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Bfy Larry Bolinger
Business Editor
The Metroplex will get its
first taste of Olympic pie this
year - 12 years before poten-
tially playing host to the sum-
mer games - when three na-
tional trials are conducted in
the area.
The Dallas 2012 Committee
is a private, nonprofit corpora-
tion representing North Texas
in a bid to play host to the 2012
Olympic Games.
At a Wednesday briefing at
Texas Motor Speedway, DaIlas
2012 officials said this year's
national Olympic trials for
track cycling will be April
28-30 at the Superdrome in
Frisco. The national trials for
the triathlon will be in Irving
over Memorial Day weekend,
May 2-29. Trials for the 1.S.
wrestling team will be in Re-
union Arent in downtown Dal-las June 22-24
The triathlon and wrestling
trials will be the first Olympic
trials ever conducted in Dallas
County.
Kay Kettles, volunteer coor-
dinator, said more thar 1,000
volunteers are needed for the
ree event& The trials offer a
chance to demonstrate regional
unity and hospitality, she said.
Paul Winston of the commit-
tee said the 30 venue sites for
2012 Olympic competitions will
be finalized by the nd of April
During May, each sport's na-
tional governing board will re-
view the venues and if they are
suitable, give them a final
stamp of approval.
So far, potential venues for
each sport have been narrowed
to three or four of the most via-
a ble sites. Denton is in the run-
ning for competitions in four
sports.
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Denton Chamber of Commerce. [Collection of photocopied news clippings from Denton Record Chronicle], text, 1998; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2190154/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.