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...surprising 33rd out of 50), to slalom skier Gian Matteo Giordani, who will represent the tiny European enclave of San Marino today, none of them entered believing they had a chance to end up on the podium. Some, like South African Alpine skier Alex Heath, think they could strike gold, if only they had the funding (and the training and equipment it buys) of the big national teams. Others are poster children for Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Games, who said that the most important thing in the Olympic Games was not to win, but to take...
...Pennsylvania, Nagvajara was inspired to take up cross country skiing and compete in the Olympics after seeing Kenyan Philip Boit come 92nd, and last, in the 10km classical cross country event at Nagano. Waiting at the finish line for Boit, 20 minutes after he had crossed it himself, was gold medallist Bj?rn D?hlie, of Norway. The celebration that ensued, between first and last, became a classic Olympic moment replayed around the world...
...Ohno said that when he pumped his fist upon crossing the finish line he wasn't sure, but thought he might be in with a chance for the gold. To sports fans in the stands, who had seen the beleaguered leader trying to fend off the charging Ohno, the feeling was quite like that moment in the Oakland-New England game when Brady did or didn't fumble. One way or another, this aint over. It wasnt, then it was - and the decision was the right...
...Canadian Olympic teams, which between them feature five players and one coach with Harvard hockey ties, will play for the Olympic gold medal tonight at 7 p.m. at the E Center in West Valley City, Utah...
...Bakken and Flowers have something that no other woman in the world can lay claim to: an Olympic bobsled gold medal. Flowers, 28, of Alabama, also found herself with another honor - she is the first black athlete, male or female, from any country in the world, to win gold at the Winter Games. Who knows? By the end of the week, she and Bakken may not only have an agent, but a deal or three...