World Cup Men -- Bjorn Dahlie, Norway Women -- Bente Martinsen, Norway Nordic World Championships Men Pursuit -- Thomas Alsgaard, Norway 10k classical -- Mika Myllylae, Finland 30k freestyle -- Myllylae 50k classical -- Myllylae 40k relay -- Austria Women Pursuit -- Stefania Belmondo, Italy 5k classical -- Bente Martinsen, Norway 15k -- Belmondo 30k classical -- Larissa Lazutina, Russia 20k relay -- Russia U.S. Championships Men 1.3k sprint -- Marcus Nash, Fryeburg, Maine 10k classical -- Nash 15k pursuit -- Nash 30k freestyle -- John Bauer, Champlin, Minn. 50k -- Patrick Weaver, Lenox, Mass. Women 1.3k sprint -- Nina Kemppel, Anchorage, Alaska 5k classical -- Kemppel 10k pursuit -- Kemppel 15k freestyle -- Kemppel 30k -- Kemppel NCAA Team -- Colorado Men 10k -- Rune Kollerud, Utah 20k -- Ove Erik Tronvoll, Colorado Women 5k -- Ekaterina Ivanova, Vermont 10k -- Britta Wienand, Denver Ski Jumping World Cup -- Martin Schmitt, Germany Nations Cup -- Japan Nordic World Championships K90 -- Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japan K120 team -- Germany U.S. Championships Men 90-meter -- Todd Lodwick, Steamboat Springs, Colo. Women 90-meter -- Lindsey Van, Park City, Utah Nordic Combined World Cup -- Bjarte Engen Vik, Norway U.S. Championships -- Todd Lodwick, Steamboat Springs, Colo. Nordic World Championships Individual -- Bjarte Engen Vik, Norway Team -- Finland ORIENTEERING World Championships Classic Men -- Bjornar Valstad, Norway Women -- Kirsi Bostrom, Finland Short Distance Men -- Jorgen Rostrup, Norway Women -- Yvette Baker, Britain Relay Men -- Norway Women -- Norway U.S. Champions Classic Men -- Mikell Platt, Laramie, Wyo. Women -- Angelica Riley, Fremont, Calif. Long Course Men -- Eric Bone, Seattle Women -- Pavlina Brautigam, Bethel, Conn. Short Distance Men -- Joe Brautigam, Bethel, Conn. Women -- Karen Williams, Somerville, Mass. Night Men -- Eric Bone, Seattle Women -- Angelica Riley, Fremont, Calif. Intercollegiate Team -- Army Individual -- Pete Nelson, Army Relay Team -- Delaware Valley Orienteering Association, Pa. PADDLEBALL U.S. Champions Men's Open -- Robert Sostre, New York Men's Open Doubles -- Sostre and Glenn Winokur, New York Women's Open Doubles -- Lisa Michaelessi and Susan Stephens, New York PADDLE TENNIS National Singles Championships Men -- Vince Van Patten, Los Angeles POLO U.S. Open -- Outback Steakhouse Gold Cup -- Outback Steakhouse Challenge Cup -- Grant's Farm Manor, St. Louis Sterling Cup -- Grant's Farm Manor Argentine Open -- Indios Chapaleufu II POWER BOATING Formula I World Championship -- Guido Cappellini, Monaco POWERLIFTING World Championships Men Team -- Russia 52kg -- Andrzej Stanaszek, Poland 56kg -- Konstantin Pavlov, RUssia 60kg -- Gerard McNamara, Ireland 67.5kg -- Alexey Sivokon, Kazakstan 75kg -- Sirajoutin Bazaev, Ukraine 82.5kg -- Dave Ricks, United States 90kg -- Andrei Tarasenko, Russia 100kg -- Nikolai Suslov, Russia 110kg -- Volodymy Ivanenko, Ukraine 125kg -- Maxim Podtynni, Russia Over 125kg -- Maxim Gurianov, Russia Women Team -- Russia 44kg -- Svetlana Tesleva, Russia 48kg -- Elena Yamskich, Russia 52kg -- Claudine Cognacq, Denmark 56kg -- Oksana Belova, Russia 60kg -- Irina Abramova, Russia 67.5kg -- Marina Kudinova, Russia 75kg -- Elena Zhukova, Ukraine 82.5kg -- Natalia Rumyantseva, Russia 90kg -- Natalia Payusova, Russia Over 90kg -- Lee Chia-Sui, Taiwan RACQUETBALL Promus U.S. Open Men's pro -- Jason Mannino, San Diego