BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS: DAY 3 : IVAN IVANOV: NAME FOR ALL SEASONS

Try contacting Bulgaria’s Olympic athletes. Ask for Ivanov.

“Which one?” they will ask.

“Ivan Ivanov,” you will say.

“Which one?” they will ask.

Bulgaria has four Olympians named Ivan Ivanov.

There is Ivan Dobrev Ivanov, who is competing in badminton. There is Ivan Yanev Ivanov, in gymnastics. There is Ivan Iotov Ivanev, in archery.

And, in weightlifting: Ivan Ivanov Ivanov.

Oh, well. George Foreman has four sons named George Foreman.

This a daily roundup of Olympic-related items from reporters in Barcelona from the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant, all Times-Mirror newspapers.