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...mind are potential scapegoats--El Nino, the Asian meltdown. Of course, like all other Olympics, Nagano has its intrinsic debates, but they are sporting and professional ones for the most part or inextricable from the enterprise: the cupidity of organizers, the rebelliousness of snowboarders, and, oh yes, a feud among some of the Russian pair skaters. But all that should prove to be background noise. Breathe deeply. Zen is in the air. The ancient Greeks would have approved and duly declared, Let all hostilities cease, let the Games begin...
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...army." Many riders suspect that the Olympics pursued them as a revenue builder, a way of attracting a younger audience. Another feeling among riders is that their sport is still evolving, with new moves being pioneered. The Olympics might freeze everything in place. And then there's the organizational feud. The Olympic Committee handed responsibility over snowboarding events in Nagano to the International Ski Federation, not to the snowboarders' own federation. The skiing organization, said Haakonsen, "did not want to have anything to do with us previously. But now that we have become so big, they are coming to take...
...FEUD OF THE WEEK...