THE SIDELINES : Top High Jumper to Compete in L.A.
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<i> From Times wire service</i> s
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the world record-holder in the high jump, will compete in the Jack in the Box track meet at UCLA’s Drake Stadium on Aug. 6, it was announced today.
Sotomayor, 23, cleared 7-11 1/2 last summer to set the world record in the high jump. Others entered in the event are Hollis Conway, the silver medalist in the Seoul Olympics, and Brian Stanton, another U.S. Olympian.
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