DeKalb County To Host Olympic Training Center

The ATLANTA CONSTITUTION's Eric Stirgus reported that DeKalb County "is luring world-class athletes to train for the 2004 and 2008 Games." So far, ten "nations have agreed to send 50 athletes, beginning this summer, to train in track and field, soccer and swimming." The athletes will train "in facilities in south DeKalb, at Georgia Tech and possibly at Emory University." While in GA, the athletes "will attend DeKalb County high schools or area colleges and universities." The nonprofit agency, Forging New Tomorrows, "has raised $1 million for the effort and will pay for the education and travel of the athletes" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 4/25).