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Part 10 - 2002

"I wouldn't have thought in a hundred years that I'd be here."

- Kelly Clark of Mount Snow, VT, on her gold medal win
in snowboarding halfpipe at the Salt Lake City Olympics.

2002 - Aileen Eaton becomes the first woman to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Eaton promoted more than 10,000 boxing matches in her career, from 1942-1980, many held in the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Among the fighters she promoted were Sugar Ray Robinson, Floyd Paterson, George Foreman and Joe Frazier. (Eaton died in 1987 at age 78.)
2002 - Jennifer Capriati wins her second Australian Open in Melbourne, beating Martina Hingis 4-5, 8-6 (9-5), 6-2. She becomes the first woman's champion to save four match points in a final, all in the second set. On-court temperatures hit 116 degrees.
2002- Norway (2-1) wins the Four Nations soccer tournament held in China. Germany (1-1-1) takes second, the US third (1-1-1), and host China fourth with a 1-2 record for the tournament.
2002 - Martina Hingis wins her fourth Toray Pan Pacific tennis title in six years, beating Monica Seles 7-6, (8-6), 4-6, 6-3.
2002 - Lisa Boyer, an assistant coach with the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers, is the only woman assistant coach in the NBA, volunteering her services to the Cleveland Cavs under head coach John Lucas. Boyer has 19 years of coaching expereince in the women's game. She was a former head coach in ABL from 1996-98 and a head coach at Bradley from 1986-96.
2002 - The theme for the 16th annual Women and Girls in Sports Day is Celebrating 30 Years of Title IX!.
2002 - American moguls skier Shannon Bahrke earns the first American medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Utah with her silver finish in freestyle moguls, behind Norway's Kari Traa. The 1998 gold medallist, Tae Satoya of Japan, wins the bronze.
2002 - Kelly Clark, 18, becomes the first American to win a gold medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics in halfpipe in snowboarding. The IOC added snowboarding in 1998. Clark's score of 47.9 topped silver medallist Doriane Vidal of France with a score of 43.0. Fabienne Reuteler of Switzerland won the bronze.
2002 - In the Olympic women's 15-kilometer biathlon, Andrea Henkel, 24, of Germany, wins the gold, Liv Grete Poiree of Norway takes the silver, and Magdalena Forsberg of Sweden takes the bronze medal at the Salt Lake Games.
2002 - Carole Montillet of France wins the Olympic downhill Alpine skiing gold medal in 1:39.56. Italy's Isolde Kostner wins the silver in 1:40.01 and Renate Goetschl of Austria takes bronze in 1:40.39.
2002 - Norway's Bente Skari wins the gold in the women's 10K cross-country ski event. The silver medallist was Russia's Olga Danilova and her countrywoman, Julija Tchepalova, won the bronze.
2002 - In the 4X5-kilometer cross-country relay, the Gold goes to the German team (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Kuenzel, and Evi Sachenbacher), the silver to Norway (Marit Bjoergen, Bente Skari, Hilde G. Pedersen, and Anita Moen), and the bronze to Switzerland (Andrea Huber, Laurence Rochat, Brigitte Albrecht Loretan, and Natascia Leonardi Cortesi) .
2002 - In the women's 15 km cross country ski event, Italy's Stefania Belmondo wins the Olympic gold, with Russia's Larissa Lazutina winning the silver and Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic taking the bronze.
2002 - In speed skating, Germany's Claudia Pechstein wins the gold in the women's 3000 meters at the Utah Olympic Oval, with Renate Groenewold of the Netherlands winning silver and the bronze medal goes to Canadian Cindy Klassen.
2002 - German women sweep the single luge at the Salt Lake Olympics as Sylke Otto wins the gold, Barbara Niedernhuber takes the silver, and Silke Kraushaar earns the bronze. Otto breaks the track record twice in winning her first Olympic medal with a combined time of 52.464.
2002 - In the women's 7.5 biathlon sprint, Kati Wilhelm of Germany takes the gold by shooting a perfect 10 of 10 and finishing in 20:41.4. Teammate Uschi Disl earns silver, and Sweden's Magdalena Forsberg earns the bronze medal, her second bronze of the Games.
2002 - The newest Olympic champion short-track speed skater is Ko Gi-hyun, 15, of South Korea, who becomes the youngest individual winner in Olympic history with her victory in the 1500 meter race. Teammate Choi Eun-Kyung wins the silver medal, with Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria winning the bronze.
