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Boxing

Olympic champion to keep on fighting

Two-time Olympic boxing champion Mario Kindelan plans to return to the ring in 2005, saying he changed his mind about retirement, Cuban media reported Saturday.

Kindelan announced in August he would hang up his gloves after clinching his second straight Olympic lightweight gold medal in Athens.

At the time, the 32-year-old said he wanted to pursue coaching and spend more time with his family.

But various state-run news agencies reported Saturday that the boxing great said he decided to continue competing.

"I am motivated, and without worries about my future plans," he said. "I am going to increase my training."

World Cup Luge

German winners donate prize money

In Oberhof, Germany, a German team won the four-man event in World Cup luge Saturday, then donated the $2,150 in prize money to the relief effort after the tsunami in South Asia.

"We decided before the race to do that, so we were especially motivated to win," said David Moeller, the men's singles world champion.

Two other Germans, Andre Florschuetz and Torsten Wustlich, captured the men's two-seater race in which the U.S. team of Christian Niccum and Pat Quinn finished eighth.

Sebastian Schmidt, Andre Fol­ker, Silke Kraushaar and Moeller completed the team event in 2 minutes, 13.827 seconds.

The Italian team was runner-up in 2:14.438, followed by Austria in

2:15.089 and the United States in 2:15.974.

Golf

Augustan finishes fourth in age group

In Miami, Augusta's Ashlan Ramsey finished fourth in the 9-under age group of the Doral-Publix Junior Championship.

There were 22 players in Ashlan's age group.

Track and Field

Swedish standout to miss indoor year

Triple jump Olympic champion Christian Olsson will miss the entire indoor season, including the European championships in March, because of an ankle injury.

The Swede said Saturday he has had a "small problem" with his right ankle since the Olympic final in August, and x-rays showed fluid around the ankle joint. He did not set a date for his return.

Olsson had planned to compete in the triple jump and high jump during the indoor season, hoping to challenge Olympic high jump champion Stefan Holm of Sweden.

Tennis

Krajicek's sister boosts Netherlands

In Perth, Australia, the 15-year-old sister of 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek helped the Netherlands earn its first spot in nine years in the main draw of the Hopman Cup, a mixed teams event and Australian Open tuneup.

Michaella Krajicek, winner of last year's U.S. Open girls' title, won a qualifying match against Zimbabwe on Saturday, beating Cara Black 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-0. The Dutch are grouped with the defending champion United States, Slovakia and Australia.

Road Racing

Meet marks tumble in Midnight Run

In New York, Christian Hesch and Amy Rudolph set meet records in the New York Roadrunners' New Year's Eve Midnight Run in Central Park.

Rudolph led the women in 21:17, easily breaking the previous record of 21:55, set last year by Atalelech Ketema.