Track racing on tap at Seattle sports summit [velonews.com] - Triathlon Week

Triweek Newsbot · 01-30-2005, 01:00 PM

JANUARY 28 - U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Jim Scherr competed in wrestling when Seattle staged the Goodwill Games in 1990. He returned to Seattle on Wednesday to drum up support for another Olympic-style event. The Pacific Rim Sports Summit will be held June 7-12, with 900 athletes from nine countries: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States. “I'm going to stay on the sidelines for this one,” Scherr said. Athletes will compete in archery, track and field, basketball, track cycling, diving, gymnastics, softball, synchronized swimming and volleyball. It's an early test in the build...

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