THE SIDELINES : Kingdom Gets Jesse Owens Prize

Two-time Olympic champion Roger Kingdom, who set the world record in the men’s 110-meter high hurdles last year, today was chosen winner of the 1990 Jesse Owens International Trophy Award.

The award, named after the great track and field star who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics, is presented annually to an athlete “who best personifies excellence in athletic performances and promotes sincere cooperation and understanding among peoples of all nations.”

In winning the honor, Kingdom, an American, beat seven other candidates, including two other track and field stars--distance runner Said Aouita of Morocco and high jumper Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, both of whom also set world records in 1989.

Kingdom, the 1984 and 1988 gold medalist, broke the hurdles record in August at Zurich, Switzerland, clocking 12.92 seconds.