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...know that every country that plays against them is going to be ready, because they want to beat them. They can't go forever being the top team." But while Canada's rivals are feeling motivated, they also are coping with some key losses. A leg injury suffered by Czech goaltender Dominik Hasek in the team's opener against Germany prompted NHL vice president Bill Daly to withhold the league's commitment to the Games beyond the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. Other top players who are out: Swedish forward Markus Naslund, Czech forward Patrick Elias and Finnish goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff...
...making up its roster, Canada risked fatigue and injuries by going with tried-and-true veterans, eschewing such younger stars as Sidney Crosby and Jason Spezza. The fiercest competition is likely to come from the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland. Team USA and Switzerland are both regarded as dark horses, while Russia--a longtime nemesis that hadn't been expected to be a threat--has been playing in Torino as if it has nothing to lose. The Russian team is young, assembled by former NHL star Pavel Bure and led by rising players, including NHL rookie-of-the-year candidate...
...been transformed into the Olympic rings? For all the evocations of international camaraderie, the Olympics are a lot about national pride. And so, beyond Dante, Italy trotted out its stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; Eva Herzigova, a Czech-born resident of Torino, starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half-shell and Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma. A Ferrari roared on stage; speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!); and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there was a poetry...
...about national pride. And so, beyond Dante, the peninsula trotted out stars to tout its culture: Giorgio Armani designing costumes; Sophia Loren carrying the Olympic flag; supermodel Carla Bruni slinking in with the Italian flag; Luciano Pavarotti singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma (Nobody Sleeps) from Turandot; Eva Herzigova (a Czech-born resident of Torino) starring as Botticelli's Venus on a half shell. A Ferrari roared onstage, the speakers blared the theme from Rocky (Stallone! The Italian Stallion!), and suddenly, after a magnificent dove formation by acrobats on gossamer thread, there was a poetry-spouting Yoko Ono. (Who knew...
...Michelle Kwan, still chasing the only gold that's ever eluded her, will face strong challenges from teammate Sasha Cohen and Russia's Irina Slutskaya, seven-time European and twice World champion. The Scandinavians will struggle to protect their longtime hold on Nordic events from the Russian, Ukrainian and Czech skiers hot on their heels. Austrian ski great Hermann Maier will attempt to complete his miraculous comeback from a near fatal motorcycle crash in 2001 by adding to his two Olympic gold medals. German speed skater Anni Friesinger will face a strong field of U.S. and Canadian racers. Japanese...