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...chief complaint is no candidate country is represented in the powerful 12-member Presidium, which sets the Convention's agenda. Jan Kavan, the Czech Foreign Minister and a Convention delegate, will submit a written proposal this week to add two candidate-country representatives. "That would reassure the candidate countries that the slogan, 'We're all equal,' is serious," he said...
...weather was right - no snow and not much wind - and so freestyle aerial skier Ales Valenta of the Czech Republic decided to try a quintuple twist with a triple back-flip. No one had ever attempted?much less landed?a five twist jump in the Olympics. For Valenta it was a maneuver he had completed perfectly only twice in practice. But he was trailing defending Olympic champion Eric Bergoust of the U.S. and three others after the first round of jumps. Valenta needed something spectacular to win. Indeed, the five-twist jump he executed was spectacular. Also decisive. He took...
...prime time along with the traditional favorite, women's figure skating, is a perfect example of the rising (literally) popularity of extreme events. And what theater, with American Eric Bergoust, "Air Bergie," flaming out in an all or nothing leap for first place. The gold went to the Czech Republic's daring Ales Valenta, who wowed the crowds at the Deer Valley venue with a jump that had five twists...
...combined; Lodwick finished 20th at Nagano. This Olympiad, the U.S. co-opted the competition, poaching head coach Jan-Erik Aalbu from Norway, a perennial medal winner. Lodwick, now ranked fourth in the world, has a gold and a silver this World Cup season. Demong won an event in the Czech Republic two weeks ago. "I was hoping we could be strong," says Aalbu. "I was not expecting to be as strong as we are looking...
...Poland, experiencing its coldest winter in years, more than 200 people have died of exposure. Power lines snapped under the weight of the snow, cutting electricity supplies to 150 villages near Bialystock. A further 200 people died in Russia, where temperatures dropped to -24?C. One-third of the Czech Republic has been declared a disaster area as up to 4 m of snow closed roads. In Bulgaria, the most severe snowstorms in decades cut off dozens of towns...