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FIRST STEP: For three years, Michael Gonzales,...

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FIRST STEP: For three years, Michael Gonzales, 28, of Newport Beach has worked hard, hoping to make the ’92 Olympics decathlon team. Now he’s up the first rung: Gonzales was recently told he’s made the Olympic trials in New Orleans next week. . . . “I’m confident; I’m on my way,” Gonzales says. The former USC runner has been backed mostly by Latino business leaders. Now Disneyland has become his biggest sponsor.

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