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Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 5, 2001

Pole vault champion retires

Sergei Bubka retired Sunday before a roaring crowd and with praise from Ukranian president Leonid Kuchma.

The 37-year-old pole vaulter was honored at a ceremony at the Pole Vault Stars, the event he founded in Donetsk, Ukraine, his home country. Bubka set 35 world records, won six consecutive world titles and an Olympic gold medal.

He said he will keep busy in his role as a member of the IOC's executive board. And there are other duties closer to home.

"There is my club in Donetsk, its work," he said. "And, of course, my family to take my time."

MORE TRACK: Olympic champions Ivan Pedroso (26 feet, 93/4 inches, long jump) and Gabriela Szabo (4 minutes, 23.19 seconds, mile) put in the year's best performances in their events at the Stuttgart (Germany) indoor meet.

SOCCER: D.C. dealt defender Jeff Agoos to San Jose for Abdul Thompson Conteh and two first-round picks in today's draft. The United also sent midfielder Richie Williams, a player allocation and the No. 26 draft pick to New York/New Jersey for goalkeeper Mike Ammann and the No. 15 pick. ... A 27-year-old man was stabbed outside the stadium after Roma's 2-1 win over Parma in Italy. He was taken to a hospital with wounds to his chest and ear.

OLYMPICS: American Anita DeFrantz became the first woman and the first black to declare candidacy for IOC president. She will chair today's opening of a three-day executive board meeting in Dakar, Senegal, in place of IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who has the flu.

HANDBALL: France beat defending champion Sweden 28-25 in overtime to win the men's team title at the world championships in Paris.

BASKETBALL: The Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs beat San Diego 89-87 at the Bayfront Center. Tampa Bay's Ace Custis led all scorers with 31 points and Dan Cross added 12.

BOBSLEDDING: Christoph Langen's German team won the four-man world title at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Another German sled was second and the best American team, led by Michael Dionne, was ninth.

SKIING: Morten Broers won the World Cup freestyle elimination sprint in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Julija Tschepalova won the women's event. ... Adam Malysz set a record with 316 points in winning a jumping event in Willingen, Germany.

SPEEDSKATING: Erben Wennemars won a 1,000-meter World Cup race before his home fans in Heerenveen, Netherlands, with American Nick Pearson third.

RUNNING: Mike Ferreira of St. Petersburg led all the way to win the Run for the Pies 5K at Al Lopez Park in Tampa. His time was 16:53, well ahead of runner-up Dan Ecker (17:16) of Tampa. Laure Blume of Pinellas Park (18:08) won the women's division and was seventh overall of 166. Amy McClenathan, 40, of St. Petersburg was second in 18:52.

BASEBALL: The Dominican Republic beat Mexico 4-2 in the Caribbean Series at Culiacan, Mexico, despite five strong innings by Fernando Valenzuela. Also, Venezuela beat Puerto Rico 6-5.

BIATHLON: Pavel Rostovtsev won the 12.5-kilometer pursuit at Pokljuka, Slovenia, for his second gold at the world championships. Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poiree won the women's 10K.

AUTOS: In the AutoZone Winternationals at Pomona, Calif., Darrell Russell became the third driver in NHRA history to win his first start. The driver for retired five-time champ Joe Amato's Top Fuel team beat Mike Dunn in the final to join Gary Scelzi (Top Fuel, 1997) and K.C. Spurlock (Funny Car, 1994) as first-start winners. Bruce Sarver (Funny Car), Kurt Johnson (Pro Stock) and Randy Daniels (Pro Stock Truck) also won their divisions.

BOWLING: Walter Ray Williams Jr. beat Jeff Lizzi 258-204 in the final of the PBA National Championship at Toledo, Ohio. In the semifinal, Lizzi beat Tommy Delutz Jr. on their third one-shot roll-off, 10-9, after tying at 239.

BOXING: Hector Camacho Jr. beat Rocky Martinez by unanimous decision to keep his WBA North American super lightweight title late Saturday in Miami Beach. Camacho's father, Hector, won on the same card over Todd Lowry in a 10-round middleweight bout.

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