RUSSELL CORPORATION Jair Lynch AcQUIRES AMERICAN ATHLETIC Member of the USOC Board of Directors

USA would like to congratulate Jair Lynch on being named as a member to the new 11- person Olympic Committee Board of American Athletic, Inc. (AAI), the world’s leading supplier of Directors. Jair, won the silver medal on parallel g y m na s t ics equipme nt, is under new ownership with Russell bars at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, is now Corporation, who acquired the company on June 10, 2004. AAI had a steward of the Olympic movement in the United been for sale since the fourth quarter of 2003. States at the highest level. The USOC board is chaired by Peter Ueberroth of Laguna Beach, Calif., "I couldn’t have envisioned a more favorable outcome," said Jeff who served as President of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Bramble, president of AAI. "We are excited about the future Committee (LAOOC) for the landmark 1984 Olympic Games. prospects of the Russell/AAI partnership and look forward to building on our 50-year heritage of serving athletes," said Bramble. Jair, a two-time Olympian, resides in Washington, D.C. and was Headquartered in Jefferson, Iowa, AAI has been manufacturing nominated by the Athletes’ Advisory Council to the USOC Board of world-class sports equipment since 1954, when its founder first Directors. He is the Founder of The Jair Lynch Companies, a real estate started manufacturing trampolines in the basement of a local development firm. hardware store. AAI’s commitment to providing high quality, high- performance products has been unchanged for 50 years.

"The acquisition of AAI by Russell can only be viewed as an incredibly positive step toward AAI’s future. As a division of the Russell Corporation, we see ourselves emerging as an even stronger global gymnastics company than ever before," said Scott Roth, senior vice president of AAI.

Kerri Strug Joins Panasonic at a Press Conference

O l y m p i c gold me da l winning gymnast , best remembered for her he ro ic perfo r ma nc e at the 1996 Olympic G a m es in At l a n t a , joined (R-L) Panasonic's Ed Wolff, Vice President, Display Group, and Henry Hauser, National Marketing Manager, Display Group, to celebrate the upcoming 2004 Olympic Games and Panasonic's position as an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner. At a recent Panasonic press conference at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Panasonic previewed the products that fall under it's sponsorship umbrella - televisions, DVD recorders and players, and camcorders.

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