<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Olympics, then cancer surgery</span></strong></p><p>When Eric Shanteau touched the wall second at the U.S. Olympic trials, he was overcome by the joy of reaching a lifelong goal. But the celebration didn&#8217;t last long.</p><p>Shanteau knew he had deal with a gut-wrenching choice: have surgery for testicular cancer or put it off for another month so he could swim in his first Olympics.</p><p>He chose the Olympics. Surgery will have to wait.</p><p>Shanteau learned just a week before leaving for the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., that he has cancer.</p><p>&#8220;I was sort of like, &#8216;This isn&#8217;t real. There&#8217;s no way this is happening to me right now,&#8217;&#8194;&#8221; said Shanteau, a 24-year-old Georgia native. &#8220;You&#8217;re trying to get ready for the Olympics, and you just get this huge bomb dropped on you.&#8221;</p><p>His doctors cleared him to compete at the trials, determining he wouldn&#8217;t be at great risk to delay treatment, and he made the team in the 200-meter breast stroke. Shanteau vows to withdraw if there&#8217;s any sign his cancer is spreading.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Sprinter Powell injured</span></strong></p><p>Former world record holder <strong>Asafa Powell </strong>pulled out of the 100-meter final at the Golden Gala track meet in Rome because of a groin injury. Olympic silver medalist <strong>Francis Obikwelu </strong>won the final in 10.04 seconds.</p><p>Also at the meet, double-amputee sprinter <strong>Oscar Pistorius </strong>of South Africa missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics. He finished in 46.62 seconds and placed seventh in the 400-meter B race. He must run a 45.55 to qualify for the Olympics.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Olson wants rule change</span></strong></p><p>Arizona coach <strong>Lute Olson </strong>said his program&#8217;s loss of standout high school basketball player <strong>Brandon Jennings </strong>to a European professional league has convinced him to adopt a new recruiting strategy.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a situation now that if someone&#8217;s a &#8216;one-and-done,&#8217; we&#8217;re not going to pursue them anymore, no way,&#8221; Olson said.</p><p>Under NBA rules that won&#8217;t expire until after the 2010-11 season, elite high school players are unable to join the NBA until they are 19 and a year removed from their final year of high school. That mandate has resulted in a slew of top players playing one college season before bolting for the NBA.</p><p>Olson suggests that elite high school players be given a choice: opt to declare for the NBA draft after high school or be committed to spending a minimum of two years in college.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Quick hits</span></strong></p><p>&#8226; <strong>Wladimir Klitschko </strong>will defend his IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight title belts against former sparring partner <strong>Tony Thompson </strong>today in Berlin.</p><p>&#8226; Guard <strong>Doneal Mack </strong>will return to Memphis for the 2008-09 college basketball season. Mack&#8217;s father had said last month his son would be transferring.</p><p>&#8226; Free-agent running back <strong>Travis Henry</strong>, who was released by Denver in June, faces a one-year suspension after testing positive for marijuana, <em>The Denver Post </em>and <em>Rocky Mountain News </em>reported.</p><p>&#8226; <strong>Jay Feaster </strong>resigned as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, four years after the team he helped assemble won its only Stanley Cup championship.