Miscellany

The stiffest anti-drug program in international sports, including knock-on-the-door testing, will be in full operation within 30 days for American athletes.

Random no-notice, out-of-competition tests will be the final element of a strict anti-doping package adopted by the U.S. Olympic Committee a year ago. Under prior rules, most testing was done with 48-hours advance warning.

Evelyn Ashford, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and former 100-meter world record-holder, and Renaldo Nehemiah, the first to break 13 seconds for the 110-meter hurdles, have been elected to the Track and Field Hall of Fame in Indianapolis.

Joining them are 1964 Olympic 200-meter champion Henry Carr and three-time Olympic race walker Henry Laskau.

In a performance that had seven perfect scores of 10, Kurt Browning lifted Canada to victory in the World Team Figure Skating Championship at Milwaukee.

Canada had 588.6 points to edge the United States (586.1). Team Europe was third and Russia fourth.

Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith met with student activists who oppose the school’s $7.1 million contract with Nike; he then spoke in support of the company.

Smith said he was simply seeking information about alleged sweatshop working conditions at the overseas factories that produce the company’s sporting goods.