[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1482]
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                          THE GAMES WOMEN WIN

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                          HON. CARDISS COLLINS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have been watching the 1996 
Summer Olympics with a great deal of pride and admiration. I might even 
say that I have swelled with pride at the marvelous athletic ability 
demonstrated by all the athletes from the United States. I have almost 
burst with pride for the women athletes who have risen to the rolls of 
honor among athletes. We are a little over halfway through the events 
for these 1996 Summer Olympics and I would like to read the names of 
the medal-winning women athletes representing the United States through 
July 30, 1996:
  Angel Martino, 2 bronzes; Allison Wagner, silver; Amanda Beard, 2 
silvers; Beth Botsford, gold; Whitney Hedgepeth, 2 silvers; Kim Rhode, 
2 golds; Amy Van Dyken, 2 golds; Brooke Bennett, gold; Dana Chladek, 
silver; Mary Ellen Clark, bronze; Gail Devers, gold; Gwen Torrence, 
bronze; Amy Chow, silver; Shannon Miller, gold; and Dominique Dawes, 
bronze.
  U.S. women's team--swimming: 400-meter freestyle relay, gold; 400-
meter medley relay, gold; and 800-meter freestyle relay, gold.
  U.S. women's gymnastics team, gold.
  U.S. equestrian team--women: Team 3-day event, silver.
  Team dressage, bronze.
  U.S. women's rowing team--four without coxswain, silver.
  Lightweight double sculls, silver.
  These medal winners are representative of the women athletes that 
make up 42.4 percent of the U.S. competitors at the 1996 Summer 
Olympics. Imagine 42.4 percent, almost as many women as men competing 
in the Olympics on U.S. soil. Many of us know that there were fewer 
events available in which women could participate during most of 
Olympic history. In fact, until the passage of title IX in 1972, there 
were fewer women athletes to compete. These 1996 Summer Olympics are a 
tribute to all the dreams, sweat, and tears of all athletes, their 
parents, partners, and coaches. I stand today to honor all that these 
medals represent.

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