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WY resident set to turn professional

BODYBUILDER KAT Sar- tor wants to join an elite club of 100 athletes.

By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter

That’s how many professional bodybuilders there are worldwide compared to thousands of ama- teurs.

**To become a pro is quite the feat,’” said Sartor.

The ‘'30-something’’ North Vancouver resident is getting pret- ty close to achieving her goal.

Since she first started to com- pete in 1987, Sartor has won five out of six contests. In the first contest, Sartor came in second.

“*I first competed because | was encouraged by friends and employees at the gym | was going to in Toronto, plus I secretly thought I could do pretty good,”’ said Sartor,

Her recent wins include Miss B.C, 1992, heavyweight champion and overall B.C. champion; and Western Canadian Champion in the same categories.

On Aug. 22 she is going to compete in the Nocth American Championships in Los Angeles, and if she wins there or at the Sept. 5 Canadian Championships in Halifax, Sartor will be able to turn professional.

**Getting into bodybuilding was a@ natural progression. of athletics that I have been involved with since I was a child,”’ said Sartor, who moved to North Vancouver one year ago from Toronto.

She did track and field for 12 years, competitive soccer, gym- nastics and aerobics ‘‘before it got trendy and expensive.”

“*T decided to do my own thing and work on paris of my body that I wanted to work on,” said Sartor.

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ALTHOUGH NOT in top form yet last week, champion bedybuilder Kat Sartor displays impressive musculature. Sartor will be com- peting in the North American Championships in Los Angetes Aug. 22, where 2 win would enable her to become a professional

bodybuilder.

. She works out seven days a week. Each day she spends two hours in the gym working on car- dio and 1 1/2 hours weight train- ing.

For competitions, the’ 5°5” athlete diets from her off-season weight of 160 Ibs to 137 Ibs and

US. ‘Dream Team’

IF YOU happen to be a transplanted star-spangled American hiding out on the North Shore and haven’t already made reservations

to sail on the Barcelona.

Bandwagon, forget it.

The boat left long ago.

Athletes from 172 countries will be competing in 25 full-medal sports during the 25th Summer Olympic Games thai open a week Saturday in Barcetona.

And already, every major sports publication that originates in the

. United States has gleefully focuss-. ‘ed on basketball, since that is the one category where a gold medal is unequivocally guaranteed.

It’s been dubbed ‘America’s Dream Team. ’’ And why not? For the first time ;. the history of the Summer Gan, the International Olympic Commitiee (IOC) has agreed to allow NBA superstars to represent the United States.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the game’s

world governing body, controls all international basketball competi- tions and is recognized as the sole authority by the IOC. .

Some mental giant from FIBA surfaced from his executive office in Munich and suggested: ‘‘Let’s bring the NBA to the party in Barcelona. That way we can grow and learn from the masters of the game.”” - .

The national governing body for men’s basketball in the U.S. wasn’t about to argue. Nor was the NBA.

Quickly, ver-r-r-y quickly, be- fore anyone changed the rules, Team USA _ named _ 10 players to its roster: Charles’ Barkley, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordon, Kazi Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson and John Stockton.

Then, just for good measure, they added Portland Trail Blazers’ all-star guard Clyde Drexler and Duke University’s col- lege-player-of-the-year Christian Luaettner.

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reduces her body fat from about 25% to 5%. ;

“ft doesn’t sound like a lot (of competition weight), but you have to keep in mind it’s nothing but solid muscle,’’ said Sartor.

While dieting for three months before a competition, she con-

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Olympic gold medal,’’ head coach Chuck Daly was moved to say, “then we might as well stay in Barcelona and not come back.”’ Daly’s ‘‘Dream Team’' made a nightmare out of the recent Tour- nament of the Americas qualifying round in Portland, where the only question was whether or not Air

sumes eight meals a day of 40% carbohydrates and 60% proteins. She doesn’t cat any fat.

She eats white meat including chicken breasts (so much so that a local grocery store gives her a dis- count), tuna packed in water, egg whites (from four dozen eggs a

week), plain rice, plain pasta, baked potatoes and all the vegetables she wants.

“Dieting is brutal, there is no other word for it. Talk to any of my friends and a few weeks be-

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on Barcelona gold

Jordan and Co. would be capable of beating one of the opposing teams by 100 points.

It was a joke, despite NBC’s television coverage that tried its damnedest to make things look and sound exciting.

So the Americans are sending a

stacked team to Spain ‘that cannot possibly fose and right on cue, pe- tiodicals such as USA Today and Sporis Illustrated are spreading the news with nauseous coverage that can only be described as good ol’ Yankee hype.

In last week’s Si, there’s a 24- page special advertising section that trumpets America’s “chances”? of Olympic basketball gold from the Spanish region of Catalonia.

it begins with a double-page layout of a smiling Michael Jor- dan about to sip a cup of Gatorade with the reminder “every great athlete feels the pressure to perform’’ and Gatorade, of course, provides the fluids, minerals and energy you need.

This is followed by a full-color,

full-page shot of Chicago Bulls’ Scottie Pippen wearing the Team USA jersey and dunking a shot under the heading: ‘Barcelona has never seen a Bull like this be- fore!”’ .

It’s paid for by AT&T, ‘‘proud to support Team USA’s drive and determination.”

Kelloge’s Raisin Bran gets into the act. too, with a ‘‘free offer you’! dribble over’? ... a com- memorative 1992 U.S. Olympic Poster free by mailing two proofs of purchase.

USA Today runs an ad telling us ‘Kraft Foods sets the training table for the American basketball team’’ and Phillips Lighting boasts of ‘‘providing an assist as Team USA electrifies the world with an amazing collection of shots, steals, blocks and re- bounds.”’

Advertising agencies love to hitch themselves to a winner. And with America’s ‘‘Dream Team’’ at the Olympics, the ad execs can’t possibly lose.

It is, really, something to drib- ble over.