2002 - Croatia's Janica Kostelic, 20, wins the gold medal in women's slalom alpine skiing at the Salt Lake City Games with a combined time of 2:43.28. Renate Goetschl of Austria took the silver and Martina Ertl of Germany took the bronze.
2002 - In women's parallel giant slalom, the gold medal goes to Isabelle Blanc of France, the silver to her teammate Karine Ruby, and the bronze to Italy's Lidia Trettel.
2002 - In women's 500 meter speed skating, Canada's Catriona Lemay Doan, 31, becomes just the second woman to win a consecutive gold medal, setting two Olympic records, but not beating her own world's record time. The silver goes to Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt of Germany and teammate Sabine Volker wins the bronze.
2002 - Shawna Robinson becomes only the second woman to qualify for the Daytona 500 when she earns the 36th and final position in the 43-car field. Janet Guthrie qualified in 1977 and 1980.
2002 - In the Olympic women's snowboard parallel giant slalom, France's Isabelle Blanc wins the gold, countrywoman Karine Ruby takes silver, and Italy's Lidia Trettel the bronze.
2002 - Russian Olga Danilova wins the gold medal in women's cross country 5 km pursuit, teammate Larissa Lazutina the silver, and Canada's Beckie Scott wins her country's first-ever Olympic medal in nordic skiing with a bronze.
2002 - In the women's cross country 10 km pursuit, Russian Olga Pyleva takes the gold medal, Kati Wilhelm of Austria takes the silver, and Bulgarian Irina Nikoultchina takesthe bronze.
2002 - Yang Yang (A) wins the gold medal in 500 meter short-track speedskating, China's first ever Winter Olympics gold medal in the sport. Bulgaria's Evgenia Radanova wins the silver, and China's Chunlu Wang takes the bronze.
2002 - An Italian policewoman, Daniela Ceccarelli, takes the gold in Super G skiing, with Coatian Janica Kostelic winning the silver, and Italy's Karen Putzer winning bronze.
2002 - American Chris Witty, 26, battling mononucleosis, wins the gold medal in 1,000 meters speedskating and sets a new Olympic record in Salt Lake, covering the course in just 1:13.83. This is the third medal of her career; she finished with silver in the 1000 meters and a bronze in the 1,500 in Nagano in 1998. Witty is one of only nine American who have competed in both the summer and winter Games. She placed fifth in cycling in Sydney in 2000. The silver speedskating medal is won by Sabine Voelker of Germany and the bronze by American Jennifer Rodriguez.
2002 - In women's Olympic aerial freestyle skiing, Australia's Alias Camplin wins the gold, and two Canadians, Veronica Brenner and Deidra Dionne, take silver and bronze.
2002 - The German team of Kati Wilhelm, Andrea Henkel, Uschi Disl andKatrin Apel takes the gold medal in the women's 4x7.5 km biathlon relay. Norway's team of Gunn Margit Andreassen, Linda Tjoerhom, Liv Grete Poiree, and Ann Elen Skjelbreid take the silver, and Russia's Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova, Olga Pyleva, and Galina Kukleva win the bronze at the Salt Lake Games.
2002 - In the women's 1.5 km sprint in cross country, Russia's Julija Tchepalova takes the gold, Germany's Evi Sachenbacher the silver, and Norway's Anita Moen the bronze at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games.
2002- Bobsled driver Jill Bakken, 25, and brakewoman Vonetta Flowers, 28, make Olympic history with their gold medal run in the first-ever women's bobsleigh event with a combined time of 1:37.36. Flowers becomes the first black athlete ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Germany's Sandra Prokoff and Ulrike Holzner take the silver in 1:38.06 and countrywomen Susi Erdmann and Nicole Herschmann win the bronze in 1:38.29.
2002 - The US collects two more women's Olympic medals when Tristan Gale wins the gold in women's skeleton in a two-run time of 1:45.11 seconds. Teammate Lea Ann Parsley wins the silver, and Alex Coomber of Great Britain the bronze.
2002 - Croatia's Janica Kostelic adds another gold medal to her count for the women's slalom to the her total in this year's Winter Games. France's Laura Pequegnot wins the silver and Sweden's Ania Paerson the bronze.
2002 - Germany's Anni Friesinger wins the women's 1,500 meters in speedskating, setting a new world's record with her win in 1:54.02. Teammate Sabine Volker wins the silver and American's Jennifer Rodriguez gets her second bronze of the games.