Women's pro -- Jackie Paraiso, El Cajon, Calif. RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS World Championships Team -- Russia Group all-around -- Russia Group apparatus -- Greece All-around -- Alina Kabaeva, Russia Rope -- Elena Vitrichenko, Ukraine Hoop -- Vitrichenko Ball -- Kabaeva Ribbon -- Kabaeva Rhythmic National Championships All-around -- Jessica Howard, Jacksonville, Fla. Rope -- Howard Ribbon -- Howard Hoop -- Howard Ball -- Tatyana Brikulskaya, New York Group -- Rhythm Flex Group, Rockville, Md. RODEO Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association All-around -- Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas Bareback -- Lan LaJeunesse, Morgan, Utah Steer wrestling -- Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas Team roping-heading -- Speed Williams, Jacksonville, Fla. Team roping-heeling -- Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas Saddle bronc riding -- Billy Etbauer, Ree Heights, S.D. Calf roping -- Whitfield Bull riding -- Mike White, Lake Charles, La. Barrel racing -- Sherry Cervi, Midland, Texas ROLLER SKATING Artistic World Championships Men -- Luca Lallai, Italy Women -- Heather Mulkey, United States Men's figures -- Adrian Stolzenberg, Germany Women's figures -- April Dayney, United States Men's combined -- Stolzenberg Women's combined -- Elisa Facciotti, Italy Pairs -- Patrick Venerucci and Beatrice Palazzi Rossi, Italy Dance -- Timothy Patten and Tara Graney, United States ROWING FISA World Championships Men Single scull -- Rob Waddell, New Zealand Lightweight single scull -- Karsten Nielsen, Denmark Double scull -- Luka Spik and Iztok Cop, Slovenia Lightweight double scull -- Michalangelo Crispi and Leonardo Pettinari, Italy Coxed pair -- Jim Neil, Philip Henry and Nicholas Anderson, United States Coxless pair -- Drew Ginn and James Tomkins, Australia Lightweight coxless pair -- Stefano Basalini and Paolo Pittino, Italy Quad scull -- Germany Lightweight quad scull -- Italy Coxed four -- United States (Garrett Klugh, Thomas Murray, Daniel Protz, Jacob Wetzel, Sean Mulligan) Coxless four -- Britain Lightweight coxless four -- Denmark Eight -- United States Lightweight eight -- United States Women Single scull -- Ekaterina Karsten, Belarus Lightweight single scull -- Pia Vogel, Switzerland Double scull -- Jana Thieme and Kathrin Boron, Germany Lightweight doubles scull -- Constanta Burcica and Camelia Macoviciuc, Romania Coxless pair -- Emma Robinson and Theresa Luke, Canada Lightweight coxless pair -- Rachel Anderson and Linda Muri, United States Quad scull -- Germany Lightweight quad scull -- United States (Molly Brock, Sara Den Besten, Angela Cummins, Sherri Kiklas) Coxless four -- Belarus Eight -- Romania College Eights Midwest Rowing Championships -- Wisconsin Eastern Sprints -- Princeton NCAA Women -- Brown Carnegie Cup -- Princeton Oxford-Cambridge -- Cambridge RUGBY Rugby Union World Cup -- Australia Tri-Nations -- New Zealand Five Nations -- Scotland Bledisloe Cup -- Australia Pacific Rim -- Japan Super-12 -- Canterbury Currie Cup -- Gauteng Lions National Champions Men's College Division I -- California Men's College Division II -- UC San Diego Men's Club Division I -- Aspen, Colo. Men's Club Division II -- Orange County Islanders, Calif. Men's Club 7's -- Philadelphia-Whitemarsh Women's College Division I -- Stanford Women's Club Division I -- Berkeley, Calif. 
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