While they wait and search for their second commercial endeavor, they have also been in a national Coca-Cola advertisement. The twins are busy training with United States Team Handball in preparation for the Olympics in Atlanta.

The team will hold public workouts throughout the week from 5-7 p.m. at Augusta State Athletic Complex.

This Olympics is a redemption for the 28-year-old twins from St. Paul, Minn. In the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, Tami made the team while Toni was unable to survive the final cut. She was the first court alternate on the team.

She quit playing handball to pursue studies at the University of Minnesota for eight months before attempting to make the team in the Olympic Trials.

``I thought I had enough time to make the team,'' Toni Jameson said. ``When you do leave it hurts you. Tami made it and I was very happy for her.''

Tami Jameson was on the team that finished sixth in 1992 but there were times where she didn't dress out and that was disappointing. The team is made up of 16 women and only 12 get to dress.

Both players expect to dress and play every game this time around as the women's team attempts to become the first U.S. Handball team to medal at the Olympics.

``They play different positions but both are very important roles for our team,'' U.S. assistant coach Reita Clanton said.

Tami is one of the team's goalkeepers while Toni is a circle runner. A circle runner can be the most dangerous player on the court if left unattached. She's capable of creating scoring opportunities or scoring herself.

``It's sort of like basketball in that the guards have the ball and are important but you can't forget Shaquille,'' said Tami in equating Toni, a circle runner, to a center in basketball.

Both athletes were basketball players at St. Cloud (Minn.) State University, a Division II school. On the advice of Darrick Heath, a member of the men's U.S. Handball squad, the two were exposed to handball in 1990.

It became apparent then that Toni had the good hands and good feet to be a good circle runner and that Tami, born 12 minutes after Toni on April 13, 1968, had the reflexes, wingspan and horizontal movement to be an outstanding goalkeeper.

It's just one of the ways that Clanton tells them apart.

``There are some subtle differences,'' Clanton said. ``Both are very sweet girls. Tami seems to be more calm and has more of an even keel. Toni can get a little excited about things. She expresses herself. In social situations, I still can't tell them apart sometimes.''

The twins said the team can't be expected to be the gold medal favorite since the U.S. has never won a medal in handball at the Olympics and are underdogs to world powers like Korea, the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist; Denmark, ranked No. 2 in the world and in the same bracket as the U.S.; and Hungary, the defending world champions.

``When your team hasn't won a medal, you don't care what color it is just as long as you get one,'' Tami said. ``Michael Johnson has proven that he is one of the best in the world and is ranked No. 1 so he should be favorite to win a gold medal. We can't be favored when we're ranked No. 16 in the world.''

Toni expects the U.S. team to sneak up on some people.

``To be an underdog is a great thing,'' she said.