2002 - The Korean team of Eun-Kyung Choi, Min-Kyung Choi, Hye-Won Park, Min-Jin Joo takes the gold medal in women's 3000 meter relay in short track speedskating. China's team of Dandan Sun, Yang Yang (a), Chunlu Wang and Yang Yang (s) take the silver, with Canada's Amelie Goulet-Nadon, Isabelle Charest, Alanna Kraus, Marie-Eve Drolet, and Tania Vicent bringing home the bronze medal.
2002 - In women's Olympic curling, the Great Britain team Margaret Morton, Rhona Martin, Deborah Knox, Fiona Macdonald and Janice Rankin of defeats Switzerland's Nadia Roethlisberger, Luzia Ebnoether, Laurence Bidaud, Tanya Frei and Mirjam Ottto win the gold medal with a score of 4-3. Canada's Julie Skinner, George Wheatcroft, Kelley Law, Diane Nelson and Cheryl Noble wins the bronze by defeating the US team, 9-5.
2002 - In women's ice hockey, Team Canada beats Team USA, 3-2, for gold at the Olympics. The bronze medal is won by Team Sweden, who defeat Team Finland 2-1.
2002 - Kite-surfer Hagit Oz swirls 30 meters in the air before touching her surfboard down on the sea, setting a world record for airtime for women in this extreme sport.
2002 - 16 year-old Sarah Hughes from Great Neck, New York, stuns the competition and the crowd with her gold medal victory in women's Olympic figure skating. Hughes, who stood fourth after the short program, completes a near-perfect free skate that includes seven triple jumps, five in combination, to win. Russia's Irina Slutskaya wins the silver, and 21-year old American Michelle Kwan takes the bronze medal.
2002 - 20-year-old Croatian Janica Kostelic becomes the first Alpine skier to win four medals at a Winter Olympics with her gold medal performance in the giant slalom, giving her 3 golds and one silver for the Salt Lake Games. She is the third skier to win three golds. Anja Paerson of Sweden wins silver and Sonja Nef of Switzerland wins bronze.
2002 - Claudia Pechstein, 30, of Germany wins her third consecutive gold medal in Olympic women's 5,000 meter speedskating, equaling the record of American speedskating great Bonnie Blair. Pechstein becomes the first speedskater to ever win four medals in the same event with a bronze and three golds. She also set a new world's record by completeing the event in 6 minutes, 46.91 seconds; this is the eighth world record in 10 speedskaing events at the Salt Lake City Games. Pechstein has earned seven career Olympic medals, including four golds. Gretha Smit of the Netherlands takes the silver and Canada's Clara Hughes earns the bronze. Hughes becomes the first Canadian and the fourth athlete to medal in both the Winter and Summer Games; she was a double-bronze medalist in cycling in 1996.
2002 - Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy wins gold in the women's 30-km cross country classical race in skiing. Countrywoman Stefania Belmondo earns the silver, and Norway's Bente Skari takes the bronze.
2002- In women's 1,000 meters speedskating, China's Yang Yang (a) wins the gold, Korea's Gi-Hyun Ko the silver, and Yang Yang (s) of China takes the bronze.
2002 - 21-year-old Venus Williams officially moves to number one ranking in the Women's Tennis Association for the first time in her career.
2002 - A seventh grader, 12-year-old Michelle Wie, qualifies for the LPGA Tour's season-opening Takefuji Classic, in Waikoloa, Hawaii, joins 131 other players for the $900,000 54-hole tournament. She is the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event. Wie became the first female to qualify for the Hawaii Pearl Open in February.
2002 - Gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes becomes the newest athlete to be featured on the Wheaties box, a tradition which dates back to the 1930's.
2002 - Annika Sorenstam wins the Takefuji LPGA Classic over defending champion Canadian Lorie Kane in a sudden-death playoff.
2002 - In another sudden death playoff, native daughter Karrie Webb wins the women's Australian Open by defeating Norway's Suzann Pettersen on the first hole.
2002 - Serena Williams defeats Jennifer Capriata in the State Farm Tennis Classic in Scottsdale, AZ.
2002 - Elmira College wins the Division III Women's Hockey Championship in 2-1 game over Manhattanville. The consolation game sees Gustavus Adolphus with a 2-1 win over Bowdoin.
2002 - At the NCAA Division II Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship, North Dakota State University captures its first-ever title over the defending champion St. Augustine. Adams State finishes third.
