CyclingClay Moseley of Ruidoso, N. M., beat...

Cycling

Clay Moseley of Ruidoso, N. M., beat Kent Bostick of Corrales, N. M., for the individual time trial gold medal in the U. S. National Cycling Championships at Seattle.

Moseley trained with Bostick, a former national time trial champion, and credits Bostick with helping him make the team.

Rebecca Twigg, a Seattle native now living in Flagstaff, Ariz., won the women’s gold medal.

Eugeni Berzin, who took the lead in the fourth stage and held it the rest of the way, became the first Russian to win the Tour of Italy cycling race. Berzin finished two minutes and 51 seconds ahead of runner-up Marco Pantani of Italy.

Miscellany

Hortencia scored 27 points in her final international game as Brazil beat China, 96-87, to win the women’s world basketball championship at Sydney.

Teresa Edwards scored 20 points to lead the United States to a 100-95 victory over Australia in the bronze-medal game.

Jamaica’s Greg Haughton defeated Butch Reynolds in the 400 meters at an international track and field meet at Duisburg, Germany. Haughton finished in 45.54, compared to 46.18 for Reynolds.

Curling became the 41st sport to be given full recognition by the U. S. Olympic Committee.