A federal appeals court in San Francisco...

A federal appeals court in San Francisco rebuffed shotputter Brian Oldfield’s damage suit over his exclusion, as a professional, from the 1984 U.S. Olympic trials.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the 1978 Amateur Sports Act, which reorganized amateur athletics in the United States and authorized the U.S. Olympic Committee to determine Olympic eligibility, did not allow an athlete to sue over the denial of eligibility.