OLYMPIC UPDATE 49 DAYS TO THE GAMES

A British journalist claims to have documents from the former East German secret police that show boxing matches in the 1988 Seoul Olympics were rigged by judges, USA Today reported.

While the documents do not specifically cite U.S. star Roy Jones’ controversial 3-2 loss to South Korea’s Park Si-huh, author Andrew Jennings believes the evidence supports his claim.

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Steve Hegg, an Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1984, stepped up his bid to represent the U.S. cycling team again by winning the national individual time trials in Concord, N.C. It was the third consecutive victory for 13-time national champion Hegg, 32, in the five-race series to determine this year’s U.S. team for Atlanta, and it vaulted him into the lead with only one event left, a 137-mile road race Sunday in Charlotte.

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Olympians Nancy Reno and Holly McPeak, who played with different partners for the last three Evian Women’s Pro Beach Volleyball Tour stops, will reunite this weekend in Austin, Texas. Reno and McPeak earned an automatic berth in the Olympics based on their finish as the top American team on the international FIVB tour last year.

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Brazil’s female heavyweight judo champion has undergone an operation to guarantee she will pass femininity tests at the Olympic Games, a newspaper reported in Brasilia. The Correio Braziliense said Edinanci Fernandes da Silva, 19, had high testosterone levels because of a genetic problem.

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United Parcel Service begins delivering 3.8 million Olympic tickets today, which should add to the growing Olympic excitement. Nationwide distribution starts Monday.