Byline: PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press
WEST ALLIS, Wis. -- Chris Witty doesn't want to be the next Bonnie Blair. OK, then, how about the next Eddie Eagan?
Eagan is the only athlete to win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
``It was a long time ago, wasn't it?'' Witty asked.
Yes, it was.
Witty may not know who Eagan was, but she wouldn't mind duplicating his feat. Already, she's a medal contender in speedskating for the Nagano Games next month. And, after serving as an alternate for the 1996 U.S. cycling team in Atlanta, she would like to give that sport her attention before the 2000 Sydney Games.
But …
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