Wrestlers are NOT in the top 10 of online voting for U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame!! Help by voting ever
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
04/10/2004
The sport of wrestling needs your help. VOTE NOW Three U.S. wrestlers who were Olympic champions are being considered for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. An important part of the consideration is an online fan vote for the positions. With just four days left in the voting, there is not a single wrestler in the top 10 of the current standings. The wrestlers under consideration are two-time Olympic champions Bruce Baumgartner and John Smith, as well as Olympic champion Jeff Blatnick. They are trailing other Olympic stars in this important internet voting. Online fan voting ends at noon (Eastern) on April 14 at usolympicteam.com, the official web site of the U.S. Olympic Team. Fan votes will account for 20 percent of the overall weighted selection criteria with U.S. Olympians and Paralympians providing 50 percent of the total and select members of the U.S. Olympic Family providing 30 percent. Six individuals will be inducted. Wrestling needs your help in getting the wrestlers higher in the standings. Currently, the top 10 vote getters are: Evelyn Ashford -track & field Bonnie Blair - speedskating Matt Biondi - swimming Oscar de la Hoya - boxing Janet Evans - swimming Dan Jansen - speedskating Jackie Joyner-Kersee - track & field Florence Griffith-Joyner - track & field Shannon Miller -gymnastics Kristi Yamaguchi - figure skating Missing out of the top 10 right now are Smith, Baumgartner and Blatnick, plus kayaker Greg Barton; marathoner Joan Benoit, sprinter Valerie Brisco, swimmers Rowdy Gaines and Mary T. Meagher, and synchronized swimmer Tracie Ruiz. To date, more than 26,000 Olympic fans have voted - marking the first time in history fans will impact the selection of inductees into the Hall. Fans can vote daily and will be automatically entered to win one of three VIP trips to Chicago to attend the 2004 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Wrestling needs an all-out blitz for the last four days of this voting!!! Get online at www.usolympicteam. com and vote now!!! Email your friends and ask them to vote on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday also. The wrestling community has done a great job with other online votes. This one is vitally important to the promotion of wrestling. Do your part and vote every day this week. The direct link to the voting page is: http://www.usolympichalloffame.com/register.asp