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PEOPLE, Page 83Fall from Olympus
By MICHAEL QUINN
"I've always had to divide my focus," says Barcelona-bound
Olympic athlete Carl Lewis. "This will be the first time I won't
have to." In truth, the American track star, now vying for the
gold in the long jump, could have lived with a little divided
focus. But at the U.S. Olympic trials in New Orleans, Lewis
washed out of the 100- and 200-m races, part of an epidemic of
defeat that afflicted some of America's most gifted athletes,
including four world champions. Observes Lewis: "The most
frustrating thing is that DAN O'BRIEN, who should be in
Barcelona, is not going at all." Decathloner O'Brien lost a spot
on the U.S. team following three flubbed voyages over the bar
in the pole-vaulting event. The day's biggest loser: Reebok
athletic shoes. Their $25 million "Dan and Dave" ad campaign was
pegged to the progress of O'Brien and fellow decathlete Dave
Johnson toward the Summer Games. The campaign will continue --
but inevitably focusing more on "and Dave."