Word: fidjestol
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Dates: during 1994-1994
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...Spain's dictator Francisco Franco decades ago was "bad" and "may not be worthy of sport." The same day, in a rehearsal of an attempt to outdo the melodrama of 1992 in Barcelona -- when an archer ignited the Olympic flame with a streaking arrow -- Norwegian ski jumper Ole Gunnar Fidjestol sought to soar down the slope and vault into the air as one of the final bearers of the Olympic flame on its journey to Lillehammer. But he crashed askew, incurring a concussion and dropping out of his place of honor. The privilege went to Stein Gruben, who brought...
...Fidjestol's tumble was a visual encapsulation of Norway's final week of ) preparation. Its meticulous planning was offset by Ulvang's provocative remarks and by a barrage of bad press and hostile poll results about high- living I.O.C. members -- who will have cars when even Lillehammer residents must ride buses or walk, who stay on expense account at the best hotel when ordinary Norwegians are priced out of most housing in Lillehammer and some are camping overnight outdoors, and who consume foods and beverages considerably grander than the communal cafeteria fare of the athletes. Some I.O.C. Pooh- Bahs were...
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