21.   Although they were born in other lands, runners such as Plaatjes, Iniguez and Barrios are much US citizens as the Olympic qualifiers.

22.   Both teams go through to the Olympic qualifiers in Japan in November.

23.   The other two Olympic qualifiers, South Korea and Italy, play their openers the next day.

24.   Several Olympic qualifier events will be here in August, including the synchornized swimming, diving and water polo World Cups and the US Open Badminton championships.

25.   The eight Olympic qualifiers in the group or team competition compete in a preliminary round and the best six advance to the finals.