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...they beamed down spectacular views of the mottled blue and white Earth miles below, the Discovery astronauts spoke about the Challenger--America's last manned space venture--which exploded on lift-off 32 months ago tragically killing school teacher Christa McAuliffe and six others...
...Harvard student, the Discovery's launchhad special meaning. Hillary A. Holloway was astudent at Concord High School, where Challengerastronaut Christa McAuliffe taught before thatshuttle's flight. "I am surprised that the shuttlewas launched, after so many delays," she said...
...came Fernandez-Ochoa. "I already felt the medal in my pocket," she said later between sobs. It must have been her hotel key, because she charged too hard and fell 20 sec. into the run. Her tumble gave Schneider the gold. The silver went to a sentimental favorite, Christa Kinshofer-Guthlein , 27, of West Germany, who won a silver in slalom eight years before at Lake Placid...
...stomach, limited herself to a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich for lunch. But as she glided up to the starting line for the 500-meter sprint at Calgary's Olympic Oval, American Speed Skater Bonnie Blair felt confident, even though minutes earlier her rival, the powerful East German skater Christa Rothenburger, had set a new world record of 39.12 sec. Blair glanced at the stands, where a score of rooting family members were clustered around heartening banners (GO, BONNIE, GO). Moments later, she burst away from the line in one of her best starts, covering the initial 100 meters...
...Speed Skater Bonnie Blair has a good shot at gold in the first of her encounters with East Germany's powerful Karin Kania and Christa Rothenburger. -- On tape: Figini and Walliser duke it out in the super giant slalom. -- The Canada-Sweden hockey victor will probably take home a medal...