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EUGENE, Ore. -- At about the same time newly minted members of the U.S. Olympic track team get their uniforms, theyll be led to a TV monitor featuring a map of Rio de Janeiro with three dots: the athletes village, the track teams training center and Olympic Stadium.None of them are all that close to each other; all will take a long time to reach.USA Track and Field CEO Max Siegel said Tuesday that after a few visits to Brazil we realized logistics would be a problem.So, in addition to counting on the Olympic traffic lanes that will supposedly make travel easier for the 120-plus U.S. track and field Olympians, USATF staff is making it clear to the athletes that they need to build in plenty of time to make their way through the city.Its expected to be a 45-to-60-minute drive from the athletes village to both the stadium and the training center.Its getting coaches and athletes to understand that its not going to be easy, like London, where everything is easy and right there, said Robert Chapman, USATFs associate director for sport science and medicine.Siegel said USATF is working with the U.S. Olympic Committee on contingency plans in case traffic does end up as snarled as some predict. Aretha Thurmond, a four-time Olympian who is now director of international teams for USATF, said staff will be on the ground a full two weeks before the Olympic track meet starts to make test runs to the stadium and map out every possible option for athletes.Theres only so much thats in your control, Thurmond said. Youve got a city with a mountain in the middle, and youve got to go around it.The process of getting from Point A to Point B may seem like a rather low-level concern considering all the other troubles consuming the Olympic city: Zika, polluted water, security concerns amid a financial crisis and more. But, as Thurmond knows, athletes need a comfort level as they head for the biggest competition of their lives.If we know somethings not right, then we try to build that into their travel schedule, she said, so athletes dont have to make that decision.Regarding the mosquito-borne virus that has hit Brazil as hard as any country, Siegel said USATF has taken part in USOC-led seminars and is distributing as much information as possible about health concerns.Among the many leaflets the athletes pick up at team processing in Eugene is one distributed by the Centers for Disease Control called Mosquito Bite Prevention For Travelers. The USOC will give athletes bug repellant when they go through Team USA processing in Houston later this month.But traffic, in Siegels view, is frankly, one of our biggest concerns over things we dont have immediate control over.Siegel spoke on an off day at U.S. Track and Field Trials, and outlined his vision over the four-plus years since he took over at what is widely viewed as the countrys most difficult-to-manage national governing body.Siegel said USATF ran on an average of $18 million a year when he arrived. Thanks to new sponsorship deals, including 12 new marketing partners, the number has doubled. That has allowed USATF to give $10,000 stipends to athletes who make the national team along with bonuses of up to $25,000 for gold medals at the Olympics.It hardly quiets the federations critics, who believe they should have more freedom to wear whatever gear they choose at the sports biggest events and want to see more revenue sharing beyond the stipends and rewards for medals.One of the most vocal critics, 800-meter runner Nick Symmonds, recently filed a sponsorship-related lawsuit against the USOC that was thrown out. He has been urging athletes and fans to wear black tape at trials as a show of solidarity against the governing bodies.If we cant change things through litigation, then we have to go through protest, and athletes have to stand up and say, `Enough is enough. This will change or were not going to race anymore, Symmonds told The Associated Press last week.Siegel said hes trying to create a bigger pie, but also gave a nod to the reality that USATF, unlike the NFL or NBA, is a not-for-profit organization that serves not only its professional athletes, but also its grassroots members and programs.The conversation gets a little cloudy when people have whatever their personal definition is about sharing money with athletes, he said. If you host an event that gives an athlete a platform, some would say thats not money in the athletes pocket. But someone needs to fund those things. Nike Epic React Flyknit Wholesale . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Nike React Clearance . 1, meaning problems for the doping controls at both major international sports events next year. 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The second Test was Zimbabwes sixth consecutive loss to New Zealand - their longest losing sequence against any team.254 New Zealands margin of victory in this Test - their biggest win in terms of runs. Their previous best was in 2002 against West Indies in Barbados. This is also the second-biggest loss for Zimbabwe in terms of runs.2 Runs in which Zimbabwe lost their last five wickets. They collapsed from a score of 130 for 5 to 132 all out in their second innings. There are only two instances when a team has lost their last five wickets for fewer runs. Both Zimbabwe and New Zealand were involved in these instances. Zimbabwe took Bangladeshs last five wickets without conceding a run in 2013 and New Zealand had lost five wickets for one run against Pakistan in the second innings of a Test in Auckland in 2001.99.97 The difference in averages (runs scored per wicket lost) between the two teams in this Test - the highest for New Zealand in a win. While New Zealand scored 748 runs in this Test losing only six wickets, they took 20 Zimbabwe wickets for 494 runs. Their previous best had come against Pakistan in Hamilton in 2001, when they made 407 runs in their first innings losing only four wickets and took 20 Pakistan wickets conceding 222 runs.13 Wickets by New Zealand spinners in this Test - equalling the sides second highest tally in a Test outside Asia. New Zealands spinners took as many as 17 Australia wickets in the Auckland Test in 2000, the highest for the side. They took 13 wickets in the Jamaica Test in 2014. Overall, theree are only seven other instances when New Zealands spinners have taken 13 or more wickets in any Test.dddddddddddd11 Number of wickets taken by Neil Wagner in this series - equalling the most he has taken in two Tests in any series. He had taken 11 wickets against India in a two-Test series in 2013-14. Wagner was named Man of the Series for his 11 wickets against Zimbabwe at an average of 17.00 - his first such award in Tests. He is yet to win a Man-of-the-Match award.4 Man-of-the-Match awards won by Kane Williamson in Tests. This was his first as New Zealands captain. Click here for a list of New Zealand players who have won Man-of-the-Match awards in Tests.3 Number of batsmen before Kane Williamson who had hit fifty-plus scores in each of their first three innings as captain. Williamson followed up his 91 in the first Test of this series with 113 and 68 not out in this match. Rohan Kanhai, Kepler Wessels and Virat Kohli are the players to achieve this feat.638 runs scored by Ross Taylor in just four Tests against Zimbabwe. This is the most any New Zealand batsman has made in four Tests against any opposition. Williamson is second in this list with 559 runs against Sri Lanka in his first four matches against them. Taylors 638 runs also equals the most any batsman has made in his first four Tests against Zimbabwe. Rahul Dravid had accumulated 638 runs in his first four matches against them at an average of 159.50, exactly half of what Taylor presently averages against Zimbabwe - 319.00. ' ' '