2002 - Connecticut's Sue Bird is named the National Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association, and is one of 10 players named to the USBWA's All-American Team. The other All-American selections are Swin Cash of Connecticut, Chantelle Anderson of Vanderbilt, Alana Beard of Duke, Stacey Dales of Oklahoma, Kara Lawson of Tennessee, Nicole Powell of Stanford, Kelly Mazzante of Penn State, LaToya Thomas of Mississippi State and Lindsey Whalen of Minnesota. Other award winners are the USBWA Coach of the Year Brenda Oldfield, Minnesota's head coach, and the National Freshman of the Year, Jacqueline Batteast of Notre Dame.
2002 - Baylor's Sheila Lambert is named the recipient of the 19th annual Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, given to the nation's outstanding female college player 5-feet-8 and under who has excelled in athletics and academics. During this season with the Lady Bears, she averaged 20.0 ppg., 6.3 apg and 3.2 spg.
2002 - Olympic gold medal winner Kelly Clark wins the US Open Snowboarding Championship in quarter- and halfpipe, taking home $30,000 in prize money for the weekend.
2002 - 18-year old Daniela Hantuchova wins the Pacific Line Open at Indian Wells, CA, with a 6-3, 6-4 wins over Martina Hingis. Hantuchova, seeded 18th, becomes the lowest seed to win a Tier One tournament since 1980.
2002 - Wisconsin-Stevens Point wins the NCAA D-III Women's Basketball Championship with a narrow 67-65 victory over St. Lawrence University. SLU's senior guard, Meredith Eisenhut, is the D-III and ECAC Player of the Year. Eisenhut holds school records for points (1,445), steals (460), and assists (410), averaging 12.8 ppg and is third in the nation in steals at 4.9 pg. She holds the NCAA record for free throw shots at 20-for-20 set in the regional championship against Bowden this year. Her career free throw average is 73.9.
2002 - Connecticut's Sue Bird wins the Naismith Award as the top college basketball player in the country by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Bird averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 assists during the regular season for UConn.
2002 - The Division II women's basketball champion is Cal Poly Pomona (28-4) who earns its second straight NCAA title, beating Southeastern Oklahoma State 74-62. The Division II player of the year Lauri McIntosh, with 31 points and 11 rebounds, is the tournament's most outstanding player.
2002 - Auburn beats Georgia for the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship team title, with Stanford coming in third.
2002 - The 1998 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year Laura Diaz wins her first career LPGA Tour at the Welch's/Circle K Championship, beating Juli Inkster by one.
2002 - The University of Minnesota-Duluth (24-6-4) earns its second consecutive national women's hockey title with a 3-2 victory over Brown University at the Women's Frozen Four in Durham, NH. Brown's Kristy Zamora is the tournament's MVP, scoring both of the Bears (25-8-2) goals.
2002 - Serena Williams wins the NASDAQ 100 Open Tennis Masters Series over Jennifer Capriati in Key Biscayne. Serena beat the world's top three women in tennis at this tournament, including older sister Venus and Martina Hingis to reach the final.
2002 - The University of Connecticut's women's basketball team finish a perfect 38-0 season with a 82-70 victory over Oklahoma for the Division I NCAA title. Connecticut becomes the first school to go unbeaten twice (1995: 35-0). U-CONN's Swin Cash had 20 points and 13 rebounds for game MVP honors.
2002 - Annika Sorenstam wins the LPGA Tour's first major of the year at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, beating Liselotte Neumann, for her 33rd career victory, which includes four major titles.
2002 - Michelle Kwans is named the nation's top amateur athlete, earning the Sullivan Award. She has four world championships and six US firgue skating titles to her credit.
2002 - Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia wins the inaugural Sarasota Open, her fourth career victory, beating Russia's Tatiana Panova of Russia, 6-2, 6-2.
2002 - 24-year-old Korean Se Ri Pak wins the Office Depot, defeating Annika Sorenstam.
2002 - Venus Williams wins the Bausch & Lomb Championship with a 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Belgium's Justine Henin.
2002 - Britain's Paula Radcliffe wins the London Marathon with the second best time in world record history in her very first race at marathon distance. She finished in 2:18:56, just 9 seconds off the mark. Svetlana Zakharova was second, followed by with Lyudmila Petrova at third.

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Part 10 - 2002

"I wouldn't have thought in a hundred years that I'd be here."

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