61. Takanori Hatakeyama of Japan beat defending champion Choi Yong-soo of South Korea in a split decision Saturday, winning the World Boxing Association junior featherweight title. 62. Tarakova had beaten defending champion Amanda Coetzer of South Africa in the first round. 63. The challenger has to attack all the time, punch hard, and he must be better in all ways to beat the champion. 64. The Park City resident won the World Cup overall title on Friday, beating world champion Martin Rettl of Austria and Gregor Staehli of Switzerland. 65. The Swiss cyclist of the Mapei commercial team beat Dutch champion Michael Boogerd by six seconds at the finish line in this northern town. 66. The two-time world champions just made it to the finals after beating Oceania champion Australia in a playoff late last month. 67. The US beat defending champions Canada by three wickets, while the Cayman Islands won against hosts Argentina by seven wickets. 68. The World champion also was beaten by Spain and Australia this year. 69. U.S. champion Todd Eldredge claimed another scalp in his comeback season Sunday when he beat European champion Ilia Kulik in qualifying for the World Figure Skating Championships. 70. World champions Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the pairs gold medal, beating Olympic champions Artur Dmitriev and Oksana Kazakova. |