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Janet Evans will make her pitch

By Helene Elliott
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Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Janet Evans will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Wednesday night before the Dodgers go against the Atlanta Braves at Chavez Ravine.

Evans grabbed five Olympic golds, six U.S. record swim times, 45 national titles, 17 international titles and five NCAA titles.

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Other Beijing-bound athletes who will merit similar honors before upcoming Dodgers games include:

July 12: U.S. Cycling’s Adam Duvenbeck and U.S. Shotgun and Shooting’s Jeff Holguin and Brenda Shinn.

July 13: Members of the Beijing-bound U.S. women’s water polo team.

July 25: Members of the U.S. beach volleyball team.

Olympian Lisa Leslie (basketball) was scheduled to throw out tonight’s ceremonial first pitch.

--Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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